I thought 1-4 were much stronger rewatching them recently. 5 was as good as I remembered then the wheels really came off on A Good Man Goes To War. Ts like Moffat thought oh well the fans will accept anything it doesn't need continuity or respect for the past, they'll lap it up whatever it is. Capaldi's entire run was disappointing. The moon is an egg. Embarrassing.
I agree with most of that, but I do think series 7 was a bit of a return to form after 6. I liked 7, it was more like Classic Who in a way. Yes the story arc was mince (though I still like Name of the Doctor, Its plot is gibberish but what the hell its such fun I don't care)
Still I liked the way the S7 episodes were more self contained and the settings were more varied, less soap opera pish and Matt and Jenna's chemistry was brilliant. You can tell they really liked each other in real life.
IMO S7 is the last hurrah for New Who before it really all went to absolute sh!t in Capaldi's time.
Capaldi's had two above average stories, Into the Dalek and Heaven Sent, and even then there's a lot of stupid sh!t in that story too. That's it however in 2 years for me whilst the rest of his era contains some of the worst stories ever made.
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>> 5 was as good as I remembered then the wheels really came off on A Good Man Goes To War. Ts like Moffat thought oh well the fans will accept anything it doesn't need continuity or respect for the past, they'll lap it up whatever it is.
Still I liked the way the S7 episodes were more self contained and the settings were more varied, less soap opera pish and Matt and Jenna's chemistry was brilliant. You can tell they really liked each other in real life.
IMO S7 is the last hurrah for New Who before it really all went to absolute sh!t in Capaldi's time.
Capaldi's had two above average stories, Into the Dalek and Heaven Sent, and even then there's a lot of stupid sh!t in that story too. That's it however in 2 years for me whilst the rest of his era contains some of the worst stories ever made.
Capaldi's entire run was disappointing. The moon is an egg. Embarrassing.
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Agree 100%. "A Good Man Goes to War" is when the show started to suck, and was the beginning of the end for the Moffat era. Jenny Flint and the "Paternoster Gang" ("WE'RE GAY!! WE'RE GAY!!! WE'RE GAY!!!! DID WE MENTION WE'RE GAY? By the way being gay is no big deal these days..." Oh and also WE'RE GAY!!!!) were just a trial run for "Bill Potts", the worst companion on Who history.
I feel really bad for Capaldi, who had the misfortune of inheriting the role when the show was churning out absolutely the WORST material in its history. You made a good point that even the handful of "good" episodes he had were still very flawed. Season 8 and 9 were a chore to sit thru, now "Series 10" is utterly unwatchable tripe.
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