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_thirty2flavors

top 5 ways to fix doctor who series 6

Nov 09, 2011 15:38

turtle_goose asked for my top 5 ways to fix series 6. "CHANGE EVERYTHING" didn't seem like a good answer, so I tried to work within the constraints of the basic plot outline of this season. Obviously this is really a top 5 ways to tweak series 6 to my liking.

( Top 5 Ways I Would Fix Series 6. )

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spud14 November 9 2011, 20:46:24 UTC

BUT WHY WAS LITTLE MELODY IN THE SPACE SUIT

_thirty2flavors November 9 2011, 20:46:54 UTC

SHE WOULD NEVER NEED TO BE IN THE WORLD WHERE #1 HAPPENED BECAUSE THAT WAS ILLOGICAL NONSENSE ANYWAY

mrv3000 November 9 2011, 20:47:47 UTC

I think I'm glad I didn't watch past ep 2. (Or was it 3? Whatever.)

_thirty2flavors November 9 2011, 20:49:17 UTC

I think s6 had some episodes that were stronger than anything we got in s5 (Doctor's Wife, Girl Who Waited) but for the most part it was a hot mess.

professor_spork November 9 2011, 20:49:09 UTC

... now I have to go cry endless tears of frustration that none of this happened; brb.

_thirty2flavors November 9 2011, 20:50:05 UTC

LOL IKR I'VE BASICALLY BEEN CRYING TEARS OF BLOOD SINCE I REALIZED #1 COULD'VE HAPPENED

shinyopals November 9 2011, 20:53:15 UTC

LOL I LIKE THIS POST A LOT.

tbh I think this does cover a lot of my major beefs with s6. I wouldn't even care about plotting I couldn't follow if it had the emotional realism I wanted. And it got really close with the Girl Who Waited and the God Complex. But I still don't even understand why what Eleven did in AGMGTW was supposed to be bad? And more to the point, why Day of the Moon was apparently supposed to be good.

The other potential solution, for the writer who doesn't want to bother with emotions is to STOP TRYING TO BUILD UP ELEVEN'S DARKEST HOUR/WHATEVER AND ALSO NOT LOSE ANYONE'S BABY.

But mostly I would have been more interested in a show where the characters were people and there were consequences of actions and stuff.

_thirty2flavors November 9 2011, 20:57:27 UTC

I guess Eleven's dark hour was LOSING A BABY which IA frankly but like it didn't really feel like his fault? Or like... lol I don't know, if it was his fault all we got was River scolding him for two seconds and then he got over it once he realized Melody was River and IDEK what was going on in that whole episode. And the fact that DOTM never came up again is so hilarious and misled.

And yeah, honestly, you could also just NOT WRITE THIS STORY if you didn't want to follow through on it.

shinyopals November 9 2011, 21:02:08 UTC

BUT HE WAS NEVER EVEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR LOSING THE BABY. omfg s6 so many questions. Wasn't River's speech in that scene all like YOU MAKE ARMIES RUN YOU TERRIBLE PERSON? That isn't even about losing a baby.

And omg DotM STILL MY LEAST FAVOURITE EVER. I mean... the Silence came back. Repeatedly. You'd think this would give someone a chance to deal with the fact that the Doctor's "victory" was THE ABSOLUTE WORST. I WOULD TAKE THEM OVER HIM TBQH. AT LEAST THEY HELP ME WITH SCIENCE.

It's so bizarre as well, because the Girl Who Waited and The Doctor's Wife and even The God Complex (minus the ending because IA on Amy/Rory dumping him) were such incredibly strong episodes and I think I liked them better than everything in s5.

Although by "bizarre" I think I mean "easily explicable when you realise who didn't write them".

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_thirty2flavors November 9 2011, 22:07:36 UTC

I still don't necessarily endorse what happened in this season, but I think basically any of these things could've been added and made me enjoy the season a lot more and given it more emotional resonance/purpose.