It goes without saying that Eleven's time in the Tardis has been very different from Ten's in a number of ways - story, production, companions, etc. But what differences have been your favourites?

Personally, I like how the show no longer feels London-centric, as it did under RTD. RTD stated in a Confidential interview once that audiences responded well to seeing the Doctor in familiar locations, so he liked setting episodes in the capital and inserting shots of London landmarks wherever possible - well, it showed. There was Aliens of London, The Battle of Canary Wharf - and, of course, the Doctor's decision to drain the Thames in The Runaway Bride. Not that I have anything against London - I just think the whole "The Doctor's in London!" novelty factor wore off very quickly.

And, related... just how many one-episode characters did we get with exaggerated, fake "cockney" accents? I like the fact that Steven Moffat's characters are Scottish, Welsh, ... rather than all cockney or RP.

Anyway, I think I just like how the emphasis now is completely focused on stories and characters, rather than the locations.

Why not tell us what you liked rather than slagging off the previous series?

like.

There really is no need to get so defensive. I am a big fan of the RTD era, but this is one aspect that I got bored of. It's my opinion - I am allowed one of those, right?

this threads a write off eh lassar?

I could never quite work out why we were all supposed to relate to episodes set in London. There are several million people in Britain, and a surprisingly large number of them don't live in London, don't visit London and don't even like the grimy, miserable dump that much.

To answer the original question: I like the fact that it's now more complex, the stories are more interconnected and it actually explores the possibilities of time travel. Oh, and of course, Matt, Karen and Arthur!

This, plus River.

I adore River! I don't know what it is about her, but I could just watch her on screen all day - I guess it's because she's written very well and played by a great actress. River is probably my favourite of all the New Who companions.

List of things I love about the Moffat era.
1. River Song
2. Complicated Story lines
3. River Song
4. The dark Doctor
5. River Song
6. The way all of the characters come together
7. River Song

Summed up what I like about this and last years too. I enjoy the fact that time travel is becoming quite integral to lots of the plot, rather than just a device to get to a different time period-though those stories can be fun.

Oh, and River. Of-course!!
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I think I admire how much of that fantastical, fairy-tale touch it has, without losing the concept that it is still Doctor Who.

Personally, I can feel Moffat's childhood inspiration for the show thát he's talked about... And I've grown very fond of it.

RTD also tried a fantastical approach on occasion, which I don't feel he quite grasped to the extent, ala the Doctor's 'Glow' in LotTL and the Master's Electrokinesis in TEoT... Fantastical, for sure... But was that really Doctor Who?


Definitely enjoyed RTD's run, and there will always be some things that I prefer with him than Moffat's reign...
But the step away from the 'Monster of the Week' to an 'Each episode is but a small aspect of far grander events' approach is truly, truly, welcome!

well thats my home town and I LIKE IT

I agree though what i have liked is Amy Pond the way that the stories have made you Amy pond think about the WHOLE SERIES and where it is going. I think the Amy Pond casting has been brilliant from start to finish and he has Amy Pond created a new and brilliant monster in the silents. Also some of the amy pond guest writers have been brilliant as well.We are also seeing amy Pond a darker side to the doctor which i like

I feel i have missed something else i like about the Moffet era but it escapes me right now....im sure it will come back to me

Matt Smith

Alex Kingston

The change in direction and lightning, although after a series and a half it is becoming a little samey, just as the greens, purples and strong coloured lighting effects did towards the end of the RTD era.

I enjoyed the dreamy sinister fairy-tale-like quality of Series 5.

I loved that things were paired back from the kinda-gimmicky 'COLOSSAL DISASTER ON A GALACTIC SCALE' style of story-telling, to the smaller-than-life, very human-scale intimacy of Knebworth.

I adore the casting of Matt Smith as the Doctor, more than words can express.

I love that the Doctor is pals with Rory, as opposed to how strangely at-odds he was with Mickey.

Unlike a LOT of people, I also love how overtly flirty Amy is - (now we know where her daughter gets it from!) - as I go weak at the knees watching the Doctor's adorably bashful reaction to it.

I also love how obviously devoted Rory & Amy are to each other, despite Amy's outwardly-lairy independance & Rory's long-suffering & hen-pecked act. (You just *know* that's the thing they love most about each other.)

