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Friday, 1 January 2016

Ranking series six in order...


1) The Doctor's Wife - Still the crowning achievement of the Moffat era

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/series-six.html

2) The God Complex - A surreal, disturbing experience with great characters

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-god-complex-written-by-toby.html

3) The Day of the Moon - A genuinely epic experience, gorgeously directed

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-impossible-astronautday-of-moon.html

4) The Power of Three - 30 minutes of bliss, 15 minutes of guff

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/the-power-of-three-written-by-chris.html

5) Closing Time - Sitcom Who with some very pleasing sentiment

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/closing-time-written-by-gareth-roberts.html

6) The Girl Who Waited - Over-plotted with a devastating climax

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-girl-who-waited-written-by-tom.html

7) The Impossible Astronaut - Shocking moments but plotted by a lunatic

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-impossible-astronautday-of-moon.html

8) The Wedding of River Song - A disappointing climax but there are some nice quirky touches

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/series-six.html
  
9) A Good Man Goes to War - As shallow as Doctor Who gets but it does deliver a decent punch at the climax

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-good-man-goes-to-war-written-by.html

10) Let's Kill Hitler - Horribly smug full of itself...but ideas flow like a fine wine

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/08/lets-kill-hitler-written-by-steven.html

11) Night Terrors - The sentiment is overplayed, the dolls are creepy

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/08/night-terrors-written-by-mark-gatiss.html

12) The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People - A hideous Terry Nation pastiche packed with unlikable characters

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-rebel-flesh-almost-people-written.html

13) The Curse of the Black Spot - Stick to season sixteen for the best pirate story

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-curse-of-black-spot-written-by.html 

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2 comments:

  1. ali1 January 2016 at 18:44

    Ja. This is the year where I realised something had gone wrong.

    I don't really blame RTD or Moff. In many ways, they're the showrunners we deserve. I'm not one to bang on about the Good Old Days, but I think back to the classic series whose humility was held in check by an appalling budget. Parameters encourage creativity. If you take away all parameters and sprinkle in (sorry) slavish fanbase, a writer on the make can polish any turd and be called a genius... Remember Moffat telling us how he loved the West Wing BECAUSE it was fast-paced and unintelligible and forced him to fill in the blanks. Either he was trying to revolutionize the medium or convince us that his pre-digested chunks and internet memes were some high art.

    Another big problem is that Moffat has fallen into the trap of believing Doctor Who's run out of ideas just because HE has run out of ideas. There is a difference between being Trope-aware (Whedon at his best) and constantly tweaking the viewer's nose (and worst) because "it's all been done". Of course it's all been done, there is nothing new under the sun, it is your job to present it in a way which feels fresh and new. Don't draw on obscure past episodes to find loopholes justifying bending the characters into your desired shape.

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  2. Unknown2 June 2016 at 11:47

    By the way, sorry, but Power of Three isn't in Series Six

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