There is several things us Whovians love to do; watch Doctor Who and speculate about Doctor Who- and that's exactly what I'm going to do for my next two posts. I'm going to speculate and create a kind of wish-list for Doctor Who Series 8 (Season 34).
1. Less Hype
Series 7 (A and B) was WAY OVER hyped! You had the writers and show runners doing interviews and saying "It's going to blow your mind! We have an urban thriller, a historical story and an alien planet story- with the most number of aliens ever!" We were all expecting box office hit style quality- unfortunatley our expectations were not met. Most of the stories were decent- with only one or two being exceptional. The Rings of Akhaten for example, in my opinion was acceptable, but it didn't particuarly excite me, for two reasons: It was a little unclear at times and the ending felt rushed and we were expecting a fantastic, amazing, mind blowing blockbuster- which we just didn't get, because our expectations were set too high.
2. A good start for the 12th Doctor
Moffat's done this before for the 11th Doctor, and I have faith he can do it a second time with whoever number 12 is- personally I'd like Kenneth Branagh, but I deviate. It needs to show and introduce his character with a range of emotions and a tough scenario for a new Doctor to deal with. It also needs to be of quality; if his first story isn't very good, then we're not going to thing he's particuarly good, but as I said, I trust Moffat to do it a second time.
3. A display of Clara's Character and Hour long stories
Series 7B was all dashing about, fighting creatures in the WI-FI, stopping a Martian frozen in ice for 5000 years blowing up the Earth and squashing small bug things which lives on a psychopath's chest- there wasn't much time for Clara to develop her character. She got some development in Bells, Rings, War, Hide and Journey, but very little. A new Doctor gives a brilliant chance for Clara to develop against him and the fact he's changed face. There should also be more slow moments, not just for Clara to develop but also for other characters to develop, but 45 minutes dosn't allow enough time to do this- which is why I thing Who should be an hour. There would be alot more time for development if we had an hour- but thanks to things like The Voice, In it to Win it and Casualty, this isn't going to happen anytime soon... :(
Come back tomorrow when I shall continue my wish list- leave your wish list in the comment below!
Oh yay you did it I agree with most I want them to get rid of stand alone movie style episodes every week. I really enjoyed last week by the way it even though it sounded like I didn't like it. Also you know me (Hint: I'm going to be the next Doctor!)
ReplyDeleteJust worked it out :)
DeleteAnd I'm going to be the next Doctor!