The (Regenerated) Doctor Who Discussion Thread

[Ameriganastan]

Speaking as one who adores Moffat (for the most part -- no man is perfect, and he especially can be over-ambitious or even nonsensical) and loathes RTD (his later work, anyways -- save The Waters of Mars), I can say I detest Series 2.

It wasn't all completely bad, just mostly dull and occasionally infuriating. But this is in retrospect, having started at Series 5 and Series 3 simultaneously (BBC America's schedule is weird).

How can you say you detest series 2 yet pass no comment about the abysmal series 3?

Yeah, season 3 kinda blows.

[Chelta]

I've just done a rewatch of Series 3 and I actually thought it was pretty decent. Only poor stories are really The Lazarus Experiment and probably the finale.

[Ameriganastan]

I've just done a rewatch of Series 3 and I actually thought it was pretty decent. Only poor stories are really The Lazarus Experiment and probably the finale.

...You do remember season 3 gave us this, right?

[Eastfield Lodge]

I've just done a rewatch of Series 3 and I actually thought it was pretty decent. Only poor stories are really The Lazarus Experiment and probably the finale.

Lazarus was alright I thought. And by finale, I hope you mean the last two episodes, because Utopia was by miles the best episode that series (of the top of my head).

[Osnil]

I've just done a rewatch of Series 3 and I actually thought it was pretty decent. Only poor stories are really The Lazarus Experiment and probably the finale.

...You do remember season 3 gave us this, right?

We get this when Daleks mess with genetics.

But when HUMANS mess with genetics, we get. . .
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11119/111192150/4630015-0847926736-Juras.jpg
Indominus Rex

We are more capable of destroying humanity than Daleks.

[The Romulan Republic]

I've just done a rewatch of Series 3 and I actually thought it was pretty decent. Only poor stories are really The Lazarus Experiment and probably the finale.

Lazarus was alright I thought. And by finale, I hope you mean the last two episodes, because Utopia was by miles the best episode that series (of the top of my head).

Series 3 was alright. There were a number of good episodes. I liked The Runaway Bride, Smith and Jones, Gridlock, 42, Blink, and Utopia. Blink and the end of Utopia were utter gold.

[Ameriganastan]

I've just done a rewatch of Series 3 and I actually thought it was pretty decent. Only poor stories are really The Lazarus Experiment and probably the finale.

Lazarus was alright I thought. And by finale, I hope you mean the last two episodes, because Utopia was by miles the best episode that series (of the top of my head).

It's up there. But I say the best was a three-way tie between "Blink", "Gridlock" and "The Runaway Bride".

[Osnil]

...You do remember season 3 gave us this, right?

We get this when Daleks mess with genetics.

But when HUMANS mess with genetics, we get. . .
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11119/111192150/4630015-0847926736-Juras.jpg
Indominus Rex

We are more capable of destroying humanity than Daleks.

No response to this?

[Nightkill the Emperor]

We get this when Daleks mess with genetics.

But when HUMANS mess with genetics, we get. . .
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11119/111192150/4630015-0847926736-Juras.jpg
Indominus Rex

We are more capable of destroying humanity than Daleks.

No response to this?

No point justifying it.

[Ameriganastan]

We get this when Daleks mess with genetics.

But when HUMANS mess with genetics, we get. . .
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11119/111192150/4630015-0847926736-Juras.jpg
Indominus Rex

We are more capable of destroying humanity than Daleks.

No response to this?

Don't quote yourself for attention. Nobody likes that.

[Osnil]

No response to this?

No point justifying it.

But it's true-Daleks come up with some fancy way to destroy Humanity and the Doctor figures it out. Humans create a dinosaur capable of killing us all for enertainment.

[Ameriganastan]

Osnil, this is not the Jurassic World thread. Knock it off.

[Osnil]

Osnil, this is not the Jurassic World thread. Knock it off.

I know-I'll stop. I just thought I'd make the connection between Dalek hybids ending badly and dinosaur hybrids ending-worse.

