TV Shows Doctor Who Series 8 - Yea or Nay?

No, it's traditional that the evil genius leaves subtle clues as to his real identity all over the place! Like Dracula persists in using the alias 'Alucard', and the bad guy's evil organisation logo is stamped on all his equipment.

Another rule that the evil genius must adhere to is to have a Big Red Button or other simple weakness built into his evil lair, that will bring the whole thing crashing down. Of course, he must show it to the hero as he outlines his plans for world domination to him.

 

Exactly. Doctor Who used to be a bit more original... now they just layer their well worn reuse of well known characters with well known tropes and formularic episode creation.

They have a pattern and they insist on sticking with it.

Original drama comes up in it now and again but it's always the exception to the rule these days. I liked the Clara 'Oswin' Oswald origin storyline... it's just a shame the story was hidden away behind so much guff and plot holes.

 

There are only a few new series Dr. Who episodes really worth watching: The Empty Child, Blink, Silence in the Library, The Doctor's Wife, perhaps.

Listen would have been a good episode to close the arc on Clara Oswald; she should really have left next episode after that for a life with Danny. Time Heist was fun, Flatline intriguing but in the end fizzled out.

One thing is sure: Dr. Who isn't as good as it used to be.

 

Now who said she was 'Left' for dead ? She wasn't left for dead, she went after Rasillon and was sealed along Gallifrey. I'm curious to know how she got out.

 

The Next Generation?

 

Battlestar Galactica? Ended 5 years ago mind.

 

Let's not discount Deep space 9 & Voyager- both very different takes on the Startrek concept but fundamentally trek through and through, complete with stand-out episodes, and weak episodes. TOS had its good and bad episodes too, it wasn't 100% brilliant ( hence why it was cancelled after 3 seasons, where as the rest ran for 5-6 seasons, apart from poor Enterprize... ).

 

Farscape & Stargate

 

Technically even Warehouse 13 and Eureka count as science fiction i guess - both lived 5 seasons (or rather 4 and half).

 

Farscape and Babylon 5. Where men were men, women were women and aliens were aliens, damn it, not men with pink silicone prosthetics glued to their foreheads.

With regards Dr. Who, I think that the Paternoster gang (Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint, and Strax) deserve their own spin-off series.

 

Unless you count Universe, that was canned after 2 seasons...

 

I'm not so sure the story writing is bad per say, but I don't like they way they are writing Capaldi's character.

Both Eccleston and Tennant were semi-serious, down to business doctors (as appose to Matt Smith's doctor), but they were still fun. Capaldi's doctor just seems like a bitter, worn out old man going through the motions.

 

Oh my, Universe... There was potential but the plot was sooooooooo SLOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW

 

Just watched the 12th episode... they couldn't make the show more depressing even if they were trying.

 

They messed it up. Key scenes were hinted at but then left out (Danny Pink changing his mind about deleting himself obviously because the Iraqi boy talked him out of it somehow, but this key scene about forgiveness was obviously cut). UNIT's involvement felt like a plot derailment-- it did not add anything to the story. The Master's/Missy's motivations were not fleshed out enough --this is after all about what the Doctor fears he is all along, and the Master's loneliness as much as his.

At least they handled the final goodbye fairly well.

But Father Christmas? Really? I mean, really?

 

there could be hope Nexxo could be bad santa can but hope

 

Every time I feel like I'm watching Doctor Who, the deception train hits me : / Overall, disappointing season.

 

While my initial thoughts were positive when the season started, it did feel a bit MEH

 

I hope they get some better stories for Capaldi next season.