tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post3904171769514902338..comments2024-03-14T05:07:57.110-07:00Comments on Doc Oho Reviews...: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe written by Steven Moffat and directed by Farren Blackburn Doc Ohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01819922630249965949noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-66794729336876113552019-01-30T02:22:29.635-08:002019-01-30T02:22:29.635-08:00To Dark:Oh dear, how time changes things. Watch an...To Dark:Oh dear, how time changes things. Watch an episode of Series 11, anybody, and I do not blame you if you think Bradley Walsh is the Doctor and that blonde is just an extra who acts badly. No, the Moffat era was very focused on the Doctor (maybe too focused on Series 6 but the show was still Doctor Who, no the Rose Tyler show of the RTD era) and say what you say about their female companions but at least they were strong women and not ignored extras like Yaz (Jesus, Amy was more credible in a scene as a police officer than Yaz was in a whole season!!!). For me, River Song is the true thirteenth Doctor.Tangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180454854103995881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-68661223627109422302018-06-19T04:21:25.534-07:002018-06-19T04:21:25.534-07:00#Totally agree on your view re Capaldi there anony...#Totally agree on your view re Capaldi there anonymous. <br /><br />Seeing any potential for conflict, development, or hell just acting anything like the doctor cut off by little miss smug can do no wrong Clara, aka Steven Moffat's creation was frankly depressing and is one reason I've never bothered going back to see the end of the run. <br /><br />Ironically I'm finding myself rethinking a few of Russel's excesses in light of this. yes, seeing all of the mythologising of the Doctor in something like Voyage of the damned is cheesy as heck and strains even my love of Doctor who, but hay at least russel remembered that the program is Doctor who, not the Clara/Amy/river/missy/insert Moffat's own creation here show. <br />darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15526681809763999806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-67118955158842282022018-06-18T09:18:37.457-07:002018-06-18T09:18:37.457-07:00Gosh I so completely agree with the last comment o...Gosh I so completely agree with the last comment of @dark, I cannot stand the women in the Moffat era, all the sexual innuendo, the jokes, the flirting, etc. I don't utterly dislike River because Alex Kingston makes her likeable in the hands of a lesser actress she would be totally unwatchable. Also agree with the female doctor under Moffat *shudder* I didn't like the fact that as soon the Master is female the first thing she does is song the Doctor and call him his boyfriend. I wish Moffat had left at the end of the Matt Smith era and another showrunner had given Capaldi scripts worthy of his talentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-45929718111741021752018-06-18T09:12:03.112-07:002018-06-18T09:12:03.112-07:00I'm with dark, gimme anything from. The ETD er...I'm with dark, gimme anything from. The ETD era before Moffat smugness, although I love the Capaldi Doctor and series 10 TARDIS crew is the best of the Moffat era. I can't stand Amy and Clara was likeable but too unaffected by anything Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-21231564417655778262018-06-11T22:26:25.644-07:002018-06-11T22:26:25.644-07:00@Tango I probably ought to nerve myself to get thr...@Tango I probably ought to nerve myself to get through 9 and 10, though the days when I assiduously collected every new Dr. who series on dvd ended with season 5. <br /><br />Sorry I really couldn't stand! amy. From the night when she runs out on her actually really nice husband before his wedding, to her virtually sexually harrassing the doctor, to her generally smug self satisfied attitude, I'm not sure who I dislike more Amy or miss Oh I'm going to lecture him week and run his life because I@m miss perfect Clara. <br /><br />River Song didn't fair better with all the nonsensical mystery box dropped moffat plots and overly sexual nonsense (really if a male character behaved like that we'd be calling him a creep), though to her credit she had a couple of appearances where she did work, indeed i really enjoyed her introduction in silence in the library. <br /><br />I also have been remarkably surprised how well she's worked on audio, though that's essentially been by jetesening all the bits of River Song that didn't work, ie the typical moffat female character traits of unresolved plots and ammeter innuendo, and just keeping her as what she mostly seemed to be in silence, ie, a super awesome competent archaeologist with mysterious powers who turned up and helped people not unlike the Doctor himself. <br /><br />I might check out 9 and 10 if I can ever watch them for free, but as it is methinks I'll just wait to see what Chidnal has to offer, The Moff has disappointed me all too often, and I was getting tired of seeing such a potentially great character as Capaldi's doctor constantly cut off at the knees. <br /><br />maybe if Chibnal does a good enough job it'll urge me to go back, but we'll see, ---- I confess with the way that female characters have been written under moffat I'm a little wary of what will be done with a female doctor. <br /><br />I actually like the idea of a female doctor in principle, especially if they could get a lady with real gravitas and presence for the roll, but with the way doctor who (and Moffat particularly), has dealt with writing most female characters I'm a tad suspicious. <br /><br />Still, just as Russel's era lead to a major change in tone, and I'm afraid to say in my view mostly a severe dip in quality for the series, hopefully Chibnal's era will do the same and even if not there is always Big finish.darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15526681809763999806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-18261009929652839232018-06-11T17:19:51.047-07:002018-06-11T17:19:51.047-07:00Very much in agreement with this review.
