Beefy's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

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Saints Fan4Life said:
But is it Moffat's fault that other writes aren't writing them that well? I suppose he hires them, but he doesn't write for them. As I said, Moffat's episodes do tend to be the stand outs, whereas it's the independent writes that seem to let the series down in the main.

The direction of the show, I feel, needs to change however ... we've had the same story for over 3 years now and we're no closer to tieing everything up.
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I think it's his fault as he's responsible as lead writer (along with a couple of executive producers) to make sure it's all up to the same standard. His scriptwriting itself isn't a problem, just, everything else is.
 
PompeyLapras said:
The Russian sub episode was quite good. That's probably the stand out one of the series thus far. Or the second half of the series or whatever (i.e. since Clara became companion).
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I thought that was crap, except for having the guy who plays Davos Seaworth in it.
 
PompeyLapras said:
The Russian sub episode was quite good. That's probably the stand out one of the series thus far. Or the second half of the series or whatever (i.e. since Clara became companion).
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It was good, but it was one of the weaker eps.

I can onyl name the singing episode as "Awful" from this previous series, I thought it was great as a whole.
 
Mr. Nice said:
Personal taste I guess. I still enjoy watching the old RTD series far more, just not the RTD episodes themselves.
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Thoroughly enjoy the RTD era myself in the mainstream anyway, not a fan of Tennant's Doctor, love Eccleston but Moffat/Smith will always be my favourite combination I think ... just brilliant.
 
Saints Fan4Life said:
Thoroughly enjoy the RTD era myself in the mainstream anyway, not a fan of Tennant's Doctor, love Eccleston but Moffat/Smith will always be my favourite combination I think ... just brilliant.
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I'm still quite upset Eccleston isn't coming back for the 50th anniversary... but also very excited about John Hurt because he's just amazing. Can't wait to see what he does.
 
PompeyLapras said:
Perhaps more dud episodes, but definitely more great episodes too. Blink, Turn Left, etc
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Not sure about that myself.

Mr. Nice said:
I'm still quite upset Eccleston isn't coming back for the 50th anniversary... but also very excited about John Hurt because he's just amazing. Can't wait to see what he does.
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Same, the fact he was considering it, despite his views of Dr Who, and for him to pull out at the last minute ... would have been great.

Not sure how John Hurt will fit into the show, can't wait to find out.
 
I watched a few episodes in the Tennant era but got bored pretty fast. It never really hooked me.
 
PompeyLapras said:
I honestly cannot think of any really good episodes in the Moffat era. There have been plenty of that have been alright, or even good but nothing great. Unless I'm completely missing an obvious episode or four.
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I can think of at least 10 in the Moffat era, compared to 7/8 in the RTD era. Just personal preference I guess.
 
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