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Really? I've always really liked Moffat's writing from previous seasons (The girl in the fireplace, silence in the library, blink) - mostly for the way he deals with time and it's effects, and paradoxes. The van gogh episode particularly for this season (actually cried towards the end of that one, when they took him through the gallery), the one with the star whale and the british colony, and the new weeping angels episodes, though admittedly the thing with the lizardmen inside earth I found a bit lacking - but in most cases I like the overall story but not really how the characters handle them; Amy's had a lot of moments where the character seems to play stupid (or at least where her confusion seems forced), which bugs me.
I too really liked Moffet's writing in the prior seasons; "Blink" is my favorite Dr. Who episode ever. However, the current season just seems riddled with flaws. As you mentioned, the characters seem to be "stupid on demand" whenever the plot calls for them to not solve a problem too quickly. Worse, the current Doctor seems bombastic and arrogantly emo - he screams a lot and demands that people do what he says, without giving them any reason to follow his orders other than "I'm the Doctor". Then there's stuff that just doesn't make any sense, like in the last "Weeping Angels" episode where Amy escapes from the Angels by closing her eyes... Isn't that how you're supposed to escape from the Ravenous Bugbladder Beast of Traal in "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"? That idea worked for Douglas Adams, but as comedy, not drama. I also wasn't too thrilled with the new multicolor Power Ranger Daleks.
The two lizardmen episodes were particularly sad for me: They were a highly condensed re-hash of a much longer story arc from Doctor #3 (John Pertwee) back in the early 70's. And, by coincidence, that was the very story arc which was playing when I first discovered the Doctor, on PBS Channel 24, nearly four decades ago. The original was good enough to instantly draw me in and make me a Dr. Who fan on the spot. However, the new re-telling of that same story was so bad that I stopped watching just a few minutes into the second part. There is a certain symmetry here - it was the Silurians that introduced me to the Doctor, and it was the Silurians that finally drove me away. I've watched a couple of partial episodes since then, but that's about it.
Still, there are a lot of folks who seem to like the new season just fine. In particular, several people have mentioned the Van Gogh episode as being especially good - everything comes back in re-runs, so maybe I'll get to see it.
The two lizardmen episodes were particularly sad for me: They were a highly condensed re-hash of a much longer story arc from Doctor #3 (John Pertwee) back in the early 70's. And, by coincidence, that was the very story arc which was playing when I first discovered the Doctor, on PBS Channel 24, nearly four decades ago. The original was good enough to instantly draw me in and make me a Dr. Who fan on the spot. However, the new re-telling of that same story was so bad that I stopped watching just a few minutes into the second part. There is a certain symmetry here - it was the Silurians that introduced me to the Doctor, and it was the Silurians that finally drove me away. I've watched a couple of partial episodes since then, but that's about it.
Still, there are a lot of folks who seem to like the new season just fine. In particular, several people have mentioned the Van Gogh episode as being especially good - everything comes back in re-runs, so maybe I'll get to see it.
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