I actually think Moffat will step down at the end of this season. As funny as it would have seemed in advance, he's not the man to replace RTD. He shines at producing individual stories (mostly) but he's not the man to oversee a series. It's as obvious as the balls on a dog.
Godot?
Just out of interest.
Did you prefer Midnight or Turn left?
Quote: Godot Taxis @ June 11 2010, 12:27 AM BSTI actually think Moffat will step down at the end of this season.
Filming starts on the next series next month, so presumably he's already been involved in it.
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ June 11 2010, 12:28 AM BSTGodot?
Just out of interest.
Did you prefer Midnight or Turn left?
I'm afraid I haven't seen either of them. I have 'midnight' recorded on a hard drive somewhere because someone said it was brilliant, but I also heard it was toilet so I didn't watch it. I only saw Blink a little while ago.
I watched the whole of season 28 with Eccleston and liked a few of them, but gradually lost interest as David Tennant took over and I saw RTD making all the same mistakes that had been made twenty years before.
Apart from all the Eccleston ones these are the one's I've seen:
Waters of mars
One where the hospital's on the moon.
David Morrissey One
Idiot's lantern
One with the traffic jam and dougal from father ted
cybermen one
Love and Monsters
One where Davros comes back
Kylie Minogue one
Blink
Silence in the Library
The last two Tennant ones
I also turned two off in disgust before the end:
One with a big wasp
and one where a bloke came out of a dalek wearing spats - which was the biggest pile of shit I've ever seen in Doctor Who - including the 'Clown Years' of JNT.
Quote: Nogget @ June 11 2010, 4:35 AM BSTFilming starts on the next series next month, so presumably he's already been involved in it.
I'm usually wrong about these sort of things.
Quote: Godot Taxis @ June 11 2010, 5:25 AM BSTI have 'midnight' recorded on a hard drive somewhere because someone said it was brilliant, but I also heard it was toilet so I didn't watch it.
My opinion would be 'thirsty dog', in that it tends toward the toilet. If you like something very 'stagey', then you might get something from it, and some people seemed to like it IIRC. I didn't think it worked at all.
Quote: Godot Taxis @ June 11 2010, 5:25 AM BSTI'm afraid I haven't seen either of them. I have 'midnight' recorded on a hard drive somewhere because someone said it was brilliant, but I also heard it was toilet so I didn't watch it.
I'd give it a look, it was a very good episode.
Quote: Godot Taxis @ June 11 2010, 5:25 AM BSTWaters of mars
One where the hospital's on the moon.
David Morrissey One
Idiot's lantern
One with the traffic jam and dougal from father ted
cybermen one
Love and Monsters
One where Davros comes back
Kylie Minogue one
Blink
Silence in the Library
The last two Tennant onesI also turned two off in disgust before the end:
One with a big wasp
and one where a bloke came out of a dalek wearing spats -
Hmm . . From that list, you actually managed to avoid most of the really good episodes and caught a lot of the middling ones. I'd take a look at, from what I remember:
Human Nature two parter, which was brilliant. Set in a School just before world war one, moving scarecrows. One of my favourites.
The Impossible Planet/ Satan Pit two parter.
Midnight
Turn Left.
The Girl In The Fireplace.
Five of my favourite stories there, and none of them on your 'seen' list!
I'm amazed people liked
The Girl In The Fireplace.
and
Human Nature.
Always seems like barely average episodes to me.
Fathers Day was a good one.
Quote: Gavin @ June 11 2010, 9:18 AM BSTI'm amazed people liked
The Girl In The Fireplace.
and
Human Nature.Always seems like barely average episodes to me.
WTF?! Two of the best stories EVER!
Quote: Gavin @ June 11 2010, 9:18 AM BSTFathers Day was a good one.
Yeah, that was good; I only didn't mention it 'cos Godot said he'd watched all the Eccleston ones.
Quote: Gavin @ June 11 2010, 9:18 AM BSTI'm amazed people liked
The Girl In The Fireplace.
and
Human Nature.
Human Nature was an promising set-up; Haman Nature was a rubbish conclusion.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ June 11 2010, 9:20 AM BSTWTF?! Two of the best stories EVER!
I can't agree.
Doctor riding through a hideous fake mirror on a horse. Mmmm.
Like I say it's personal opinion I just didn't like those two infact I didn't get to the end of HUman nature because I just got fed up of it. Liked the scarecrows at the beginning though. Just 2 mins of "ooothat's cool" Isn't enough to sustain me over a double parter.
Oh good Tennant one. Fires of Pompei.
Quote: Nogget @ June 11 2010, 9:26 AM BSTHuman Nature was an promising set-up; Haman Nature was a rubbish conclusion.
I think you may want top take another look at that post . . .
But I disagree; I thought it was, all in all, a great two parter. One of the best.
Quote: Gavin @ June 11 2010, 9:27 AM BSTLike I say it's personal opinion
I got in a fair bit of trouble for bringing up that idea!
Quote: Gavin @ June 11 2010, 9:27 AM BSTDoctor riding through a hideous fake mirror on a horse. Mmmm.
I really liked that moment, even if the effects weren't quite up to the task.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ June 11 2010, 9:29 AM BST
I got in a fair bit of trouble for bringing up tha idea!
F**k em they're wrong. It's very much so personal taste.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ June 11 2010, 9:30 AM BSTBut I disagree; I thought it was, all in all, a great two parter. One of the best.
What about the way the Doctor finally defeated his foe? By flipping a few levers?
Quote: Nogget @ June 11 2010, 9:43 AM BSTWhat about the way the Doctor finally defeated his foe? By flipping a few levers?
I liked it, slight of hand, playing the fool, as so often, to cover up what he was doing.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ June 11 2010, 9:30 AM BSTI got in a fair bit of trouble for bringing up tha idea!
I think you may want to take another look at that post . . .
Quote: Matthew Stott @ June 11 2010, 9:46 AM BSTI liked it, slight of hand, playing the fool, as so often, to cover up what he was doing.
...and just what was he doing? Flipping levers which effectively amounted to an auto-destruct in their spaceship. Does that not strike you as a tad "completely shit"?