Doctor Who - Regeneration 9 - Part 8

[Manic]

My full New Who season ranking would probably be (from worst to best) 2, 1, 3, 4, 7, 6, 5.

Season/series 2 is my least favorite by a country mile. I only like a couple of stories from the first half, and none of them are The Girl in the Fireplace. Most overrated story this side of Caves of Androzani.

Seasons 1 and 3 have some amazing gems mixed with some of the biggest piles since the show's relaunch.

4 and 7 are both incredibly consistent in terms of quality. The worst episodes of these seasons are still good (except for Journey's End), and the best episodes are really good (though probably not classics). We'll see how 7 stacks up completely in a few weeks, though.

6 and 5 kept me constantly intrigued with the best constructed multi-episode arc and a few instant classic episodes. There are only 2 episodes in these two seasons I'm not too keen on (Victory of the Daleks and Curse of the Black Spot), and that's because I'm not a big fan of the Daleks and the latter is one of those stories where knowing the twist makes it less enjoyable the second time.

 

[Manic]

Interesting set of animated gifs (spoilers for Cold War)

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[Gold Samurai]

In terms of seasons, Season 6 was the worst, for me. Sure, it had the gem that is "The Doctor's Wife," but, the season-long narrative was disappointing. If I had to rank the seasons thus far, it would be:
7
5
6

"Night Terrors" was such a waste. You could practically skip that episode.

 

[jonathancrane]

I love all of the Second Doctor Easter Eggs they have installed this season.

If I had to rank the Davies era seasons, it would be:


4, 2, 3, 1.

I will post detailed write-up after class.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Rating the entire series:

5>3>6>2>1>7(so far)>4>Specials

5 is the absolute best the show has been since it's come back, Smith's fantastic performance was certainly a big deal (and is still consistently great) but there were so many fantastic moments and stuff that still rings in my mind not to mention the whole Pandorica ending was pretty damn cool and inventive while still largely making sense. It also still had some great teases for the future that made you feel like whatever Moffat was planning was going to culminate in something really amazing.

As for 3 Martha's not my favorite companion but it was probably the height of consistent quality in the RTD era, you had some downers like the Daleks in Manhattan and the last part of the Master trilogy but otherwise I remember the season largely being good otherwise with some standouts.

6 and 2 have problems but they also have fantastic episodes like The Doctor's Wife, The Girl who Waited and The Impossible Planet/Satan Pit. 2's got a couple of real stinkers and 6 just reveals Moffat really doesn't have any clue where the overarching story is going.

1's rough in a lot of spots but its also got a lot of stuff I do like.

The only seasons I actively dislike in that bunch are 7,4 and the Specials. What's consistent between all three for me is they have a feeling of being both half baked and overproduced. Respective low points: 7 has the leaf, 4 has the height of Jesus Doctor hypocrisy and the Specials perform a brutal character assassination of the Time Lords.

 

[venom892]

So I recently got into the show and I'm completely caught up now after about two months. I was thinking about what my favorite stories from each season might be. This is what I came up with.

Season 1-The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
Season 2-The Girl in the Fireplace(Close second is Doomsday)
Season 3-Human Nature/Family of Blood(Really close second is Blink)
Season 4-Really enjoyed multiple episodes as Donna is my favorite companion. If I had to pick, Unicorn and The Wasp
Season 5-Great season. It be a tie between Vincent and The Doctor and Amy's Choice.
Season 6-The Doctor's Wife was excellent.

So far in season 7 I'd have to say my favorite is Angels take Manhattan.

 

[The Englishman]

My favorite episodes from each series of New Doctor Who are....

Series 1- Dalek, Fathers Day, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, Bad Wolf/The Parting of The Ways

Series 2- Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Imposible Planet/The Satan Pit

Series 3- 42, Human Nature/The Family of Blood, Blink, Utopia

Series 4- Planet of the Ood, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, Midnight, Turn Left

Series 5- The Eleventh Hour, The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, Amy's Choice, Vincent and the Doctor, The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang

Series 6- The Doctors Wife, A Good Man Goes To War, Lets Kill Hitler, The Girl Who Waited, The God Complex, Closing Time

Series 7- Asylum of the Daleks, A Town Called Mercy, The Power of 3, The Angels Take Mahatten.......

