December 25th, 2013
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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.
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The Gold Guardian
January 6th, 2014 - 8:34pm@BUY Me
I quite like the finale but they probably should’ve done that last year at some point
and made sure to differentiate it from The 5 Doctors!
If done right hat could’ve been great; maybe with the Guardians as the main villain (Black Guardian) and ally (White Guardian)
Or perhaps Omega or The Valeyard as the main villain instead?
Unsure about the Dlathereen or the return of the Ogri mind you…
But some great ideas!
😉 🙂 😛
The Gold Guardian
January 6th, 2014 - 8:09pmI would agree with most of those, and in terms of story arks I think they should take a leaf out of Doctor Who Magazine’s book on how to work them ( I especially loved the build up to the 50th arc and The Child Of Time arc’s; and believe they are better then the impossible girl arc and the River Song arc respectively (the DWM story that was going at the same time as the T.V arc, if you get what I mean))
And as for a new showrunner; I think Moffat can do better (50th and Xmas, not to mention Sherlock) but most of Series 7 Part 2 was awful, so depending on Capaldi’s first series it’s make or break for Moffat for me
simon
January 6th, 2014 - 6:43pmLets hope so we need new blood for head write.
Anonymous
January 6th, 2014 - 6:32pmApparently Series 8 will be Moffat’s Last Series!!!
100000BC
January 6th, 2014 - 4:11pmTHE DOCTOR has NOT been rewritten, because he didn’t have the TIME WAR before Eccleston/Hurt (when he was still the Doctor), and he didn’t mention the Time War much as Smith (when he was also The Doctor). Therefore the saving of Gallifrey only removes a minor inconsistency in the character of The Doctor, who, in his Fourth incarnation, refused to avert the Daleks’ creation, and always despaired of resorting to killing..
100000BC
January 6th, 2014 - 3:57pmI agree with all of those (Change “No More story arcs” to “Less story-arc-driven-stories”. It’s alright to have small things throughout the series to look out for which are referred to during the series finale, but I do feel sorry for the casual viewer who turns on the telly and doesn’t have a clue what the characters are on about. Sometimes Steven’s little mysteries get forgotten by him.), but I don’t mind Steven Moffat. I do think, however, that he should WRITE LESS STORIES HIMSELF. Steven is a brilliant writer with a very good imagination but he does wear it out to the point where we can get bored of his style.
The Moffat Paradox
January 6th, 2014 - 1:14pmAgreed. I find The whole idea behind the Silurians fascinating and think the ones since “The Hungry Earth” are too humanoid looking. Bring back the classic ones with a little makeover as with the Daleks/Cybermen.
Dalek the Supreme
January 6th, 2014 - 1:10pmI think that The Time of the Doctor should have been a two-part story like The End of Time, with the first episode on Christmas and the second on New Years.
Dalek the Supreme
January 6th, 2014 - 1:08pmI agree with most points, except for no story arcs, and maybe a new showrunner. Steven Moffat has made radical changes to Doctor Who since he took over, but I’ve enjoyed many of them, and especially enjoyed how the Series 5 finale had almost every episode of the season leading up to it, and many of the ideas in his run, like the Silence orginization and a previously unknown incarnation of the Doctor. I’ll admit the explanations for some arcs were rushed, but that was mainly because The Time of the Doctor was trying to squeeze what should have been a two-episode story into a one-episode time frame. As long as Steven Moffat continues to have interesting ideas like this, I wouldn’t mind seeing him stay in power, but after all he’s given us, I’m worried he may be running out of ideas. The fact that the stories of The Wedding of River Song and (to a lesser extent) The Name of the Doctor are copy-catted off of The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang are signs of this. However, if he was to leave, I wouldn’t mind seeing Mark Gatiss or Neil Gaiman taking over in his place.
Manu
January 6th, 2014 - 12:59pmReally those were very nice episodes .I really liked The Time Of The Doctor
simon
January 6th, 2014 - 12:23pmI did enjoy watching Tom Baker in the 50th story .
As for answering the questions in the Time of the Doctor. Like how was it that landed in Amy’s garden ( Dakels, Autons, Cybermen, The Silence, Sontarans, Zygons??) who was it.
where did the other flight of stairs go ? on the outside of Amy’s house u can see that there was 2 floors a ground floor and a 1st floor and then the attic so where did the stairs goto on the 1st floor, this is just 2 of the unanswered questions i can think of at this moment I know there is more but i just can think of them at this moment.
Kelsang Samdrub
January 6th, 2014 - 10:24amYep. It was a different wedding. She met a new
bloke. I really thing Donna Noble would have been
the best companion, spoke her mind, not a shrinking violet or a scream queen. Too bad.
