The new Doctor....

[captain nemo1701]

Well, he arrived in a flash. Long build up to Matt Smith leaving, quite emotional but somehow the episode fell short of expectations after the 50th anniversary.

Spoiler alert if you haven't seen it yet....

What are the chances of a tiny planet across the universe having a town on it called Christmas where it's inhabitants all look like they stepped out of a Christmas Carol?

Weeping Angels - getting bored with them now. I mean, how exactly do they travel??. They can't even look at each other let alone buy a ticket on a spaceship or hitch a ride...

Sending Clara back to Earth, like Rose at the end of series 1 felt a bit repetitive.

I did like the return of the 'reality crack', we found out who blew up the Tardis and it's apparent that if the Time Lords can send a message, they aren't frozen in a single moment as happened in the 50th. This ties in well with DT's last story, The End of Time, in which they were all trapped in a time lock which repeats itself like Groundhog Day. Obviously, the Doctor got his sums wrong.

Looking forward to seeing what Capaldi can do with it.

 

[ScotiaLass]

I think the writing definitely fell short last season.
I also think Capaldi will do a great job, it's like anything, we're going to have to get used to him first!

 

[LutherB]

Going to have to get used to him not swearing

 

[captain nemo1701]

I think the writing definitely fell short last season.
I also think Capaldi will do a great job, it's like anything, we're going to have to get used to him first!

Stephen Moffat is capable of writing wonderfully convoluted time travel stories of mind-mangling complexity (I really enjoyed Blink in series 3) but does rather have some silly ideas. Two of the silliest are the Statue of Liberty really being a weeping angel (it must be looked at all the time plus you'd think someone would notice a massive thing like that suddenly missing) and the worst - big flying sharks in fog.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

How will the new doctor explain his presence in the new series of Musketeers?

 

[MossCommuter]

Two of the silliest are the Statue of Liberty really being a weeping angel (it must be looked at all the time plus you'd think someone would notice a massive thing like that suddenly missing) and the worst - big flying sharks in fog.

It is precisely because it is looked at all the time that it does not move.

 

[Melonfish]

well i mean are moffats idea's any more outlandish then the dross they thought up in the 80's?
that being said i am looking forward to seeing what they do with the doctor in the new one, but i would like to see some other writers get their stuff stuck in.

 

[captain nemo1701]

It is precisely because it is looked at all the time that it does not move.

I agree it wouldn't move. But in the episode, you see it looming over the hotel where the Angels keep their time-displacement victims (rooftop scene).

 

[MossCommuter]

I agree it wouldn't move. But in the episode, you see it looming over the hotel where the Angels keep their time-displacement victims (rooftop scene).

:O somebody blinked!