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What Did You Think of The Time of the Doctor?
What Did You Think of The Time of the Doctor?
Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe’s deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars – and amongst them, the Doctor.
Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.
Anonymous
January 2nd, 2014 - 8:40pmI have a idea of why capaldi can’t fly the tardis. The doctor didn’t use the tardis for many years so he might have forgotten how to fly it.
the purple dalek
January 2nd, 2014 - 5:59pmapparently, The first story for Capaldi is a two parter (which id like) but with the daleks.
I’d like them to return but not first again.Also, they’ve bin in the last two episodes. Id like the Sontarons to return though
The Moffat Paradox
January 2nd, 2014 - 5:23pmboobo
In the classic Doctor Who era I thought “Terror Of The Autons” was genuinely scary.Especially the chair swallowing scene while the( in my view) best Master,Roger Delgado,looked nonchalantly on and the small Auton doll coming to life to claim it’s victim.
In the classic era visibly bad things could and did happen to people and potentially everyone else before the Doctor saved the day. I thought Mark Gattis’s “Cold War” had elements of that and that’s maybe because he’s also a big Horror fan.
TheBritishCupOfTea
January 2nd, 2014 - 3:42pmAnonymous, he will be better than Matt.
Another Anom
January 2nd, 2014 - 2:25pmI find it so ironic tht so many DW fans are stuck in the past. The show is all about change and evolution…thats how its lasted so long. I believe SM is by far the best writter the show has had and he has injected it with life…as he has with Sherlock.
With a show like DW, no writter will please everyone and although it quite clear that its only a tiny minoity of fans that dislike his work…they do a lot of shouting about it…its about time those that are happy with the show shouted a lot more – all the “Im cool becuase Im going to say I hate the show” type comments are a little bit samey, unfounded and tiresome.
badbbc
January 2nd, 2014 - 2:13pmif anyone has their history rewritten – then they die and a new person is created.
to change such a well established and loved character after 50 years, is a crime.
it’s like hamlet or any other well know character, you cannot change the past and keep the character, moffat murdered the doctor for plot effect – a pitiful weak writer concept.
taking the radio active spider out of spiderman and keeping him singing “catches thieves just like flies” and flying on web strands makes a complete mockery of spiderman.
or rewriting sherlock – changing his past would destroy the real sherlock, replacing him with all new sherlock. if they send sherlock back in time and give him a wife and children – then the character is killed and replaced – jhon no longer lives with him and never can / should have – the entire back story is disrespected and destroyed without any respect for those who added to the story along the way.
moffats shameful treatment of 50 years of history and disrespects all previous writers and actors, as it makes a mockery of them.
Anonymous
January 2nd, 2014 - 12:52pmMoffat killed the Doctor? Seriously he didn’t… He’s a genius and I don’t think he rewrote the Doctor and removed the darkness from we all related to and what the hell does Hamlet has to with this?
badbbc
January 2nd, 2014 - 12:31pmmoffat killed the doctor when he changed his past. 50 years and moffat rewrites the doctor and removes the darkness we all related to.
it’s like changing hamlets past so his father the king don’t die and hamlet doesn’t suffer. – hamlet would no longer be hamlet or make any sense at all.
bbc needs to sack moffat now and give the doctor his “soul” back.
Obsie
January 2nd, 2014 - 9:30amMaxP; The person you took to the train station didn’t go by the name of “Tegan” by any chance did they?
MaxP
January 2nd, 2014 - 12:31amits ok I remember now who Tash is.
Michael
January 2nd, 2014 - 12:24amI liked Time of the doctor, but it seems every time he regenerates these days he’s got to make some grand stand of it as if he’s about to die of cancer or something. He’s not dying, he’s regenerating. He’s not going anywhere. He’s still the doctor. In the old days, he’d just unexpectedly regenerate if he was close to death which is the whole point of regenerating. I don’t like the grand standing.
Also, I could be wrong, but I seem to have a slight memory of Tom Baker once saying that he had 8 regenerations or was I just dreaming. Much more recently it’s been established at 13, so what now. In time of the doctor, clara begged the time lords to help the doctor, so did they change the rules to allow the doctor to go on. Does he have more regenerations now.
MaxP
January 2nd, 2014 - 12:23amand there are still so many unanswered questions!
MaxP
January 2nd, 2014 - 12:22amI think with so many threads that are so very, very convoluted you can forgive people for going ‘hey hold on a sec, that doesn’t seem quite right’, or ‘sorry, I just really don’t like that.’
MaxP
January 2nd, 2014 - 12:00amWould have been great to see Mr Smith do one more season. His relationship with Clara was just starting to bloom and was nice- I liked it which is more than I can say for all the others, even Rose! And it would have been so nice to see the 11th Doc go up against villains like The Master & Davros! They should have done it like they did with the Master in the 4th Doctor’s last season, introduced them around end of the season to have them ready for the next season and new Doctor!
MaxP
January 1st, 2014 - 11:15pmSorry can someone remind me who Tash is?
Dalek the Supreme
January 1st, 2014 - 11:07pmThe Doctor has always had some problems flying the TARDIS. The Doctor has taught others how to fly the TARDIS before, like Nyssa, Tegan, and Adric, and even the Cybermen were flying it in Attack of the Cybermen. It’s not like this is a new thing. Besides, she said herself that she never mastered and the TARDIS was flying the Doctor.
