This is many of my problems with Holmes!Who. He just... doesn't care about anything, he'll change and alter characters and relationships to fit that week's "homage" and there just isn't much political meat on them bones. Also? Kind of racist at times.

In case I forget to say “Happy Birthday, Emo Time Lord” I have decided to write many words about Destiny of the Daleks which I love and watch so often that it is silly.

( ”Destiny of teh Dalex )

Cliffhangers are a bit of a joke, and when they work - as they do when the Daleks rise from the Thames - it's not because you fear for the characters, but because you're desperate to see what happens next. The tension of Doctor Who is not whether the characters are going to survive or win. It's not even when they're going to win. It's how. And it's ( Read more... )