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Post by Ludders II on Mar 16, 2024 23:51:08 GMT
To be honest I don't think he had any classics. I think his season was season 24 with a good budget, publicity, and aided by both nostalgia and it being the introduction to the format for new viewers, who've since let their nostalgia cloud their judgement. I know I come over as an unimaginably arrogant, punchable c*nt with that. Not really. That statement effectively covers the entire run from 2005 to the present... I agree. When it comes down to it, only bits of episodes are ok, IMO. NuWho has never produced a true classic. Not one. ALL of them have shit content that needed to be exised.For my money, even the most respectable episode they made (Vincent and the Doctor) can only garner a 7/10 at best if I'm in a forgiving mood. Which I have to be to watch ANY NuWho.
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on Apr 21, 2024 15:30:01 GMT
Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways, Aliens of London/World War Three and Boom Town are my favourite ones. Aside from the final two parter, none of the "great" Eccleston stories really do much for me. Father's Day and Dalek bore me and The Empty Child, while decent visually, isn't one of my favourite Moffat stories. The Long Game is a mildly entertaining episode despite being arguably the cheapest one. If anything, the fact there's not an obligatory sob scene makes it easier to watch. I'm not against emotional moments, but sometimes it can be a bit too much. I watch the show for the adventure, not to see people bawling.
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on Apr 21, 2024 15:35:16 GMT
I like Aliens of London for purely silly reasons i.e. finding Rose to be at her hottest, the juvenile farting humour, the homage to a music video by my favourite girl band and the Slitheen themselves. I can't imagine sticking with the show if I had seen it back then, but on reflection it's one of the more fun stories from that time.
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on Apr 23, 2024 21:22:20 GMT
The Long Game is one I've come to appreciate because it sets up the finale and it isn't as gobsmackingly awful as The End of the World (which is Eccleston's worst). The whole Satellite Five/Game Station stuff is possibly the most interesting RTD series arc. It's certainly more polished than Series 2 where, aside from a few things in the Ood two parter, f*ck all really happens between The Idiot's Latern and the Army of Ghosts. You could skip from Age of Steel to Army of Ghosts and nothing would be lost. With Series 1 the second half sets up the concluding episodes and well as ties up the whole Slitheen plot.
As much as Series 1 has aged poorly in some areas, it does at least hold up better in terms of structure than Series 2.
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Post by rushy on Apr 23, 2024 21:52:22 GMT
It's also the only time Russell's story arc doesn't revolve directly around Earth. I mean, it's still a satellite ABOVE future Earth, but it feels removed enough.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2024 21:56:31 GMT
It's also the only time Russell's story arc doesn't revolve directly around Earth. I mean, it's still a satellite ABOVE future Earth, but it feels removed enough. Well that knocks it down a peg in my book hehe
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Post by Ludders II on Apr 23, 2024 22:38:24 GMT
I like Aliens of London for purely silly reasons. Well there couldn't possibly be any serious reasons. 😉
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