Overall I've not been a big fan but what I do like that Moffat has done is:

1) Bring the concept of time more into a programme which has used it surprisingly little considering it's a Time-travel based concept. The use of it at the end of last series was quite a good thing to watch and hopefully haven't seen the last of it.

2) The TARDIS. Again, another concept seriously underused for nearly 50 years. The Doctor's Wife was a superb episode about the TARDIS and was long overdue. Hopefully we won't have to wait for another one for so long next time!

I think it's because Eleven is so overly bumbling and alien that when he gets angry we know that he is really angry (the Colonel Runaway speech a perfect example). Eleven, imo, has finally let go of the guilt that plagued him throughout his ninth and tenth carnations and is able to just enjoy running around the Universe, saving the day (although a bit too much, as River pointed out in AMGTW).

With Ten it felt like all anyone had to do was sneeze around him and he'd be off on one, shouting and screaming. I loved Tennant's Doctor, don't get me wrong, but he always seemed a bit arrogant, like he had the right to determine everything. Matt's Doctor is different, he shows that he makes mistakes as much as everyone else and regrets them, and I like this side of him. Ten just seemed so angry all the time.

... the stories & characters ...

... nothing is two dimensional with Moffat, his stories throw you in at the deep end and bring together bits and pieces from everywhere, admitadly this does lead to the occasional plot hole and lots of ends that are never going to be tidied away, but I never have time to think about this while the story is happening as it's all too exciting ... and at the end of the day Moffat listens to his audience & plays to the fanboys when he gets the chance ... (Sally Sparrow never realised that don't blink doesn't mean don't wink, something Amy made a big deal of correcting) ...

... the characters, this season in particular have been fantastic ... I'm hoping a few of them will be back, but if not I'll definitely be remembering Canton, Victorian Lesbian Crime fighting Vesta & Jenny, Lorna, the Sontaran Nurse and of course Sexy the Tardis! ... even the Flesh people were great individual characters who all took to being Flesh or having a Ganger very differently, and if Matt Smith hadn't totally stolen the show maybe I'd be loving them a little more!

... and of course the new dynamic in the tardis ... Amy the girl who waited, Rory the man who waited and of course Matt Smith's doctor who is both young and old, gentle & fierce and a child who's finally meeting the woman he'll love, although I suspect it'll take him a very long time to grow comfotable in that relationship! ... when I look back all those other companions must have been so lonely in the tardis ... no wonder Rose & Martha fell for the doctor!

A superb episode!

i really like the fact that you have to think about it. it twists and turns and you have to keep up. your not just spoon fed sugary soapy tripe.

I like the fact that series 5 and 6 have emphasised the "otherness" of the Doctor and made him very alien again.

The highly domesticated feel to the first three series of Nu Who irritated me beyond belief and I was especially aggravated by the idea of the Doctor having a relationship with one of his companions - I understood the loic behind it and I thought The Parting of the Ways was a good episode, but was never something I felt comfortable with. I enjoyed Series 4 and the Specials more; the character of Donna brought back a lot of the feel of Classic Who and I found the stories with the Tenth Doctor facing the universe alone an interesting idea.

What I have loved about the Eleventh Doctor and Matt Smith's performance of him from the first moments of Series Five is his slightly dotty, innocent abroad, loveable misfit persona, with the layers of darkness concealed beneath and only seen at times of crisis. Eleven is definitely Not Human, and this feels right to me.

What I mean is best summed up by this exchange from The Lodger (paraphrased from memory)
Member of Pub Team: "We're going to annihalate them!
The Doctor: "No! No annihalation, no violence, not while I'm here! I'm The Doctor, the Oncoming Storm.......... and you basically meant "beat them in a game of football", didn't you.....?"

I am pleased it isn't as London-centric now, that is one aspect of the RTD era that got boring after a while.

I really like the style and tone to the series, and that there are more arc plots. I like that we are learning more about River Song, and I love Rory, he has been a great addition.

The fact that he chose Matt Smith to be the 11th Doctor.

Also, River Song - no more needs to be said.

His casting of Matt Smith is probably the single best decision he made in relation to the show.

Other than that....

- the mix of other writers he has used
- the more cinematic look of the series
- more tangible story arcs

Matt Smith is sublime in that episode

MATT SMITH! From The Eleventh Hour.....need i say more! just phenomenal!

The Amy/Rory/11 TARDIS Trio

RIVER!!

Background characters so loveable!

The fact there is a massive story arc behind the smaller arcs in the series.

The controversy Moff creates with fans/media etc.etc.

The Dark Fairytale themes of Series 5 and the EPIC Warped Nightmare themes of Series 6!

Just everything about it!

