Ncuti Gatwa is the only thing I liked about the first two episodes (his performance, not his arse) ![Face with tears of joy :joy: š](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f602.png)
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The Space Babies episode was just weird and stupid.Ncuti Gatwa is the only thing I liked about the first two episodes (his performance, not his arse)![]()
It's all a bit heavy handed.I haven't watched the second one but did anyone think the first one kept the same obvious 'message of the week' that plagued the previous series
Exactly, if your story is good you don't need to literally explain the message like a lecture. It takes you out of the story.The Space Babies episode was just weird and stupid.
The Devil's Chord, really good concept, music dying etc. Could've been amazing. Jinx Monsoon was brilliantly camp villain. But the actual story execution was naff.
And why oh why can't the companion not just be a normal person ala rose/Martha/Donna/bill? I don't want the big mystery bollocks again, it pissed me off enough with Clara.
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It's all a bit heavy handed.
Such a shame. Doctor Who has always had messages and been "woke", but it's just written it better in the past. Rather than shoving it down your throat.
RTD is a good showrunner for Doctor Who, but I fear his writing style now is not right for the show. And he needed to write less for this series, and let others do more, which is what is happening in future.
Yeah the stories stopped being good after Tennant left. I liked Matt Smith but his stories were crapI miss the Eccleston & Tennant years so much, I know we all have āourā doctors but it just hasnāt felt like the same show for years & thatās nothing to do with JW being female or NG being black etc.
Always give the first episode a go and just never got it. Shite.
I agree. I love the show in general. But when Moffat replaced RTD, the stories just got too weird and too complicated. And they've never managed to pull it back into a simple monster of the week, baddie, doctor jumps in and saves the day nice tidy resolution format. And that is what it desperately needs. Just take it back to basics.I miss the Eccleston & Tennant years so much, I know we all have āourā doctors but it just hasnāt felt like the same show for years & thatās nothing to do with JW being female or NG being black etc.
Always give the first episode a go and just never got it. Shite.
This is exactly what made me stop watching a while back! Felt like it was always so heavy with convoluted storylines and the companions somehow being the centre of the universe and the stakes being ridiculously high all the time. The Eccleston series is still my favourite and would love it to go back to basics again. That said, I'm a bit late to the party but since I love Ncuti I'm gonna give it another go!I agree. I love the show in general. But when Moffat replaced RTD, the stories just got too weird and too complicated. And they've never managed to pull it back into a simple monster of the week, baddie, doctor jumps in and saves the day nice tidy resolution format. And that is what it desperately needs. Just take it back to basics.
Thereās definitely some secret plot afootā¦ the dinner lady in the abbey road studios also was in the scene with Newton and the apple (the mavity but with Tennantās doctor) plus another one which I annoyingly canāt remember nowI really hoped Iād warm to the character Ruby, but it feels Iām just watching Millie Gibson on screen. I donāt enjoy their friendship as it seems so forced so quickly, 9th Doctor and Rose built their relationship slowly through episodes, they wernt instantly giggling and acting as if best friends. I really do want to like Ruby, but for now Iām not so keen.
Ncuti is doing well though, the show even though Russell has taken back over, just still feels itās missing something. Icompletely agree tennants series were last of the best, but thatās where I hope Russellās got secret plot thatāll build in the series as thatās what he was amazing for. But so far those two I wonāt be rewatching!
Yesss, I spotted her in the two episodes on Saturday, both in the video in the baby episode, and as a dinner lady in Abbey Road. I'm intrigued where this part is going.Thereās definitely some secret plot afootā¦ the dinner lady in the abbey road studios also was in the scene with Newton and the apple (the mavity but with Tennantās doctor) plus another one which I annoyingly canāt remember nowThereās also the Anita Dobson bit from the Christmas special. Oh and with mention of the Doctorās granddaughter in the last episode I feel something is brewing!!
Edited to add: the dinner lady is Susan Twist. She is also credited as one of the baby station space staff who abandoned it and in the next episode!
No Moffat running the show is a bad thing imo. He gets too caught up in his plots.Todays episode was the best episode in this series so far. I really like Stephen Moffats writing. My favourite Dr Who was Matt Smith and I loved the era with him and Amy.
Moffat has raised the bar here and Ncuti was very good. He must have great balance to be able to stand on one foot for so long.
I wish Moffat was back running the show.