Agreed. One of my favourite scenes in the RTD era was The Master's fob watch moment - totally unexpected, totally amazing! Moffat has taken the idea that story arcs can work in Doctor Who and run with it. And the result is pretty amazing TV.

I personally have loved the continuation of the gay agenda and I mean that sincerely. Moff brought us Captain Jack's first words and the concept of dancing and has taken us to this forum being very excited by the concept of an interspecies/alien lesbian relationship. Wonderful.

I have also been amused by the creation of the Scottish agenda and nice to see the subject raised again in a Good Man.

Next I am now absolutely mad about River Song when I wasn't before and I think he has created an incredible character in her.

Next I love Canton Everett Delaware III and want more of him pretty please.

Lastly I love that there is something to work out and puzzle over. I love that often nothing is what it seems.

Nearly forgot - warming to Matt now - wasn't sure at first and love Rory - I want there to be more to him than there seems to be.

Overall, all Moff needs to do is bring back Jack and I'll want his babies - well perhaps not.

The production design has been absolutely wonderful.

I love Matt Smith as the Doctor. I don't know what it is, but he actually sends chills when he's being serious, I never got that with David Tennant. I love David, he was fantastic and is a brilliant actor but it's different, i kind of forget that Matt hasn't always been the Doctor.
River, of course. I'm in love with River.
I like that Rory doesn't feel like a spare part, like some of the second companions had done before.
It's also a bit darker I feel. Which I love.
I loved that we had the TARDIS in human form. (we hadn't had that before had we?)

This last series is a million miles away from the previous series, I really struggled to like Dr Who at the start of Moffats reign, stragely though I like Matt Smith instantly it was more the programme, it started off well, but then it seemed to mack a bit of direction in the next few episodes and I have never ever felt as bored as I did watching Victory Of The Daleks, however from then on something happened and it all came together.

I love that it makes you think a little bit, I love how it gives clues in websites etc, I love the fact that it isnt all cobbbled together and that Moffat has obviously been thinking of this stuff for a very long time, I love the fact that the Dr in one minute can be so fantastically naive ( or we think he is) and the next he can go to a very dark place, I love the fact that we think he is a bit of a buffoon and has not got a clue yet this is all his work and we are on a journey with him yet he does not allow us the whole journey.

Oh I so agree with that. My favourite moments of this, I think, were when he told the mother in "The Hungry Earth" to put away the weapons and in AGMGTW, when he simply turns around and stares at River, walks slowly towards her and asks her who she is. In that last one its not even the words, its just the look on his face.

I think Matt has actually proven to be the highlight of the last two series. Even when an episode is not the best, he can make it a delight. I doubt The Lodger would have been half as entertaining if not for him.

Oh dear, I'm going to be slated here!
I preferred the RTD eras. I'm not keen on this Loooooooong Arc thing that's stretching out for at least TWO series!
For one thing - when they repeat RTD's series, they can more or less choose any story to show, and then show any story after that - in no order. In this series - it will HAVE to be shown in episode-order, otherwise it would make no sense at all (not that it does yet!). Do I make sense.
I'm still enjoying this latest series,by the way, - but not as much.

So what? If they repeat the series, they repeat the series. Why would anyone schedule just random episodes? Anyway, a lot of them are perfectly fine as standalone episodes-look at The Doctor's Wife or Vincent & the Doctor.

But to relaunch a show like Doctor Who and make it appealing to an international audience (which both RTD and SM achieved), the viewers in other areas needed to recognise the peril as being significant thus creating more gravitas to the show. People all over the world know London. In the same way as Scotland was used, New York and Cardiff. If the threat had been about saving a little village called Stone-on-the-Hill why would that capture the imagination of those who have never before seen the show? All Moff has done is to now take it that step further because he is able to. People are familiar with the show now so the emphasis doesn't need to be on familiar locations.

Why should you get slated. I enjoy both eras, and I like that thereare differences between the eras and similarities. Like Tumpy, I enjoy the fact that Moff is carrying on RTD's work with regards to the gay agenda. And I also like a puzzle (although the puzzle of who or what Bad Wolf was, was interesting as well).

I also love some of the side characters this series, Canton (drool), and Jenny and the Madam. Of course I also love Rory.

I like how the Tardis is more of a home now. Not just the mentions of bedrooms and stuff, but little things like them playing darts together and River hanging her shoes over the scanner. I even noticed a drink balanced on one of the steps in TRF, which makes me very happy for some reason.