Everything.
Matt Smith is amazing as the Doctor. He can do it all; AGMGTW was a high point for him. When he was telling the Captain to runaway, when he was demanding to know who River was. It wasn't just how he said it. It was the expressions on his face. Superb and faultess.
River Song
Rory
The fact that even though they toned down the "threat to the entire Earth" stories that plagued the RTD era, everything still seems grander. Silurians, Sontarons and Cybermen all in one episode. Not to fight, but to assit the Doctor. Its like he's using all the components of the show to tell a new story.
The fact that so far in series 6 not a single episode has been set on modern day Earth, which tbh was really needed. It adds to the fairytale element Moffat is trying to get across.
And last but not least; the arc. Its not too complicated, its superb. Combining theories, wondering what's going to happen next... its something I used to do on Lost, but not so much DW. And there is good pay off (unlike Lost)

I'm going to be another person saying River Song. Probably my favourite character (apart from the doctor). And I love all the plot arcs. Oh and i love all the timey wimey stuff too, I know some people don't but there you go

I don't see why putting London in peril is any more significant than endangering Stone-on-the-Hill.

I'd nuke it myself given half a chance, just to ensure nobody would ever have to navigate that damned Tube system ever again....


Absolutely agree, I really hope we see more of it in future episodes.

I found it so funny that it was messy.

Not only that but the Cardiff based stories as well. seems the always used to end up in Cardiff Bay at least once or twice every Series!(Yes, I know it's made in Cardiff...)

The other thing which I've touched on a few times before is the whole News thing. Drove me nuts everytime RTD wrote an invasion story we had to have a newsreader as well. Glad that has now gone.

They actually work fine as standalone stories - but it's hard to see that just now when our minds are full of the unresolved threads.

It's far less soapy now than it was under RTD. The episodes featuring Rose's family were just like an episode of Eastenders sometimes.

And the casting of Matt Smith was inspired - he's a vast improvement on Tennant's tiresome cockernee gurning Doctor.

'What, in particular, have you liked about The Moff's reign so far?'

1. The more complicated, more long term plotting with less quick fixes.

2. The Doctors relationship with Rory- a vast improvement on the way his predecessor treated Mickey.

3. The characterisation of The Doctor himself. He is so much more alien now.

4. Much less time war angst, and no more bloody Rose references.

5. Finally, and what I like most is that the casting of Matt Smith has resulted in the best Doctor for years.

What I love most so far:

The entire journey he continues to take us on withe the River Saga.

That he got Gaiman to write one of my all time favorite episodes, If the rumor that Terry Pratchett is writing an episode for series 7 turns out to be true then add that to the list too.

Scary monsters. Build up of suspense. Sudden frightening moments.

Story arcs. Guessing (or reading spoilers) but still enjoying the reveal.

What, in particular, have you liked about The Moff's reign so far?

Matt Smith.

^^^^^ This ^^^^

Love all the other stuff too, the TARDIS being more homely. the fact there are two companions, three when River is there. This extends the story as focus can be shifted between them all and it's not just 'Doc explaining everything to one companion'

One of the things I really liked in series five was the build up of the inter-personal relationships particularly spelling out the non romantic relationship between the Doctor and Amy. As it began it was almost ' oh no same again.........young girl leaves boyfriend to travel with exciting man' but almost even worse, she had fantasied about this man for 14 years!! but it was beautifully written, eps two and three getting to know each other, his 'alienness' being shown up by her humanity in working out the solutions for the star whale and Bracewell. Four and Five bringing River into the mix and that working really well then bringing Rory in and the still uncertainty in the Vampires story then the wonderful Amy's Choice where her true feelings for Rory came out then the Doctor's angst at losing him and her not remembering him when he was eaten by the Crack in Cold Blood. Rory's return and the 'sometimes things happen and they call them miracles.........this one will do for me speech' as well as the couple's interaction with River in the final two parter was powerful, really bonded all the characters together with clearly defined 'lines' so to speak relationship wise.
('2000 years, the boy who waited.........good on ya mate'. Marvellous line, just said so much)

I know the show isn't about the relationships (ie it isn't a soap) but defining them so well has given series six an amazing starting point with characters who we can believe and see where their feelings are coming from.....to the Doctor Amy is still a little girl but he (and we) know that she is 100% Rory's wife. Rory has become a friend to the Doctor and they trust each other, love the fact the male companion isn't 'the tin dog' or someone the Doctor seems to mistrust like Jack. All three work wonderfully with River too. I think also that the longer arcs help build this rather than too many stand alone episodes as it gives characters time to grow rather than just being 'the same' in lots of separate stories. Much like Martha's character only seemed to grow in the three parter at the end of Series three, also Jack's role in this was strengthened with it being a longer story.

I also love the nods back to the classic series and although I am probably one of the few that rated The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood but I did love the fact that this threat to the whole world was taking place in a tiny mining village that no one had heard about and probably would never notice, very Third Doctor.

Love the fairy tale quality and the way it is about time travel again


And did I mention Matt Smith?

I live in London, I love it (well, parts of it) but I don't particularly want to see it in Who all the time. I love the time travel aspect coming back properly, now if they threw in a purely historical episode, no aliens, just history maybe with a slight twist, I'd be ecstatic



You hear Welsh and Scottish accents all the time, I wish there could be a few west country voices heard on TV in general, you hardly ever hear any and it's quite a big area of the country.


Seconded. A lot.

Rory.