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Yes, I remember all those times Sarah-Jane jumped on a bed, spread her legs and asked the Doctor to "sort her out"...
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I think he's still involved in the show. Remember the trail for Graham Norton last week? It's all part of RTD's gay agenda!
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I think he's still involved in the show. Remember the trail for Graham Norton last week? It's all part of RTD's gay agenda!
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What gets me is that if RTD had written that last scene he'd have been lambasted by the usual suspects on here for ruining their vision of what Dr Who should be, but as SM has written it it's apparently hilarious and totally in keeping with Amy's character, who let's not forget is apparently a throwback to the companions seen in Classic Who.
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I think he'll be loving it as much as me. I loved RTD's era and I'm loving Moffat's era. Seriously; isn't the reason we are all on this forum because we love Doctor Who? RTD haters say what you will, but you wouldn't have stuck with the New Who show for 5 years if it was THAT rubbish.
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Can't see this at all. I've felt every episode this year so far (even the comparatively weak Dalek one) was better than the last couple of years, and if anything this two parter was Moffat's best effort since the superb 'Blink'.
/"Forest of the Dead" above this two-parter. In previous series, Moffat's episodes have been the highlights ("Empty Child", "Girl in the Fireplace") but his episodes so far this year have been below par - not bad, just below his usual extremely high standard. Perhaps he is getting distracted from writing from his duties running the show. |
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Who cares what Russell thinks? He's gone, move on.
However he may be lamenting the disappearance of one staple element of his Dr Who...
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You do know that (in the real world at least) you can't actually rewrite history? Moffat wouldn't have a job if Davies hadn't been so successful.
RTD will be seen as just another Derek Sherwin - filling in a gap for a year or two. |
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There's a line of hypocrites forming...I'm surprised that you are one
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I'd agree that Blink is "superb" - one of my top few episodes of any TV show ever, but I'd put "Silence in the Library"
/"Forest of the Dead" above this two-parter. In previous series, Moffat's episodes have been the highlights ("Empty Child", "Girl in the Fireplace") but his episodes so far this year have been below par - not bad, just below his usual extremely high standard. Perhaps he is getting distracted from writing from his duties running the show. |
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I think he'll be loving it as much as me. I loved RTD's era and I'm loving Moffat's era. Seriously; isn't the reason we are all on this forum because we love Doctor Who? RTD haters say what you will, but you wouldn't have stuck with the New Who show for 5 years if it was THAT rubbish.
Also, RTD and SM are colleagues and no doubt admire each others work. There's no need for the petty rivalry amongst fans of the show. |
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Right...so you've started a thread asking people what RTD thinks of the new series given the fact that they can't possibly know...care to explain your reasoning for bothering?
![]() If not, what’s to stop him giving his reaction to the new series, either on Twitter, or interviews, or blogs, or to people who know him who could post on here? This thread raises a good question, and one I’ve been wondering for the past month. Quote:
What gets me is that if RTD had written that last scene he'd have been lambasted by the usual suspects on here for ruining their vision of what Dr Who should be, but as SM has written it it's apparently hilarious and totally in keeping with Amy's character, who let's not forget is apparently a throwback to the companions seen in Classic Who.
The hypocrisy and double standards never ceases to amaze me. While RTD gave us a love story between Rose and the Doctor, SM seems to have really toned down the romance to take the Doctor back to being more of an alien father figure, and nowhere was this more evident than in this scene. For that matter, I can’t imagine David Tennant’s Doctor tenderly kissing a companion on the forehead and there being absolutely no romantic connotations. I’m not saying I disagree with RTD’s choices, but I definitely don’t think this episode portrayed the Doctor as more sexual — only the companion. Personally I think it’s about time we had a little bit more of a sexual companion. A world where no one has any sexual desires is unrealistic, and I think many TV shows suffer from that. We haven’t really had that kind of thing since Captain Jack’s debut episode back in series 1, and Moffat wrote that! |
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There's a line of hypocrites forming...I'm surprised that you are one
![]() I'm sure Russell will be bloody loving it, just like most of us are.
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What gets me is that if RTD had written that last scene he'd have been lambasted by the usual suspects on here for ruining their vision of what Dr Who should be, but as SM has written it it's apparently hilarious and totally in keeping with Amy's character, who let's not forget is apparently a throwback to the companions seen in Classic Who.
