I've been thinking a bit about Davies vs. Moffat. Not in a 'who is objectively better' sort of way since I don't think it is possible to make any sort of objective determination. Everyone has biases. Not in a 'who writes women better' way either since I could do a long essay on ways that both of them do it wrong. And not in a 'who I like better' ( Read more... )

So I never got to post about The God Complex last weekend what with being sick and then having too much time to think about it - meaning instead of a short bullet points post I have MANY THOUGHTS about the episode and some of how it ties into the rest of the season ( Read more... )

One thing I have to say about this season of Doctor Who is that I am NOT finding it boring. *g* I seem to LOVE it or HATE it. But even my hate is not a 'this is awful' sort of hate though I do have issues with some of the choices they've decided to make this year. It's actually hard to put my feelings for the show into words right now (though I ( Read more... )

I have a couple of things I want to discuss about recent Doctor Who episodes but first I want to come out quite strongly on the side of SPOILERS and the freedom of fans to talk about them. I know that Moffat (and RTD before him) HATES them and thinks it's vandalism for the information to get out there before the episode. (See his recent rant about ( Read more... )

( Wilf was always going to be in that box )

I'm back with some more musings on the nature of the Doctor in the story. Specifically I'm interested in the differences between where RTD placed Ten in the story and where Moffat places Eleven. Yes, I'm going there just a little even though I'm mostly allergic to Ten vs. Eleven comparisons! Basically they tend to consist of 'Eleven (or Ten) is so ( Read more... )

I have now seen the Doctor Who Christmas special! \o/ It'll be good to be able to read everyone's discussions about it now. Not that I was fussed about spoilers but I didn't want preconceived notions in my head as I watched ( Read more... )

The other day in one of those Doctor Who meme posts I mentioned the theme of season 4. By this I don't mean the mystery of the season. The mystery, or arc, of season 4 is 'what happened to those planets, why are they disappearing, and who's taking them.' A perfectly fine mystery with good hints along the way and a tidy resolution but that is just ( Read more... )

1. I posted a discussion question over at dwrewatch about the parallels between the Doctor in Dalek and River Song in The Big Bang. Or actually, parallels between their actions but a contract between how their actions are treated by the narrative ( Read more... )

I have seen Flesh and Stone! And it was good! Kept me interested and I think it hung together well. Look for a more detailed review and picspam coming to this journal soon! But, before I do that, I do have one issue that I want to mention.

( Flesh and Stone - A bit of meta/speculation )