MaxP
January 1st, 2014 - 11:06pmCyberman2 you’re not the only one!- the problem with Christmas specials is it’s not really the ideal day for it – too many distractions, people, noise and so forth! I missed it cause I had to take someone to the train station – fortunately here in Australia it was repeated the very next morning just as I woke up – a lovely unexpected treat!
Dalek the Supreme
January 1st, 2014 - 11:01pmI still enjoy Doctor Who enormously, more so than in the David Tennant era, and find it just as terrifying. As much as I enjoyed The Time of the Doctor, though, revelations were way too rushed. The regeneration was excellent though.
I would love it if two-parters returned in Series 8. The best thing, though, is to move on with the show, which is the theme of the Eleventh Doctor’s final speech. After all, the show is about change, and will never stop changing.
Anonymous
January 1st, 2014 - 11:01pmI disagree – the monsters of the 70s and 80s were largely laughable…even for the time. The 60s shows fair pretty well (the ice warriors were a joke tho), but the production quality of the 70s and 80s was very poor even for the time. Although it’s sad to say, one of the best things that happened to the show was it getting axed otherwise we could still be watching a second rate sci fi show instead of the slick high end show we have today. It’s not without flaws, granted – there has been some shockers (esp in the David Tennant/RDT) era but on the whole I’d say the percentage of quality stories per series is far greater than it was in the old days. As a kid of the 70 and 80s I recall being scared of the show but watching those old shows as an adult now is extremely painful and I know my kids wouldn’t find the show from back then scary…they’d be too busy laughing at the wobbly sets and whilst trying to focus on long drawn out and padded stories. Whereas as we both get freaked out by the current shows which intend to be scary – the show is more than just ‘freak of the week’ so some stories don’t need to be scary. As for Time of the Doctor…. It was always going to be on a hiding to nothing after that wonderful 50th special but I think it was for the hard core fans who wanted answers from the past couple of series. It wasn’t brilliant but it was needed and fairly well done – 7/10.
MaxP
January 1st, 2014 - 10:57pmI grew up watching the classic show and absolutely love Dr Who’s past and continuity. There’s nothing better than the little references to the classic show scattered here and there, and if the new show wasn’t linked to the old one I would never have really bothered with it. But eventually it will all be too much. What, we’re going to have a Doctor going round saying ‘I’m the 23rd Doctor.’ As the Doc himself said everything changes and ends. Even if it’s in 30-50 years it will need to end one day. But imagine how emotionally moving that finale will be!
the astronaut of death
January 1st, 2014 - 10:39pmwell mabey the trees on that planet grow differently
Muffin
January 1st, 2014 - 9:47pmWell please explain how the town called Christmas can have green trees with only a fraction of sunlight each day!! For some reason found this fact most annoying!! Grin x(Tom Baker rules!).
sammyboi101
January 1st, 2014 - 7:24pmRiver Song, maybe?
Anonymous
January 1st, 2014 - 6:13pmStill one question unanswered who was the woman in the shop who gave clara the number in the bells of Saint John
Anonymous
January 1st, 2014 - 6:12pmStill one question unanswered who was the woman in the shop who have clara the number in the bells of Saint John
The11thDoctor50 (previously TheDoctorGallifrey)
January 1st, 2014 - 5:16pmWhoops, sorry, above comment posted on the wrong post!
The11thDoctor50 (previously TheDoctorGallifrey)
January 1st, 2014 - 5:15pmWhovians these days are absolute moaners! I know it is a matter of opinion but a true Whovian like Matt Smity would enjoy the episodes no matter how bad they are, they would love the Doctor for who he is, not who plays him. They certainly could cry at the loss of one of the Doctor’s lives because we loved the new aspect he has brought to the show, but they should always be excited about what this new Doctor will bring. I have found pretty much every episode I’ve watched of Doctor Who brilliant, with an exeption of only a few, like Curse of the Black Spot etc. A true Whovian would think they’re way out of plot holes to seal them. In my opinion, I think The Time of The Doctor is one of Steven Moffat’s greatest stories, making me laugh and cry at the same time. If there are major problems, like no paradigm daleks, then just wait and hope, really hope, that things will work out.
the astronaut of death
January 1st, 2014 - 5:13pmI love all episode I try not to moan
The11thDoctor50 (previously TheDoctorGallifrey)
January 1st, 2014 - 5:10pmWhovians these days are absolute moaners! I know it is a matter of opinion but a true Whovian like Matt Smity would enjoy the episodes no matter how bad they are, they would love the Doctor for who he is, not who plays him. They certainly could cry at the loss of one of the Doctor’s lives because we loved the new aspect he has brought to the show, but they should always be excited about what this new Doctor will bring. I have found pretty much every episode I’ve watched of Doctor Who brilliant, with an exeption of only a few, like Curse of the Black Spot etc. A true Whovian would think they’re way out of plot holes to seal them. In my opinion, I think The Time of The Doctor is one of Steven Moffat’s greatest stories, making me laugh and cry at the same time. If there are major problems, like no paradigm daleks, then just wait and hope, really hope, that things will work out.
the astronaut of death
January 1st, 2014 - 4:26pmi agree it is not as scary any more i feel the weeping angles are being over used and the sontarnans are no longer stubborn scary warriors they are just funny potatoes
but that dalek eye stalk coming out the silence was rather scary