Re: The Doctor Who Discussion thread(SPOILER ALERT!)
because silly is really nothing that fits into most of the Moffat era episodes
Wait...you were being serious? So, you think the following are not silly in the slightest:
-A Spaceship being driven by a giant whale
-GO GO POWER RANGER DALEKS
-A robot deactivating his own bomb THROUGH THE POWER OF LOVE
-A giant mutant chicken attacking Vincent Van Gough
-A couple being able to deactivate a spaceship THROUGH THE POWER OF LOVE
-The Doctor thinking that Roman soldiers are a match against aliens.
-Robot-Rory (who had far more personality than the real Rory) being able to reprogram his systems THROUGH THE POWER OF LOVE
-Fish that swim in the air.
-The Silence wearing those ridiculous suits (The Silence were only scary that one time when we didn't actually see them but felt their presence messing with Amy's head)
-The TARDIS turning into a woman.
-That cloned human that grew a giant neck (making it even more blatantly a rip-off of The Thing)
-The headless monks. Just the headless monks.
-A guy gets his head chopped off...and is absolutely fine.
-'Lets Kill Hitler'
-Little people controlling a fake-body
-Amy getting turned into a giant doll
-A man managing to prevent himself being turned into a Cyberman THROUGH THE POWER OF LOVE
-The Doctor saves time....THROUGH THE POWER OF LOVE (the more I say it, the more it turns from silly to stupid)
-Dinosaurs on a spaceship (on reflection, I'm actually really disappointed in that episode. It could have been brilliant fun, but they just couldn't get the tone right)
-The Statue of Liberty is a Stone Angel (which makes even less sense considering the statue isn't made of stone)
-A seemingly-ordinary motorbike suddenly being able to ride up The Shard.
-Stopping a giant pumpkin/Jack-O-Lantern THROUGH THE POWER OF SONG (and a leaf, I guess)
Yes, RTD was silly (there is no need for you to list all the silly things RTD did. I can do that myself) - but so is Moffat. In fact, Moffat is worse because his episodes in general have a much more serious tone, which means anything silly just sticks out even more and if the silliness was removed I would probably enjoy Doctor Who much much more. Its fine if you enjoy the silliness, or can just look past it - but to pretend it isn't there is just denial. Its like all the Lady Gaga fans ignoring that fact that Gaga is basically 70% Madonna. You can still enjoy her work, but you've got to accept that she isn't the most original person in the known universe.
Last edited by Max Butcher (April 26, 2013 (03:13am))
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