The hypocrisy and double standards never ceases to amaze me. Doomsday is a Deus Ex Machine yet Flesh And Stone/The Beast Below and Victory Of The Daleks are classic old skool Who. ![]() Any other writer and the resolution of the cliffhanger from Time Of Angels would have been lambasted in the RTD era (makes being stuck down a hole in The Satan Pit seem a bit redundant if all they have to do it blow up a gravity ball) ![]() When Martha fancies the Doctor (from a far as well it must be said, and very much kept it to herself) it is sopa opera and how dare Doctor Who deal in emotions, it wouldn't have happened with a companion in the old days. When Amy Pond physically tries to get The Doctor into bed for sex, it classic who ![]() ![]() When Doctors 9/10 used the Soncic screwdriver it was lazy writing yet when Doctor 11 uses it, and it seems he never stops using it, it is classic old skool Who ![]() When a Dalek uses a temporal shift it is lazy writing, yet teleporting Amy Pond out of a long and carefully set up scene that involves her walking through a group of Angels with her eyes closed is classic old skool Who.
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I can’t see RTD writing a scene where the Doctor pushes a horny girl away in disgust, reminding her that she’s hundreds of years younger than him and a different species.
While RTD gave us a love story between Rose and the Doctor, SM seems to have really toned down the romance to take the Doctor back to being more of an alien father figure, and nowhere was this more evident than in this scene. |
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As much as I loved the RTD era, deeply, I'd have to agree.
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Yes, I remember all those times Sarah-Jane jumped on a bed, spread her legs and asked the Doctor to "sort her out"...
Each companion is different, just because a previous one like the great SJS, didn't come on to The Doctor, doesn't mean one like Amy can't. Doctor Who has always been about doing things differently, so I have no problem with the way Amy behaved. |
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The last scene on Flesh and Stone aside, overall I think this series feels more like traditional Doctor Who. Certainly with the characterisation of The Doctor.
Each companion is different, just because a previous one like the great SJS, didn't come on to The Doctor, doesn't mean one like Amy can't. Doctor Who has always been about doing things differently, so I have no problem with the way Amy behaved. But it is also in character for the Doctor to push her away as a 900 year old alien timelord. The point was Moffat got the characters better then emo Tennant and the RTD years which would have had them snogging them him boasting about it afterwards. |
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Oh its perfectly in character for Amy to behave like that. Shes highly sexed.
But it is also in character for the Doctor to push her away as a 900 year old alien timelord. The point was Moffat got the characters better then emo Tennant and the RTD years which would have had them snogging them him boasting about it afterwards. |
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Oh its perfectly in character for Amy to behave like that. Shes highly sexed.
But it is also in character for the Doctor to push her away as a 900 year old alien timelord. The point was Moffat got the characters better then emo Tennant and the RTD years which would have had them snogging them him boasting about it afterwards. |
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Oh its perfectly in character for Amy to behave like that. Shes highly sexed.
But it is also in character for the Doctor to push her away as a 900 year old alien timelord. The point was Moffat got the characters better then emo Tennant and the RTD years which would have had them snogging them him boasting about it afterwards. |
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How many times did Tennant snog a companion and how many times did he boast about it??
"I'm the Doctor! And I just snogged Madame de Pompadour!!!" And we all know who wrote that
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Oh its perfectly in character for Amy to behave like that. Shes highly sexed.
But it is also in character for the Doctor to push her away as a 900 year old alien timelord. The point was Moffat got the characters better then emo Tennant and the RTD years which would have had them snogging them him boasting about it afterwards. The only time the Tenth Doctor boasted about snogging someone, and actually snogged them back...with no excuse like saving their life, or genetic transfer was the Episode THE GIRL IN THE FIREPLACE! Highlighted in every possible way with the hope that some of you would shut up with your hypocricies!!! And remember the time when Martha was flirting with the Doctor in the Tardis in Smith and Jones...and he kept telling her not to? So Moff isn't the first one to write the Doctor as turning down the advances of a companion.....The Tenth Doctor felt glad that Martha said to him he isn't her type because he isn't human...and then later when Donna came along, he felt glad that she saw him as long piece of alien nothing...... Moff hasn't done anything new....excpet for making a companion come onto the Doctor more than anyother companion has ever....and the Doctor rightly turned her away, one she was getting married...and two he obviously learnt from Donna that all he wants is a friend.....and nothing more. |
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Exactly. In fact, the only time he did anything so close to boasting about snogging was in 'The Girl in the Fireplace'.
"I'm the Doctor! And I just snogged Madame de Pompadour!!!" And we all know who wrote that ![]() ![]() Anyway, in an attempt to answer the OP: since RTD a) loves DW and b) is a massive fan of SM's work I am sure he is loving watching the new series. The ongoing attempts by certain people in this thread and this forum at large to peddle some kind of fictitious rivalry between the two is seriously pathetic. |
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I am sure when Russell watches it, he is going to burst into a laughing fit simple as.
Also please people can we stop with this RTD/SM agenda.It's getting down right stupid, just sit down and enjoy the show. It's not bloody rocket science. |
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