Doctor Who: Some Miscellanious Analysis

[hermitknut]

So, I was looking over lists of Doctor Who episodes since 2005 (because I do awesome, special things in my spare time) and I saw some patterns. I'm not claiming that any of this is new or revolutionary, but I found it interesting to think about...

Comments

[jaggedshards]

I agree about how background information about Amy and Rory seems to come in large dumps instead of more spread out in RTD's seasons. I think that's why I've always connected with Rose, Martha and Donna's stories than the newer companions, among some other reasons.

Yes, I quite like the idea of Eleven having a good male companion who wasn't interested in him. Especially after Craig, I feel that this Doctor needs that sort of companionship, and friend to go on fun adventures with. It might be refreshing. It also wouldn't hurt if he were an alien, and not from the 21st century, but I don't expect everything.

In relation to the variety of locations and time periods, I think Earth is always going to be favoured because it's our world. We connect the best to it. What I wouldn't mind is to have more stories that stretch across one or two episodes, and not just as season finales. I've been watching a little bit of ClassicWho and I find that I like the storytelling style. Moffat has the skill to link all episodes within his seasons together, but I'm a sucker for developing deep characters and plots.

[snowflakie06]

I agree about how background information about Amy and Rory seems to come in large dumps instead of more spread out in RTD's seasons. I think that's why I've always connected with Rose, Martha and Donna's stories than the newer companions, among some other reasons.
It's the same for me, I've always found some way to relate with Rose, Martha and Donna because of the background information we've been given. With Amy, the only "background information" I've been able to relate to is how much waiting she's done and it's just not enough, especially since the Doctor caused it and we don't really get to see how it affected her outside of her relationships with the Doctor and Rory. The only other thing we really saw about her background was growing up with her "childhood fantasy" of her Raggedy Doctor but again, only in two episodes in relation to people other than Rory and the second time was really only for a few seconds at her wedding (their 'oh, not this again!' comments) and then he showed up and we didn't see any of their reactions! It went right from Amy greeting him to him dancing at their reception!

Honestly, at times it feels like I know and understand Craig better than Amy and Rory and he was only in two episodes whereas we're going to have 2 1/2 seasons/series with Amy and Rory before they leave :\