Doctor Who: mixed feelings, and a question

[major_clanger]

The Wedding of River Song

Did I enjoy it? Yes. Did it wrap up the Amy/River plot arc? Sort of. Did it work as an exposition of time travel. Um, I have serious doubts.

Comments

[lil_shepherd]

Dr Who has never been science fiction - it is science fantasy, or, as Moffat says, "fairy tale". Which does not make your point any less valid, of course.

[davidwake]

Oh yes it has been.

The problem is that this story was yet another one that was simply one element after another after another. Putting lots and lots and lots of things in a pot doesn't make a good stew.

[altariel]

But has been a fantasy adventure series since its return.

[davidwake]

I would agree, although I want it to be SF. It always was, some better than others, but recently it's not even been fantasy. This week's was "cameo plotting", this is a Dalek bit, this is the Churchill bit, etc. I always have a sinking feeling when it's radically different form the last episode and we have explaining how we got there.

Compare this with Moffat's "Blink" and the very tight plotting of "Coupling".

[dorispossum]

Two things irritate me about the latest incarnation of 'Dr Who'. The shift to melodrama (your example, the whole River Song/Doctor plotline). And the steampunking of all the sets and props to grub a little fashion appeal. Lack of subtlety, lack of originality. Not Good Enough.