03-01-2015, 08:58 AM
Broadchurch is on it's finale now, isn't it? 
I want to get around to watching that series. My mum's completely into it, so much that she shouts at everyone to be silent once it's on the telly.
As for Doctor Who. I'm not old enough to have watched it from day one, but my parents saw it for years and therefore ensured that during my child hood - and my poor brother's too - we had at least some of the episodes played to us when they were on. I always remember being terrified of the Daleks. Shocker there. As a small toddler one would be, I suppose. I also had a very good memory of Davros, so that when he turned up on the s4 finale of new-Who, both my brother and I were like 'whaaaat? He's dead, isn't he?'
The first time I sat down to properly watch new Doctor Who was when The End of Time aired on BBC America - at the time, my family had lived there. Weirdest two years of my life. Everyone else had kept up with the new series, except for me, because I wasn't really bothered about tv shows most of the time. I'm literally late with watching any series. I was obviously confused trying to follow the plot-line, although I felt somewhat sorry for the Master as I watched the episodes. And I remember thinking that it was actually a really good show. So I went to Netflix and spammed the series from the 9th Doctor to the end of the 10th. I loved every moment.
I used to resent Martha, because she replaced Rose and I'd gotten used to seeing Rose there as the companion. However, going back over the series again, I can see that Martha was actually a great character. She may have angsted after the Doctor for the whole season, but she was loyal and trustworthy - and quite capable at looking after herself most of the time. Rose was more someone that gave the Doctor purpose after he'd been drifting post-Time War era. Then there's Donna. She was a breath of fresh air and totally kept up with the Doctor's mood-swings. Definitely his best friend, at least at the time.
Those four seasons, plus the Christmas specials, were enjoyable and I'm glad I sat through them all. Yet the Matt Smith years did my head in. I got through the fifth season with some difficulty, but I couldn't force myself to finish the next one, or even watch them anymore. River Song was doing my head in. She was a total Mary-Sue, I felt. Amy was very stale and not at all realistic enough to be a person I could relate to or want to watch for much more than I had to. Rory was at least adorable enough that I got through series 5.
But the series just didn't gel with me since Moffat took the reigns. I never could enjoy his writing in the earlier seasons. It was very plot-holey most of the time and the OCs that entered the episodes stole the show from the Doctor. The companions that travelled with the Doctor at the time were barely recognisable in his episodes and the monsters that were featured were kind of lame - except for the Angels. They proper creep me out.
So yeah, I utterly hated how the series went once Moffat was in charge. The writing was irritating. The directing wasn't brilliant. And the plot itself seemed to be completely random. I don't know what the new Doc is like - my brother's been watching it, but he's not impressed at all - nor do I know anything about Clara. I just know that since she's a Moffat invention, she can't be all that impressive. It's just fact.
That's my two cents on new-Who.
I want to get around to watching that series. My mum's completely into it, so much that she shouts at everyone to be silent once it's on the telly. As for Doctor Who. I'm not old enough to have watched it from day one, but my parents saw it for years and therefore ensured that during my child hood - and my poor brother's too - we had at least some of the episodes played to us when they were on. I always remember being terrified of the Daleks. Shocker there. As a small toddler one would be, I suppose. I also had a very good memory of Davros, so that when he turned up on the s4 finale of new-Who, both my brother and I were like 'whaaaat? He's dead, isn't he?'
The first time I sat down to properly watch new Doctor Who was when The End of Time aired on BBC America - at the time, my family had lived there. Weirdest two years of my life. Everyone else had kept up with the new series, except for me, because I wasn't really bothered about tv shows most of the time. I'm literally late with watching any series. I was obviously confused trying to follow the plot-line, although I felt somewhat sorry for the Master as I watched the episodes. And I remember thinking that it was actually a really good show. So I went to Netflix and spammed the series from the 9th Doctor to the end of the 10th. I loved every moment.
I used to resent Martha, because she replaced Rose and I'd gotten used to seeing Rose there as the companion. However, going back over the series again, I can see that Martha was actually a great character. She may have angsted after the Doctor for the whole season, but she was loyal and trustworthy - and quite capable at looking after herself most of the time. Rose was more someone that gave the Doctor purpose after he'd been drifting post-Time War era. Then there's Donna. She was a breath of fresh air and totally kept up with the Doctor's mood-swings. Definitely his best friend, at least at the time.
Those four seasons, plus the Christmas specials, were enjoyable and I'm glad I sat through them all. Yet the Matt Smith years did my head in. I got through the fifth season with some difficulty, but I couldn't force myself to finish the next one, or even watch them anymore. River Song was doing my head in. She was a total Mary-Sue, I felt. Amy was very stale and not at all realistic enough to be a person I could relate to or want to watch for much more than I had to. Rory was at least adorable enough that I got through series 5.
But the series just didn't gel with me since Moffat took the reigns. I never could enjoy his writing in the earlier seasons. It was very plot-holey most of the time and the OCs that entered the episodes stole the show from the Doctor. The companions that travelled with the Doctor at the time were barely recognisable in his episodes and the monsters that were featured were kind of lame - except for the Angels. They proper creep me out.
So yeah, I utterly hated how the series went once Moffat was in charge. The writing was irritating. The directing wasn't brilliant. And the plot itself seemed to be completely random. I don't know what the new Doc is like - my brother's been watching it, but he's not impressed at all - nor do I know anything about Clara. I just know that since she's a Moffat invention, she can't be all that impressive. It's just fact.
That's my two cents on new-Who
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