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fauxkaren

The Ten Worst Episodes of Doctor Who (According to Me) #1-5

Dec 03, 2011 16:03

Sometime in the next week, I shall post my list of the 10 Best Episodes of Doctor Who since focusing on the worst is just a lot of negativity, but for now here are the Worst Episodes of Doctor Who!

( And the winner is... )

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phoenixrising06 December 4 2011, 03:10:37 UTC

Once again, I approve of your thoughts.

Girl In the Fireplace would be my number 1 episode, I think. I've got a special rage-y place in my heart for it. I still can't believe the first time I saw it my brain actually went, "So that's the episode everyone hates. I don't know why. I thought it was quite good!"

Oh, sweet, naive past!Jessy. You will learn, my friend. You will learn.

RIVER, I'M SORRY YOUR LIFE BLOWS. You deserved better, darling.

I'm a little surprised The Wedding of River Song isn't on this list. Always keeping me on my toes, Karen. :)

fauxkaren December 4 2011, 03:33:21 UTC

I'm pretty sure the first time I saw GitF, I had a lot of initial shipper butthurt, and it was only on later viewings that I was able to really pinpoint WHY it was so bad.

TWoRS isn't on the list because I think my expectations for it were SO low that it's hard to feel disappointed by it. Idk. And I did generally like the visuals of all of history happening at once. Also, I think I would have felt a bit bad if I'd included ALL of the series 6 arcs episodes on my Ten Worst Episodes list. lol. I had to be fair to other series.

phoenixrising06 December 4 2011, 04:09:32 UTC

TWoRS isn't on the list because I think my expectations for it were SO low that it's hard to feel disappointed by it.

I get that. It's a pretty sad statement about season 6, honestly.

_thirty2flavors December 4 2011, 07:31:23 UTC

FRANCINE JONES IS AWFUL. "RAR MARTHA I DO NOT TRUST YOUR JUDGEMENT OMG MARTHA DID YOU GO OUT TWO NGIHTS IN A ROW THAT'S NOT ALLOWED GO TO YOUR ROOM. RAR MARTHA HOW DARE YOU POSSIBLY MAYBE BE DATING THIS GUY. RAR MARTHA HOW DARE YOU WANT TO HELP PEOPLE! RAR DOCTOR HERE IS A SLAP FOR SAVING BOTH OF MY DAUGHTERS' LIVES." omg Francine just O M G. I lol in the bit when Ten rushes by her, knocks her arm and she spills champagne on herself. YOU GO, TEN.

fauxkaren December 4 2011, 08:02:00 UTC

Francine really is the worst. Uuuuugh. I know that some people have issues with the way that RTD writes mothers (which is where some people point when they say that his sexism shows up in his writing), but idk what I think of that.

_thirty2flavors December 4 2011, 16:57:31 UTC

IDK I think Jackie is flawless but then you do get Sylvia and Francine who are pretty terrible. I'm not really sure if Francine and Sylvia are meant to be as terrible as I think they are though -- like idk maybe they're meant to be sympathetic and missed the mark. I do think people are wrong when they use Jackie as an example, especially when they say she's not sympathetic lol wtf.

fauxkaren December 4 2011, 18:29:53 UTC

Yeah, I think Jackie is a pretty well formed character and she's definitely supposed to be sympathetic. Francine is... not. And I don't hate Sylvia as much as you do, but she is definitely problematic too. Idk. The thing is that Francine and Sylvia do feel more like caricatures (although I do know people whose parents have shades of Francine and Sylvia) than RTDs other characters and I'm not sure what that says, exactly.

shinyopals December 4 2011, 11:26:41 UTC

Haha, aside from the Lazarus Experiment (which I really enjoy), I totally agree with this list.

The Doctor's method of dealing with the Silence remains the scene that nearly killed my love of the show in its entirely, so... well done there Moffat. Also River being worse than Hitler is the actual most offensive thing ever.

And lol agreed on the s3 Daleks and Love and Monsters. Idk the Daleks could probably do with a better Rusty treatment (wasn't he ill so didn't do his normal REWRITE ALL THE THINGS) but it had some solid ideas and angsty Ten and Martha and Tallulah being cute. And way too many shows do fandom episodes and seem to be outright cruel or mocking about them (Castle, you are the most recent offender, and Supernatural, you are the least subtle) but LINDA is a really fond treatment and I can't hate it for that.

fauxkaren December 4 2011, 19:21:29 UTC

My dislike for TLE is totally irrational. Idk. I JUST CAN'T GET PAST THE WEIRD PACING.

You know, I would have been ok with how the Doctor handled the Silence if the text actually portrayed it as a hard decision the Doctor had to make or a dark moment for him. INSTEAD IT WAS ALL PUPPIES AND RAINBOWS AND BRAINWASHING PEOPLE TO KILL OTHER CREATURES.

The s3 Dalek episodes aren't perfect, but I still find plenty to enjoy about them anyway. And yes! LINDA is a really sweet treatment of fandom. I get why people don't like L&M because the Asorbaloth is pretty ridiculous and the blow job joke at the end is AWFUL. But... Linda! Bliss made fan art!

sunnytyler001 December 4 2011, 11:43:57 UTC

THIS.
I agree SO MUCH.

goldy_dollar December 4 2011, 15:50:22 UTC

HAHAHAHA THIS LIST. And even though I'm weirdly fond of The Lazarus Experiment, it cracks me up to see it on this list with all these Moffat episodes.... which basically all tell the same plot in different ways? NO ACTUALLY THEY TELL THE SAME PLOT IN THE SAME WAY. Also PREACH YOUR HATRED FOR GIRL IN THE FIREPLACE. YOU KNOW I FEEL THE SAME.

fauxkaren December 4 2011, 19:29:37 UTC

LOL MOFFAT'S EPISODES ARE SO BAD. I mean there are some that I dislike less than others like The Eleventh Hour or Blink, but uuuuuuggghhh. So many of his episodes are terrible. He is just not the writer for me. I considered including The Wedding of River Song on this list, but it would have just been unfair for like 4 out of 10 Worst Episodes to basically be like "the series 6 plot". I had to be an equal opportunity hater and include some other writers.