Hi Guys
I’m a newbie (first post) but not to Dr Who (which I have been watching from the time I was a kid since the early 70’s).
First off, I’m so glad the show was resurrected, and even though it was slightly different to the original series, I loved the way they re-vamped Daleks, Autons etc. So far Matt Smith has been my favorite new-era Doc. Over-all I would rate him the 2nd best Doc behind Tom Baker (and from me being a die-hard old series fan, that wasn’t an off the cuff comment).
Now, on to Peter Capaldi & Series 8…
I Read that this series was to have ‘The Darkest Doctor yet’ and to expect him not to be all jovial like the others. This was something I was really looking forward to, as the Doctor is bound to be fairly Battle-weary and cynical after all those years… However, now comes my ‘Negative’ whine…
The series thus far has been the Absolute worst for me. Cannot get into it/like it one bit. It’s a shame because Peter Capaldi really looks like he could own the part, and he is quite good, but the script is utter tripe in my opinion. It’s way too childish. Yes there are some dark concepts, but it’s all very ‘Kiddies Nightmare’ type stuff. Please , Please, PLEASE bring back the dark mystical type stories of Robert Holmes and Terry Nation (Neil Gaiman would certainly do them justice), instead of this perpetual childish, American style ‘comic relief if it gets too scary’ stuff…
Would love to know what the younger gen think?
Greetings from Grumpy-old Gen-x,
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