What is the most boring episode (RTD era)

[Deleted]

The Long Game I find a massive struggle to sit through. I think I've watched it maybe twice all the way through and still can't really remember much about it. 

[henshin]

Probably Fear Her.

I LOVE The Long Game.

LOVE IT.

"Create a climate of fear and it’s easy to keep the borders closed. It’s just a matter of emphasis. The right word in the right broadcast repeated often enough can destabilize an economy, invent an enemy, change a vote."

Remind you of anything?

[Monster X]

I think The Long Game is one of the better episodes of Series 1 (possibly because Davies' basic concept for the story was submitted to the BBC in the 1980s, making it, in a sense, almost part of the Classic series era). Plus there's a nice little call out to Kronkburgers (first mentioned in The Iron Legion comic strip in Doctor Who Weekly, 1979). I don't mind Simon Pegg and Tamsin  Grieg in TLG, though Eccelston is as awful and awkward as ever, and personally, I would have ditched Rose as well as Adam at the end of the episode. 

It's still pretty rubbish though - just not as rubbish as the other rubbish of that dreary first year of NuWho.

The most boring  Davies episode?  I can't choose between The End Of The World and Fear Her - both are stinkers.

[iank]

The End of Time. 2plus hours of shameless cringe self-indulgence.

[Spark Doll King]

It's been soo long now that I struggle to remember.

I'll say most Doctor Light episodes save Blink, as I recall them boring the piss out of me the most.

[RobFilth]

The one which immediately jumps to mind for the most boring is probably "Fear Her", not the worst or most offensively bad, but certainly one of the dullest.

[RobFilth]

May 23, 2023 5:27:27 GMT Monster X said:

I think The Long Game is one of the better episodes of Series 1 (possibly because Davies' basic concept for the story was submitted to the BBC in the 1980s, making it, in a sense, almost part of the Classic series era). Plus there's a nice little call out to Kronkburgers (first mentioned in The Iron Legion comic strip in Doctor Who Weekly, 1979).

I think it also has a few nods towards the DWM strip Dreamers of Death too.

I actually don't mind Long Game myself, it's one of the more cheaper looking episodes, looking a bit like a more upmarket McCoy episode, but it at least has a memorable villian in the guise of Simon Pegg and some suspense.

[henshin]

To be honest, it's the low budget that gives the episode its confidence because it places even heavier emphasis on the writing (much like that quote I posted above). In fact, production is so subservient to the writing on The Long Game that it would work just fine as an audio drama. It's a grounded gem.

[Monster X]

Jun 2, 2023 3:41:59 GMT henshin said:

To be honest, it's the low budget that gives the episode its confidence because it places even heavier emphasis on the writing (much like that quote I posted above). In fact, production is so subservient to the writing on The Long Game that it would work just fine as an audio drama. It's a grounded gem.

Though I certainly don't consider The Long Game a gem,  I agree that it would make a half decent audio drama - perhaps featuring the 7th Doctor and Ace (but definitely not Eccelston!).

[iank]

I always got a Dragonfire vibe to it, albeit not as fun.

[Monster X]

Jun 3, 2023 22:46:12 GMT iank said:

I always got a Dragonfire vibe to it, albeit not as fun.

Few things are as much fun as Dragonfire!

[Deleted]

Dragonfire is dogshit

[Monster X]

Jun 4, 2023 11:34:13 GMT @theyakemperor said:

Dragonfire is dogshit

Dogshit or not, I still think Dragonfire is a lot of fun. And it's certainly not as boring or as dull as 'The Long Game'.

[Deleted]

It's the weakest McCoy story for me, but I don't hate it. It introduced Ace so it has some worth.

[RobFilth]

I'm not keen on Dragonfire myself.

It's where the Cartmel incoherence first rears it's incomprehensible head.

It has that appalling JNT noncey lolita scene in too. Blerrrgh!