I think you're referring to me, and 'most' is an exaggeration, I'll admit I hate/dislike most of RTD's episodes, and Moffat does tend to use the "HUMAN SPIRIT" as if he's writing for Gurren Lagann, but to say they're all like that is a bit of an exaggeration.GeekFury said:Saw it Albino, by relaunch I mean pre-2000 Who, such as Tom Baker, John Pertwee and the likes. Most of the new Who episodes come down to 'love conquers all' not the Doctor just being smart and lucky, go back and watch episodes from the days of yore.
Truly, the greatest of new companions.Roganzar said:And good-bye Handles.
Seeing as it's been unresolved for exactly two episodes...Gizmo1990 said:What I do hate (besides the episode being slow and kind of boring) is that yet again we have something left unresolved. I get that Moffat likes to have a plot threads continue from series to series but it took him 4 years to explain why everything over he last 4 years has even happened and yet at the end of it all we still don't know what happened to Galifray. He should have given us a strait they are back/they are still in another universe and gone into the next Doctor with a completly clean slate.
Every one expects to see the Daleks, so he puts them in. We've still only had two episodes in the Moffat run where they were the primary focus of the story. Clearly, that's what he means by giving them a rest, not removing them from the show entirely.Also I have to point out that Moffat said that after asylum of the daleks he was going to give them a rest and who were the only bad guys left standing at the end?
Davies never bothered to work out exactly what he was going to do in the finale until he sat down to write the finale. Bad Wolf didn't mean anything until that moment, he will knock four times meant nothing until that moment, and so on.Colour Scientist said:I can't put my finger on what it is but, for some reason. I think Davies pulled it off better.
Unfortunately, yes. As I've been saying to my father when we bring the show up "I think the next Doctor is going to be New Who's Colin Baker - great actor, marred by exceptionally poor writing."BrotherRool said:Hey we're not saying that Moffat isn't being consistent in making a sucky last episode. In fact he's upholding and ,in some areas, even expanding upon the fine traditions of a last episode (Which is weird, because as much as I think it would be a bad idea, I think he's still showrunning Peter Capaldi's first season?)
My issue with the Galifray this is less the amount of time it has been an issue, as you said it has been to episodes, but more the fact that it took him 4 years to reveal any info about the silence. For an entire series they were completly forgoten about and then in this episode it is all explained in 1 rushed sentence. I think the seach for Galifray could be a good storyline but looking at Moffats trak record I cannot help but think that he will spend the next 4 years with nothing but vague refferences to it only to have it return at the end of an episode with less than 5 mins before the end.Netrigan said:[Snip
He pulled back from complex story arcs after Series Six, so decent shot of this coming to a head by the end of the series with only a handful of mentions between now and then.Gizmo1990 said:My issue with the Galifray this is less the amount of time it has been an issue, as you said it has been to episodes, but more the fact that it took him 4 years to reveal any info about the silence. For an entire series they were completly forgoten about and then in this episode it is all explained in 1 rushed sentence. I think the seach for Galifray could be a good storyline but looking at Moffats trak record I cannot help but think that he will spend the next 4 years with nothing but vague refferences to it only to have it return at the end of an episode with less than 5 mins before the end.
What makes you think they knew destroying the TARDIS would destroy the Universe? They were probably just trying to stop him from being able to travel to Trenzalor when the time came.spartandude said:I didnt understand the silence at all. Ok so if the doctor says his name the time lords return (for some reason) and if that happens a new time war will start which will destroy the universe. The silence understandably want to stop this and call themselves the silence because they dont want the doctor to talk, and they want him dead. They way they do that is by destroying the Tardis which would destroy the universe..... Did the silence not understand the controversy surrounding the Mass Effect 3 ending?
They were pretty clear in series 5 and this episode that it was the TARDIS exploding. It outright said in this episode the Time Lords were trying to come through the scar tissue that remained after the Universe was repaired.Also what created the time cracks, the Timelords or the Tardis exploding?
The same reason every other race was there.Why the Weeping Angels there?
I can see why someone who seemed to miss the point on so much might think that. Most shows don't hold up very well if you miss important plot points along the way.they need to get rid of Steven Moffat because he is running the show into the ground.
Yeah, now that he's his own script editor, not doing too well.Phasmal said:It's funny because Moffat wrote my favourite RTD-era episodes, but on his own as lead writer... I'm not loving it.
It's really not. Saying it's better than that is the epitome of damning waith faint praise.Ninjamedic said:(though that's not difficult)
EA is The Silence? That explains...Well, absolutely nothing, but still!spartandude said:Did the silence not understand the controversy surrounding the Mass Effect 3 ending?
They could have just ignored the regeneration limit entirely. The regeneration idea itself was a retcon to extend the show. Retconning it again would not be without precedent.Gizmo1990 said:I am ok with the reset because lets face it there was no other way out of it.
At the very least, people will stop blaming Smith.T3nno said:im just happy smith is gone, maybe the show will be enjoyable again
Nah mate its clearly Colin Baker's fault.Zachary Amaranth said:At the very least, people will stop blaming Smith.T3nno said:im just happy smith is gone, maybe the show will be enjoyable again
Well, unless he ends up being the show's Obama. Maybe he already was. I saw him blamed for things during Tennant's run, so maybe people will start blaming him for Capaldi's shows....
You kidding me? We all know Michael Grade conspired all of this as vengeance against the Queen for not getting a knighthood, its been obvious for years!albino boo said:Nah mate its clearly Colin Baker's fault.Zachary Amaranth said:At the very least, people will stop blaming Smith.T3nno said:im just happy smith is gone, maybe the show will be enjoyable again
Well, unless he ends up being the show's Obama. Maybe he already was. I saw him blamed for things during Tennant's run, so maybe people will start blaming him for Capaldi's shows....