I didn't like it. It just felt like too much coming at me, it tried to be too epic for my tastes... just too much.
Well I mean he could still die on Tranzalore, right? They just have to remember that when (if) the doctor dies permanently, it has to be on Tranzalore. Or make up some other random explanation, which is honestly more likely.I actually liked it quite a bit, much moreso than the 50th special.
One huge plot hole, however, is that the Doctor not dying on Trenzalore kinda nullifies all of Series 7 since Clara was supposed to jump into his time stream at his grave and meet him in 18th century England. They may resolve that next season, though - after all, it took them three seasons to "explain" the exploding TARDIS in Series 5.
The Doctor saved her, remember? Aside from that, Clara kinda HAS been fulfilling her role of saving The Doctor since Name of the Doctor. I mean, she did (indirectly) by speaking to the Gallifreyan (spelling?) High Council through the rift, and she convinced them to send The Doctor a whole new regeneration cycle.One huge plot hole, however, is that the Doctor not dying on Trenzalore kinda nullifies all of Series 7 since Clara was supposed to jump into his time stream at his grave and meet him in 18th century England. They may resolve that next season, though - after all, it took them three seasons to "explain" the exploding TARDIS in Series 5.
List of people who missed the point. I even highlighted what they were actually doing in my post. zzzzzz WHATEVER MAN.and I didn't really get to see Capaldi's full potential mainly because the producers were so keen on shoehorning in the fact that we as an audience should accept an old doctor (despite everybody being on board with Capaldi as the doctor since it was first announced).
I think it because only the Time War Gallifrey was time locked so you can go to it earlier than that but not when it is in the Time War. After a day to ponder upon how I felt about the episode, I think I was a bit harsh in my last comment and I did really like the blanket bit but I stick by what I said that the ending was awful. It made every single scary bit not scary anymore. Oh wellListen was excellent, but since when is it possible to just go to Gallifrey like that? This has bothered me enough that I'm actually posting about it. It seems like a gigantic, disappointing plot hole in something that's otherwise amazing. Knowing Moffat, though, it's always possible that he'll revisit this later with some strange explanation, which I'll then force myself to accept. In any case, this was much better than the Robin Hood episode.
I actually think that this series has been the best season since the Russel T Davies era. Whilst Seasons 5-7 were undoubtedly the worst of the modern series (which is what I think you mean when you said the program in decline), Season 8 has been a massive improvement, with strong character development, plots that actually make sense, and most importantly, the show doesn't feel like it's aimed at 10 year olds anymore. Consistency is also something this series has had that Matt Smith's didn't, although there were some poor episodes (Robin Hood, Caretaker, Forest), overall Season 8 has been very strong from the off.*SPOILERS!!! DO NOT READ BELOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE ENDING. ALSO CONTAINS CONTROVERSIAL OPINION.*
The first part of the finale was better in my opinion. I was like 'The Master!! No way!' but it still wasn't great. Didn't have me gripped at all like previous series' finale's. I didn't like how they didn't give a proper reason of survival. The last episode had me enticed... right up until the point he fell out of a plane... And then 'do this screwdriver thing and Danny goes full Cyberman, does the screwdriver thing, turns out Danny doesn't go full Cyberman.' I did see exactly why Danny sent who he did back with his one trip back, and as soon as he started talking about it, I saw it coming. Some nice touches with a tilt of the cap to the Brigadier, and I think Clara lied to the Doctor at the end to protect him and keep his conscience clear. I loved the Gerry Anderson puppet series' references; I was a massive fan of them.
Car hitting someone has been used before (Turn Left) and so has the Cybermen appearing from what's apprently something else (ghosts back when Rose was assistant). They're re-using plot elements, and most of the new ones are just terrible because of how ridiculously farfetched they are, the forest in London, for example.
I know this will never happen because it still gets high viewing figures, but I think if they can't come up with some new feasible plots instead of borrowing elements from previous episodes, and as a fan since the 2005 revival it really pains me to say this, but I think Doctor Who's race might be run... It's nothing against any of the current actors, they've all pretty much done the best they can. It's just you won't speak to many long-term Doctor Who fans who don't share the same sentiments about the plots being poorer these days. It's simply not as good as it was a few years ago. And the downturn has been pretty sharp. Until recently, there was barely a Doctor Who episode that I didn't like, but there's at least 5 in this series alone that I think were terrible. My best friend used to love Doctor Who, not just because she always used to fangirl over David Tennant, but she really got into the episodes. And these days she's often like 'nahh I'm not watching it tonight'. And yet she still watches the episodes from the noughties on DVD in her spare time... If that's not evidence the programme is in decline (terminal decline in my opinion), then I don't know what is.
Sorry if I've upset anyone with that. Maybe we can get a few people discussing it to see if it's not just me who thinks this way about it.