[Eastfield Lodge]

Lazarus was alright I thought. And by finale, I hope you mean the last two episodes, because Utopia was by miles the best episode that series (of the top of my head).

It's up there. But I say the best was a three-way tie between "Blink", "Gridlock" and "The Runaway Bride".

Lazarus was alright I thought. And by finale, I hope you mean the last two episodes, because Utopia was by miles the best episode that series (of the top of my head).

Series 3 was alright. There were a number of good episodes. I liked The Runaway Bride, Smith and Jones, Gridlock, 42, Blink, and Utopia. Blink and the end of Utopia were utter gold.

I'd completely forgotten Blink was Series 3...
And the Family of Blood two-parter as well.
I generally don't the specials as part of a series, but Runaway was great as well.

[Charellia]

I've just done a rewatch of Series 3 and I actually thought it was pretty decent. Only poor stories are really The Lazarus Experiment and probably the finale.

...You do remember season 3 gave us this, right?

In spite of that particular gem of a bad idea, the episode itself wasn't nearly as bad as it is usually made out to be.

[Eastfield Lodge]

...You do remember season 3 gave us this, right?

In spite of that particular gem of a bad idea, the episode itself wasn't nearly as bad as it is usually made out to be.

Like quite a few of the bad episodes, it's a great concept, but could have been done so much better. I mean, pitting the Daleks' need for survival against their desire for purity and superiority, a conflict personified by Sec and his influx of human emotions, is a great idea.
Love and Monsters, I maintain, had a good idea - a story about the people once met by the Doctor and searching for answers. But we all know how that ended up...

[Chelta]

I've just done a rewatch of Series 3 and I actually thought it was pretty decent. Only poor stories are really The Lazarus Experiment and probably the finale.

...You do remember season 3 gave us this, right?

I must be one of the few people who actually liked that story. At least they were trying to do something new and original with the Daleks...

[Osnil]

...You do remember season 3 gave us this, right?

I must be one of the few people who actually liked that story. At least they were trying to do something new and original with the Daleks...

It was different, but it's not my favorite.

[The Starlight]

What do you fellows think is the worst modern DW episode?
I'm sorry for all those who forgot it and wished it never to be mentioned again, but I'm going with Love and Monsters.
*cringe*
If anyone posts a picture, I am going to die.

[Charellia]

What do you fellows think is the worst modern DW episode?
I'm sorry for all those who forgot it and wished it never to be mentioned again, but I'm going with Love and Monsters.
*cringe*
If anyone posts a picture, I am going to die.

Love and Monsters is bad but I find it tolerable. The only episode I truly hate is The Next Doctor. It was the only episode where I actually considered stopping midway through. It was idiotic on so many levels. People complain a lot about Closing Time and Death in Heaven for their treatment of the cybermen, but The Next Doctor was their absolute lowest point. They weren't scary, threatening or even competent. Somehow it managed to turn villains that are menacing by default into a complete joke. The plot in inane and worst of all, just plain boring.

[Chelta]

I'd have to agree with Love & Monsters. Yeuch. If Torchwood counts, Random Shoes was also pretty retch-inducing.

[Chelta]

What do you fellows think is the worst modern DW episode?
I'm sorry for all those who forgot it and wished it never to be mentioned again, but I'm going with Love and Monsters.
*cringe*
If anyone posts a picture, I am going to die.

Yeah, you basically asked for that.

[Ameriganastan]

I'd have to agree with Love & Monsters. Yeuch. If Torchwood counts, Random Shoes was also pretty retch-inducing.

Hey, "Random Shoes" was great.

[Luxdonia]

What do you fellows think is the worst modern DW episode?
I'm sorry for all those who forgot it and wished it never to be mentioned again, but I'm going with Love and Monsters.
*cringe*
If anyone posts a picture, I am going to die.

I don't know, but some of last season's episodes were very anticlimactic. Into the Dalek was simply woeful.

[Aqizithiuda]

I'd have to agree with Love & Monsters. Yeuch. If Torchwood counts, Random Shoes was also pretty retch-inducing.

Hey, "Random Shoes" was great.

Did you just defend a Torchwood episode?