Originally Posted by
Crumple...
I really liked that they've introduced the new companion so early on, before the current companion has even left, it's a fresh approach to the whole thing, and it gives the audience time to digest the new character before she's forced on us every week.
This, unfortunately, is down to Steven Moffat having a completely one dimensional view of women. His female characters are always somewhat similar, he can quite often come across as sexist, it's his biggest flaw I think.
Moffat can write some really good episodes, but I honestly don't think he has it in him to be a head writer for such a show. Or perhaps he's just been putting all his efforts into Sherlock? RTD was a pretty poor writer, but I don't think his series were a few 'key' episodes surrounded by pointless filler, which has been the case with Moffat's series.
As much as I disliked Catherine Tate (mainly because of the silly voices, tbf), Donna was a good companion because she was different. She wasn't a fawning fangirl who didn't seem phased by anything.
Originally Posted by
Caise
I agree. That part when Rory accidently set all the daleks off was when I thought it was going to get really interesting, but then it just....didn't. The twist was pretty good, however I still don't understand why Oswin sounded like a person to the doctor and co up until he was in the room with her(/it?) but I might just be missing a detail and I realise I'm picking on silly things but come on, I'm a Whovian. I was also a bit annoyed by the daleks "forgetting" the doctor. That's a pretty bold step to write in, I don't really see the point either unless something properly comes of it later on. Also yeah, pretty surprising to see Skaro...
Yeah, I thought that too about the difference in voice. And managing to find the Doctor and beam him up was a bit contrived. If they could do that all along, why not kill him before now?
This was an
asylum, a place where the dodgy Daleks are sent. It was more like the planet of sleeping, broken boxes. Even the part when the Doctor was cornered just never had any tension or fear in it :(