Post by Brian MK.II on Oct 25, 2022 15:22:53 GMT
Haven't seen and have no intention of seeing Twice Upon A Time so that ain't here.
Parting Of The Ways- It's telling this is objectively the least shit of the bunch, despite it's foibles being apparent from the get-go (shitty first half dedicated to aggrandising reality TV, the Doctor feeling like an spare part in his own swansong and the companion pulling a DEM to save the day and the cloying power of love saves all trope) but one thing I'll give it in it's favour is the Daleks themselves who at the time, made an good impression and felt like the first and last time they were threatening in NuWho.- 6/10 (Primarily for the Daleks)
Time Of The Doctor- As promising and genuinely good as the Smith era was early on, this sadly just reinforces how badly it went down the shitter with Moffat simultaneously disappearing up his own backside and regressing back to RTD's shitnanigans, even ripping off the aformentioned finale above. It's placeholder here is mainly down to Smith's regeneration itself, which despite having to get off with a shit start with him somehow destroying an entire Dalek fleet, the final thing itself is understated for NuWho standards and Smith himself goes out well compared to his predecessor.- 4/10
Power Of The Doctor- As with the above, takes everything bad from it's era and previous regeneration stories and cram it into ac bloated 90 minute slot with little to no story crammed with everything but the kitchen sink. That said, the most I got out of this was apathy and a feeble ''meh''. Which can't be said for the last choice here. 3/10 (primarily because it didn't piss me off)
The End Of Time- (copied and pasted from worst NuWho stories):
The worst regeneration story, one of the worst Doctor Who stories of all time and one of the worst pieces of television I've ever had the misfortune of sitting through. Tonally inconsistent, shockingly acted by nearly everyone including all time greats like Timothy Dalton, nonsensical as all hell, more concerned with style over substance and TenDoc manages to be somehow even more obnoxious and c*nty than normal whilst starting the first pissing on the legacy of the character. Not even Bernard Cribbin's stellar performance could save this f*cking barrage of self fellatio and it also doesn't help the fact that the next 11 years of NuWho never got away from RTD and the Tennant Doctor's shadow and somehow managed to exceed his era in turgidity despite early on showing potential of moving past that witlessness with Smith: 0.5/10
Parting Of The Ways- It's telling this is objectively the least shit of the bunch, despite it's foibles being apparent from the get-go (shitty first half dedicated to aggrandising reality TV, the Doctor feeling like an spare part in his own swansong and the companion pulling a DEM to save the day and the cloying power of love saves all trope) but one thing I'll give it in it's favour is the Daleks themselves who at the time, made an good impression and felt like the first and last time they were threatening in NuWho.- 6/10 (Primarily for the Daleks)
Time Of The Doctor- As promising and genuinely good as the Smith era was early on, this sadly just reinforces how badly it went down the shitter with Moffat simultaneously disappearing up his own backside and regressing back to RTD's shitnanigans, even ripping off the aformentioned finale above. It's placeholder here is mainly down to Smith's regeneration itself, which despite having to get off with a shit start with him somehow destroying an entire Dalek fleet, the final thing itself is understated for NuWho standards and Smith himself goes out well compared to his predecessor.- 4/10
Power Of The Doctor- As with the above, takes everything bad from it's era and previous regeneration stories and cram it into ac bloated 90 minute slot with little to no story crammed with everything but the kitchen sink. That said, the most I got out of this was apathy and a feeble ''meh''. Which can't be said for the last choice here. 3/10 (primarily because it didn't piss me off)
The End Of Time- (copied and pasted from worst NuWho stories):
The worst regeneration story, one of the worst Doctor Who stories of all time and one of the worst pieces of television I've ever had the misfortune of sitting through. Tonally inconsistent, shockingly acted by nearly everyone including all time greats like Timothy Dalton, nonsensical as all hell, more concerned with style over substance and TenDoc manages to be somehow even more obnoxious and c*nty than normal whilst starting the first pissing on the legacy of the character. Not even Bernard Cribbin's stellar performance could save this f*cking barrage of self fellatio and it also doesn't help the fact that the next 11 years of NuWho never got away from RTD and the Tennant Doctor's shadow and somehow managed to exceed his era in turgidity despite early on showing potential of moving past that witlessness with Smith: 0.5/10
