Forum for Geeks

any opinions on the series that just ended in the UK? got a while before it officially ends in BBCA though

Loved it!
I was expecting to not like it so much (partially from the trauma of the Tennant to Smith regeneration).
Have to say I was completely wrong in my pre-judgement of Matt Smith, he's done a wicked job and the entire season's had me gripped. Can't wait until the Christmas Special - murder on the Orient express style...in space - sounds genius enough just from that.

I've almost forgotten about David Tennant.

Almost.

Not quite.

He needs to be The Riddler in the third Batman movie.

I am still working my way through the Christopher Eccelston series.

I've liked what I've seen so far (I watch it on BBC America). Even the episodes that got negative reactions from most fans weren't that bad.

The actors are great and Matt Smith does a great job. But some of the episodes had awkward pacing or direction and I felt they are still trying to define the direction of this Doctor. The Moffat episodes were the best but I hoped the whole season would be lifted up by his leadership. Someone posted it once that what they needed was this season's Moffat, meaning the new stand out writer who wasn't running the show (like what Moffat was for RTD, his clean up hitter, if you will). Maybe we got a little of that with AMY'S CHOICE.

Forcing the crack into every episode was, well, forced. Linking all the episodes with cameos in the finale was a much better way to link them.

I wondered why the Doctor wasn't more anxious to solve the crack thing. Crack in time and space destroying the universe? What do you do? Go visit the art museum and Van Gogh!! That doesn't sound like the Doctor.

I did like how they took some chances. Some of it didn't work with the humor and pacing like wrapping up the episode early to spend more time with next week's tease or character development in the Tardis. Sometimes they went too long before the opening credits. But that was all about trying something new. And I do appreciate something different like where they left off the two companions at the series end (spoilers in effect here) or not answering all the mysteries and saving a couple for next season as a tease.

I was also was glad they made this a Back-to-the-Basics Doc with the look. The Daleks, their ship, episodes in the northern towns rather than London and Wales, all hark back, for me, to classic Who from the Pertwee and Troughton era.

I give the season a B+.
Matt Smith an A.
Karen Gillan an A.
The Writers a B.
Moffat, as a writer, an A. As a Producer, a B.
Directors a B.

I was a little disapointed with the end of the last episode. but I do think smith has totally taken over the role, nice also to see more of the previous regenerations without them being too shoe-horned in.

Hopefully next season will be better as the writers will have more of an idea of how smith plays the doctor, as some of the early eps seemed as if they were written for Tennant.

But can we please sort out the music, sometimes you can't hear a thing (the opening credits) and then others it totally drowns out the dialogue.
And also glad some of the sexual inuendo has been trimmed back a bit. I didn't mind RTD but you have to admit he couldn't write a cheque without giving it a gay subtext.

I loved Tennant, but I agree, Smith is knocking it out of the park. It's been really refreshing to have an overtly nerdy Doctor, yet he's still cocky.

There were a lot of great moments in this season, but it's been a little while since I finished it, so it's not fresh in my mind. I've showed the first ep of the season to a couple of people that haven't watched any of the new Who, and they've all loved it.