Absolutely. Longer arcs that gave stories time to breathe and flesh out. Random intrigue on alien world’s out of our time. And less save the universe every season.
Explore current events through fictitious alien cultures etc. You know, the sort of things TOS and Who started out doing. The slapdash Tinkerbell resolutions that keep showing up in new Who have been some of my least favorite parts. Thankfully Capaldi’s run was lighter on those. Though Tennant who I still loved over all as Who was emblematic of.
While I loved Tennant’s tenure, it felt like episode after episode of him being the most important being in the universe. Yes there are some amazing stories during his time. I was relieved to see him go. Now it feels like every story is trying to one up those.
Give us more Empty Child and School Reunion episodes. An entire season without Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels, or Judoon would be welcome.
Moffat was the main problem. He can write a self contained story, but not one that runs for more than an episode. Somehow, his one or two good episodes translated into letting him be the showrunner for half a decade, littering “mystery boxes” all over. The whole arch of 11 for example is just amazingly stupid one offs becoming “epic” plot points for no reason and making no sense. Plastic lifesize roman soliders? Melting babies? WHOOOOOO!!
He does the same “just put a hook or mystery in the episode to string the rubes along, we will figure it out latter” that Abrams did in Lost. They dont give a shit about the long arc, so they just make a mess of contradictions and ass pulls to pretend it all ties together.
You can see it in what he did to Sherlock and his earlier series Jekyll too. Hbomberguy has a great video about it.
Absolutely. Longer arcs that gave stories time to breathe and flesh out. Random intrigue on alien world’s out of our time. And less save the universe every season.
Explore current events through fictitious alien cultures etc. You know, the sort of things TOS and Who started out doing. The slapdash Tinkerbell resolutions that keep showing up in new Who have been some of my least favorite parts. Thankfully Capaldi’s run was lighter on those. Though Tennant who I still loved over all as Who was emblematic of.
While I loved Tennant’s tenure, it felt like episode after episode of him being the most important being in the universe. Yes there are some amazing stories during his time. I was relieved to see him go. Now it feels like every story is trying to one up those.
Give us more Empty Child and School Reunion episodes. An entire season without Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels, or Judoon would be welcome.
Moffat was the main problem. He can write a self contained story, but not one that runs for more than an episode. Somehow, his one or two good episodes translated into letting him be the showrunner for half a decade, littering “mystery boxes” all over. The whole arch of 11 for example is just amazingly stupid one offs becoming “epic” plot points for no reason and making no sense. Plastic lifesize roman soliders? Melting babies? WHOOOOOO!!
He does the same “just put a hook or mystery in the episode to string the rubes along, we will figure it out latter” that Abrams did in Lost. They dont give a shit about the long arc, so they just make a mess of contradictions and ass pulls to pretend it all ties together.
You can see it in what he did to Sherlock and his earlier series Jekyll too. Hbomberguy has a great video about it.
Yes, I can definitely agree with that as well.