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Good call. Midnight is also (generally) companionless, psychologically intense and atypical of the show. As indeed is 'Turn Left' (obviously pretty much Doctorless there of course) which I've said before on here I think is brilliant and contains the best performance by a companion in all Who.
It's why I love the programme. You can go from dark and intense to funny and even silly from one story to the next. Sometimes from one episode (or scene!) of a story to the next. Getting it slightly back on topic, I thought Margaret the Slitheen and the not overly praised 'Boom Town' is a good example of that. Pantomime villain running away and getting 'soniced', "She's climbing out the window, isn't she." (One of my favourite Eccleston line deliveries) to the 'dinner' scene which goes from silly murder attempts to a quite dark discussion about execution effortlessly.) Also totally agree about Boom Town. You can have slapstick or near-slapstick characters as much as you want, but it takes decent writing to be able to so succinctly turn it around into something dark, or poignant or meaningful. RTD had a bit of a knack for it... with Margaret, or with Donna even, and to a lesser extent I would say The Master as well. I have to hope somehow Moffat can pull off something similar with Nardole. Quote:
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Now the question is, what's Moffat's Love and Monsters?
I vote Witch and the Wardrobe. |
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Now the question is, what's Moffat's Love and Monsters?
I vote Witch and the Wardrobe. |
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I love these two episodes.
I think its too easy to label it as the 'farting aliens' story so I'm really pleased doctor blue box has set out all the really good and important aspects of the story. It does develop the Doctor and Rose relationship and also makes Jackie and Mickey more central to the ongoing narrative. And I actually like the Slitheen. ![]() Quote:
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Now the question is, what's Moffat's Love and Monsters?
I vote Witch and the Wardrobe. and if we were doing Gatiss as well I would say Night Terrors. |
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Heaven Sent. Possibly his poorest AI rating since 2010 - a definite marmite episode.
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If we're judging by AI ratings, I would find Heaven Sent more comparable to The End of the World in that both were rather well-received episodes that still got lower than average AI scores (The End of the World got a score of 76, one of only three New Who episodes to score below 80).
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If we're judging by AI ratings, I would find Heaven Sent more comparable to The End of the World in that both were rather well-received episodes that still got lower than average AI scores (The End of the World got a score of 76, one of only three New Who episodes to score below 80).
Still, 3 out of, um, er, yeah, I'd need to google that too...not bad, C21 Who! eta Yup, L & M. I can see, as Mullet said, 'Marmite' and more 'experimental' episodes getting lower scores, but TEOTW? All seems a bit random, really. |
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Didn't know that about TEOTW. I know Sleep No More was under 80. Third was Love and Monsters? (I know I could google!)
Still, 3 out of, um, er, yeah, I'd need to google that too...not bad, C21 Who! eta Yup, L & M. I can see, as Mullet said, 'Marmite' and more 'experimental' episodes getting lower scores, but TEOTW? All seems a bit random, really. Only three episodes below 80 is impressive, though. It's nice to know C21 Doctor Who consistently scores above the BBC's AI average. Don't quote me on this, but if I remember right, the BBC's overall average is 81, where Doctor Who's average is 86. |
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If we're judging by AI ratings, I would find Heaven Sent more comparable to The End of the World in that both were rather well-received episodes that still got lower than average AI scores (The End of the World got a score of 76, one of only three New Who episodes to score below 80).
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As a doctor who story I think it was absolutely fine
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