Now it's all over (kinda)

[andrewducker]

[Poll #1584929]

Personally, I'm torn between Ecclestone and Smith for favourite Doctor.

I've had an odd feeling from this season - it's seemed less dramatic than the previous ones, and part of me has felt less excited. But I've also enjoyed it a lot more. I think that part of me has been confused by NOT BEING SHOUTED AT ALL THE TIME, and has been wondering if that means the show isn't as good any more. Clearly not :->

Comments

[spacelem.livejournal.com]

David Tennant. I really can't warm to this new guy, he just hasn't earned my love yet.

Unfortunately, I find the whole new lot to be far too frantic and rushed. Of course the series are still very watchable, but I've been watching far more of the old series (Doctors 1-4), and been enjoying the pacing much more. Something like Horror of Fang Rock, or Talons of Weng Chiang, or The Daemons, they really blow all the modern stuff out the water. The same silliness is there, but it feels like it's not just silly because they didn't have time to flesh things out more.

Oh, and I absolutely despise that F'ing sonic screwdriver. It was never intended to be used like that.

[marrog.livejournal.com]

What I've loved about this latest series is that, despite the overarching plot being as Epic as it gets, it feels that much more contained, that much more controlled and small-scale in a way that RTD's Who didn't - RTD was always trying these supermassive large-scale plots and all it did was draw attention to the terrible CGI. Despite the Eleventh Hour involving the Doctor speaking to all the world's leaders it's always felt... the right size. Contained - their dark forest was on a wee spaceship. Their UK was in a... well, slightly bigger spaceship. The rest of the plots took place in wee towns. We never had to pretend we could see something beyond the edges of the set.

So I guess what I'm saying is that I agree with your criticism of New!Who, but I wouldn't apply said criticism to this latest series, which I found to be small and, as such, perfectly formed.

[andrewducker]

Yeah - this.

See also my comment further down about The Doctor not needing to be an adored character.

[spacelem.livejournal.com]

I should make it clear that I don't hate the new series. I really have enjoyed watching them (except for some RTD moments that left me swearing). Steven Moffat has done a very good job, and is a big improvement over his predecessor¹, and I like the way he left little clues throughout, and as you say his contained sets worked pretty well.

It's just that (in general²) I prefer the older series.

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1. I have to admit that RTD wrote Midnight, and that episode was brilliant.
2. Death to the Daleks, Attack of the Cybermen and Survival. The least said the better.