"Th...Very much in agreement with this review.<br /><br />"The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe" - Worst.Episode. Ever. <br /><br />Tiresome in the extreme. Makes the likes of UNDERWORLD, TIMELASH and TIME AND THE RANI look like masterpieces in comparison. <br /><br />In fact I cannot think of any other DR WHO story that I find so difficult to love (although maybe THE WEDDING OF RIVER SONG and KILL THE MOON come close).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-15493472013477022692018-06-10T15:30:14.350-07:002018-06-10T15:30:14.350-07:00Yeah, the last scene with the 11 Doctor in the hou...Yeah, the last scene with the 11 Doctor in the house of the Ponds was the only good thing about that special and I wish the story had been about that. The episode is strange but harmless, "Hell Bent" deserves all the hatred, I did not think it was so bad after seeing the depressing and dark Series 6<br /><br />To Dark: Watch Series 10 and you will be surprised how innocent and friendly Bill Potts is, and Nardole is a God, of the smug Rose and Clara (at least Amy's attitude was justified because the Doctor ruined her life) and even River Song is the saving grace of Capaldi era after Clara's poison.Tangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180454854103995881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-412776887100725082018-06-10T02:57:28.281-07:002018-06-10T02:57:28.281-07:00With a couple of rare exceptions EG vincent and th...With a couple of rare exceptions EG vincent and the doctor and murder on the orient expresss I've hated Moffat's "everybody lives, kiddy kiddy magic" version of Doctor who with its obnoxiously smug female characters, childish plots and deus ex solutions that go no where. This episode is pretty much an encapsulation of everything I hate, the only thing it doesn't have is a smug, overly sexual female predator.<br /><br />Give me russel at his worst any day.<br /><br />I actually missed the entirety of series 9 and 10, and what was worse is I didn't care. <br /><br />I am nurving myself to start the Chidnal era and see if I can actually get some semi decent doctor who back on Tv.darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15526681809763999806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-79053321280229016692018-06-08T01:34:54.197-07:002018-06-08T01:34:54.197-07:00Well I'm glade someone got something out of Ca...Well I'm glade someone got something out of Capaldi's tenure. I only enjoyed three episodes across his three series mostly because Clara drove me up the wall. For the episodes vired between boring or unwatchable. Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947926717792019335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-37780415553219550852018-06-07T03:58:36.340-07:002018-06-07T03:58:36.340-07:00A rare (fortunately) failure in the otherwise outs...A rare (fortunately) failure in the otherwise outstanding Matt Smith era. Also the only performance from Smith which feels *forced*. Smith was exemplary in delivering nuanced and highly detailed performances week in and out. This seems like he just decided to throw that out the window and channel the mugging of David Tennant at his most obnoxious. An oddity of an episode on so many fronts, although the cinematography was exquisite. There is at least the beautiful final scene. I wonder if there were other issues at play at the time? At least it is nowhere near as dreadful as the very very lower depths of Tennant's tenure. Give me this any day over The End of Time, Planet of the Dead, The Next Doctor, The Doctor's Daughter, Fear Her, Daleks in Manhattan etc. Peter Capaldi only really has one 'stinker' of an episode too across his tenure - Sleep No More - but really not a single weak performance. Quite an extraordinary run with series 10 just nudging series 5 as the pinnacle of modern Who, but on balance, Smith's is the better run overall and undoubtedly Capaldi is the single greatest actor to ever grace the role, so let's call it a draw between the glorious Moffat era doctors!<br /><br />The waste of potentially great guest stars has unfortunately been a fairly common fault in modern Who from both Moffat and Davies. Something I hope of which Chris Chibnall will be cogniscent.<br /><br />All IMO of course and other views may vary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-79999235298854700502018-06-07T01:21:08.702-07:002018-06-07T01:21:08.702-07:00A piece of unmitigated rubbish if you ask me. It&#...A piece of unmitigated rubbish if you ask me. It's sad Moffat's era started so well with series five but after that it became a complete train wreck with only a handful of good episodes scattered throughout his run at least for me. Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947926717792019335noreply@blogger.com