Anonymous
January 6th, 2014 - 7:22amok mabey not that one but less complicated ones mabey a one like the saxon period
just not the kind of one where you need to watch the whole series to get one episode
philip
January 6th, 2014 - 12:48amI think this forum makes fascinating reading and is as enjoyable as the actual shows..
well done you lot.
Clara remains a fascinating conundrum.
She has quite a few un-answered questions to feed us with.. still.. keeps me going anyway.
I hope we see Tom Baker again as the curator
Handy that crack in the sky
Matt should have stayed another series I think.
He may rue his decision, could he return like
Tenant?
The paternoster gang was quite a cosy scene,
I shall miss the frissons
Gman
January 5th, 2014 - 11:19pmwibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff question.
season 4 the doctor goes back to donnas wedding and gives her a present of a lottery ticket I assume it was a winning ticket.my understanding is that if the TARDIS lands in the past in the same time line it would be stuck in that time line. That’s why he cannot go back and
warn someone of on coming disasters etc.but if he landed to get the ticket then traveled to the wedding then how was he able to leave the wedding? Am I missing something?
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
January 5th, 2014 - 8:32pmOh, I must’ve missed that
MONKEY MONK MONK
January 5th, 2014 - 8:05pmBRILLIANT! I agree with all apart from the no story arcs there should be story arcs just not too long ones that take 3 series to solve
Anonymous
January 5th, 2014 - 7:51pmnew years resolutions for doctor who
1. the return of two parters
2. a new spin off
3. a serious sontarnan story
4. bring back doctor who confidential
5. bring back classic monsters and companions
6. more development in the clara story
7. more scary stories
8. more longer stories
9. more new writers
10. by the end of the year a new show runner
(mark gaties)
11. no more story arcs
Anonymous
January 5th, 2014 - 7:23pmI wish everyone would stop moaning in how good of dr capaldi will be he has only had 30 seconds of screen time
BUY Me
January 5th, 2014 - 7:12pmi was that anonymous
BUY Me
January 5th, 2014 - 7:04pmmy duty is p
BUY Me
January 5th, 2014 - 7:01pmfor return to galifrey forgot vervoids
BUY Me
January 5th, 2014 - 7:01pmseries 8 ideas ( p mean paternoster)
1. a new hour (new monster called bandoon)
2 the cesairs return pt1 (cesair of diplos and ogri) p
3 the cesairs return pt 2 p
4 eye of the daleks ( daleks davros)
5 the dlathereen ( slitheen blathereen dlathereen) (dlathereen are new)
6. in the toyroom pt1 (the celestial toymaker)
7. in the toyroom pt 2
8 terror of the suragsids n( new monster suragsids)p
9 they weren’t from your earth (cybermen)
10-13. return to galifrey (features the death zone) (bandoon sil mentors zarbi wotan war machines daleks cybermen sontarans silurians master black gardian rassilon borusa autons yeti suragsids weeping angels raston robot zygons adipose marshmen ogri draconians ogrons graske silence whispermen ice warriors voords ood dlatheereeen blathereen slitheen abzorbaloff sensorites pyrovile flood trickster time lords)p
x. my duty (sontarans) strax infiltrates sontaran base.
The TARDIS
January 5th, 2014 - 4:18pmI really think Matt Smith should have stuck around for one more series. Not because I like his Doctor (although I do), but because I think the storylines could have been tied up over a longer period of time and given his last story more room to breathe.
doctor3000
January 5th, 2014 - 4:01pmhere are some ideas for series 8:
1. the cyber invasion of earth ( the cybermen)
2. death in a paradise ( the sontarans)
3. sweet revenge ( the master)
4. dead or alive ( weeping angles))
5. the world of horror ( the daleks)
6. destiny of the doctor ( time lords )
7. destruction of the silurians ( silurians and sea devils)
8. the horror (spiders – planet of the spiders)
cyberman2
January 5th, 2014 - 3:46pm26 doctors but 25 if u don’t count 10’s regeneration in journeys end
who rules
January 5th, 2014 - 3:15pmnew regeneration cycle is 12, he used one into capaldi so 11 left, a total of 25 doctors
#the lord of time
January 5th, 2014 - 2:44pmUnofficaly he’s the 13th Doctor dont forget the John = 9 Christopher = 10th, David = 11/12th, Matt=13, Capaldi = 14th. But in the show Capaldi the 12th. I dont think they will be going around changing all the card games and part works magazines to change the Doctor’s numbers do you.
Gallifrey Falls No More
January 5th, 2014 - 1:35pmI dont think that the zarbi or meddling monks will return.
#savetheday
January 5th, 2014 - 1:34pmPeter Capaldi is the 14th Doctor. The time lords used the crack in time to send through a new regeneration cycle.