 

[jonathancrane]

My Favorite Episodes:

Series 1: The Unquiet Dead, Dalek, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways

Series 2: Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Army of Ghosts/Doomsday

Series 3: Human Nature/The Family of Blood, Blink

Series 4: Planet of the Ood/Silence in the Library Forest of the Dead, Turn Left, The Stolen Earth/Journey's End

Series 5: The Eleventh Hour, The Time of Angels,Vincent and the Doctor, The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang

Series 6: The Doctor's Wife, The Girl Who Waited, Closing Time

Series 7: Asylum of the Daleks, A Town Called Mercy, The Angels Take Manhattan, Cold War

Specials: Voyage of the Damned, The End of Time, The Snowmen

 

[Gold Samurai]

 

[jonathancrane]

Awesome.

 

[The Batman]

Very glad to see that Tennant is in his Brown outfit and not the Blue One

If only Smith broke out the brown tweed jacket for this, though...

 

[Lord Valumart]

Zygon!!!!

 

[Pink Ranger]

I don't know if this has been posted for the umpteenth time, but I thought it was hilarious:

 

[Gold Samurai]

RUN!

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Elizabeth the 1st

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[Manic]

They can't show us that adventure! This is a family show!

 

[SpideyFan866]

RUN!

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Elizabeth the 1st

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[BLACKOUT]She thought she was the first. [/BLACKOUT] t:

 

[SpideyFan866]

Semi, sorta, I guess big news.

Spoiler Alert for "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS".

From Doctor Who TV----

Spoiler

Christopher Eccleston is returning to ‘Doctor Who’ – as a voice from the past.

He will feature in next week’s episode ‘Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS’, which focuses on a spaceship salvage team which captures the TARDIS.

As they try and break into the time-travelling machine viewers will hear the Ninth Doctor’s voice say, “The assembled hordes of Genghis Khan couldn’t get through these doors, and believe me they’ve tried.”

 

[SpideyFan866]

*faints*

The title of the series finale has been revealed and is the hugely intriguing: The Name of the Doctor.

The ‘poster’ for the series’ final adventure (above) was unveiled today and it also confirms that Alex Kingston is back, joining Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman for what promises to be a jaw-dropping end to a spectacular series.

But we’re not there, yet! We’ve still to unravel the mystery of Clara – the woman ‘twice killed’ and yet still by the Doctor’s side… What secrets does she hold? And in the weeks ahead we’ve a trip to a haunted house, a journey to the centre of the TARDIS and a nightmare clash with the mighty Cybermen. But after all those adventures we have The Name of the Doctor and stand by for something that you might always have believed to be impossible…

You can see all the posters for the final four episodes of the series in our latest gallery and Doctor Who continues tomorrow at 6.45pm on BBC One with Hide.

The synopsis for the finale is:

“Someone is kidnapping the Doctor’s friends, leading him towards the one place in all of time and space that he should never go.”

 

[Gold Samurai]

The Doctor Who Proms are back this year with a special 50th Anniversary show.

http://tennantnews.blogspot.com/2013/04/doctor-who-at-bbc-proms.html


Just let me watch Katherine Jenkin's performing "Abigales Song" and that little girl from "The rings of akhenetan" singing and i'll be content

 

[Hawkingbird]

I'm watching the first Cyberman arc of the modern series. I forgot how great it was.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

It's so beautiful...

 

[Gold Samurai]

Billie Piper's stunt double tweeted this picture. Some BBC higher ups are furious because it could implies something in the Anniversary special.

Maybe we find out the Doctor drive a BMW now! That's a major spoiler

 

[Manic]

Kate Stewart's gonna show up like "We couldn't fix your old roadster, so here's a quick replacement."

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

Semi, sorta, I guess big news.

Spoiler Alert for "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS".

I'm glad they've done something to sort of get him back. I kinda hope this whole "he's not gonna come back" is part of Moffat's lies.

BTW would people mind if the guys from the "Doc"umentary awesome play the 1st and 2nd Doctor in the 50th special?

 

[Primal Slayer]

From the looks of it, rose isn't going to be in a great place when we see her again. If the stunt double is dressed as rose in that picture.