tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800091210753201638.post5587460137160150690..comments2023-06-04T17:53:06.332+01:00Comments on Neil Is The Best Dalek: His Last Bow-TieUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800091210753201638.post-85538511653822851932014-01-11T13:39:52.253+00:002014-01-11T13:39:52.253+00:00Yes, apparently one opinion versus an opinion piec...Yes, apparently one opinion versus an opinion piece holds no weight alone and must be backed up with what everyone else in the world thinks, because they all think the same thing, you see.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494007896945358812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800091210753201638.post-13373880742223843922014-01-01T09:53:08.998+00:002014-01-01T09:53:08.998+00:00I like Peter Capaldi. I can move on. Besides, it&#...I like Peter Capaldi. I can move on. Besides, it'll be good to put Matt's Doctor in perspective. Away from the obvious allure of being the current Doctor, he'll be easier - and fairer - to reappraise.<br /><br />The trouble is, the Doctor isn't what I don't like about the show. And he's the only thing that's changing.<br /><br />For Series Eight at least, we've still got Steven Moffat, Steven Moffat's mostly mediocre cohorts (probably Gatiss, Chibnall, Cross), Clara (who never felt grounded or real) and the Paternoster Gang (who feel like an endless campaign for their own CBBC series). Moffat has said he's changing the direction (Capaldi's comment re not knowing how to fly the TARDIS?), but something tectonic needs to happen, first and foremost with the writing. None of it matters any more. Ideally, a new showrunner would seem like the way to go. Someone who - on top of everything else - can get the thing made to order. Moffat obviously has trouble handling two shows at once.<br /><br />(Still, as my learned colleague above says, lots of people love it as it is, so hush up moaning! That includes you, various other review outlets...)Neil Is The Best Dalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049901367710121384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800091210753201638.post-32084551404413143262013-12-30T18:39:07.994+00:002013-12-30T18:39:07.994+00:00Love the title. Very smart.
Doctor Who without M...Love the title. Very smart.<br /><br />Doctor Who without Matt Smith... It doesn't seem possible. It's almost like William Hartnell all over again. How can you have Doctor Who without Matt Smith. He *is* the Doctor. I'd say something trite, like Peter Capaldi has some big shoes to fill, but then, people loved Patrick Troughton, so it is possible to move on. (Although with SM remaining at the helm, it's still going to be pretty rubbish - all we can hope in this case is that it still won't be Jekyll-level rubbish.) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494007896945358812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800091210753201638.post-77151908624143626272013-12-30T09:35:03.304+00:002013-12-30T09:35:03.304+00:00It's a curious practice, telling someone off f...It's a curious practice, telling someone off for not enjoying something very much. Do you imagine it's my choice? No: like you, I watch something and I like it, or I don't. I get no say in that. I do review it, though, because Doctor Who is important to me and I have this forum to share my thoughts. I don't urge you to agree with it.<br /><br />I'll continue to watch it, thank you very much; I see no reason why I should be bullied out of it, just because my review (not wholly negative) failed to deliver enough superlatives for you. Doctor Who's a varied and ever changing programme. I might love the next episode.<br /><br />Whether I am "out of touch" with the many people who loved this episode/Steven Moffat's Who in general is beside the point. I don't care that many people disagree; many people always do, if you look around enough on any subject. I'm not the only one: poke your head out of a window once in a while, or even visit Wikipedia, and you'll note other people expressing views - I know! The very idea! - which do not match yours. These are relevant views, just like yours. Welcome, my friend, to other people having opinions.Neil Is The Best Dalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049901367710121384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800091210753201638.post-48861741054210947662013-12-30T03:57:30.485+00:002013-12-30T03:57:30.485+00:00Apart from a mutual liking of Matt Smith, I don...Apart from a mutual liking of Matt Smith, I don't agree with anything in this ridiculously out of touch and bizarre critique.<br /><br />And neither do it would seem the majority of Doctor Who fans worldwide, and more importantly the general public and Kids to whom the show is geared.<br /><br />Steven Moffat's Doctor Who has been an incredible tour de force and a marked upturn in quality from the increasingly lacklustre<br />and uneven RTD years.<br /><br />The last three loose linked stories alone have been an incredible success both with the viewers and the critics worldwide.<br /><br />In an October interview Moffat let slip that he would still be around as showrunner for Series 9, and as that is only a year from the nuwho anniversary the chances are that he will still be around for that. <br />As the direction and tone of the show is not likely to change that much until 2016 at the earliest perhaps it's time for you to move on from Doctor Who, and leave it to those millions of us who still love and enjoy the programme?<br /><br />Or get ready to be increasingly miserable and frustrated for the foreseeable future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com