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orangerful ([personal profile] orangerful) wrote2014-09-14 12:08 pm
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Doctor Who - S8E4 - Listen

Was very disappointed with Doctor Who last night. I really wanted a good, creepy episode. Instead it felt like they started out with one idea, then got distracted by another idea. I wanted another adventure of the week episode, not an episode that messed with the Doctor Who mythos.

Also, why is Moffatt determined to make us not like Clara? They keep making her say the most awful things to Danny, things that are not even remotely funny or forgivable. That line from last night's episode? He had every right to be furious with her. I was furious with the writers as soon as she mumbled it. Who would even SAY something like that?? And why was SHE angry?!?

Blah. I really like Capaldi as The Doctor. I like the current set-up that Clara isn't just floating around with him all the time, but that he comes and gets her when he is in need ("How long have you been traveling alone?"). And for awhile I appreciated that it appeared she was going to get a life outside of the Doctor and that the time traveling was not going to devour her entire existence as it has with so many other Companions.

[identity profile] author-by-night.livejournal.com 2014-09-14 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I keep seeing things like this, and it's not making me want to watch. :/ I honestly have no desire to see it as it is... it's always been a bit of a hit or miss show with me, but honestly, I just can't get into it anymore. Which makes me sad. I really, really wish I'd gotten into the show when it was first airing. (Er... that is, airing for the second time.)

Maybe once Clara goes? I honestly wonder if they didn't throw Clara in with no idea who she actually was. I get the sense they planned as they went. I would've liked for her to have remained Victorian, honestly. They could've still tied her in with the future - or just made her an ancestor. I liked the Clara we met in that one episode. I mean, I don't not like her now, I just don't think we really... know her, and I suspect it's because the writers don't really know her either.

Edited 2014-09-14 16:28 (UTC)

[identity profile] orangerful.livejournal.com 2014-09-14 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Agreed, the writers have done enough with Clara and linking her to The Doctor's story. We don't need any more episodes that link her even more. Let her just be a normal girl! It's totally FINE for her to be a normal girl!

[identity profile] rhoda-rants.livejournal.com 2014-09-15 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
I would've liked for her to have remained Victorian, honestly.

!!!

Dude, you wanna get sick? That was the original plan--for Victorian!Clara to be the Companion proper for Series 7b and 8. When I figured that out, I wanted to slap whoever shot it down SO HARD.

[identity profile] orangerful.livejournal.com 2014-09-15 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
WHAT?! That would have been awesome and do old school Who and...ARGH!