It’s mostly other writers in Moffat’s era that give us proper villains, as he prefers to use malfunctioning tech or alien races. Toby Jones is a standout as the Dream Lord.
Headcanon: He was a pre-Hartnell Doctor, whose image still lurks in the Doctor’s subconscious… #DoctorWho
The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood: the far-off futuristic year of 2020… yet strangely no one’s worried about Covid.
I always wonder if they chose that year because in 1970 (UNIT dating notwithstanding) the Silurians went back into hibernation for 50 years… 🤔 #DoctorWho
The Fez-and-mop timehopping is Moffat at his most bonkers, but deftly done so that it’s clear what’s happening.
It does raise the question though of why the Doctor doesn’t always do this. I guess we can infer the normal rules don’t apply with the universe collapsing. #DoctorWho
Shame Amy and Rory are reduced to just a few brief appearances, but the story of Kazran is good enough that you don’t really miss them.
And given how much they travel with the Doctor, shouldn’t Kazran and Abigail really be added to the roster of ‘official’ companions? #DoctorWho
Space / Time: yikes, these minisodes have aged badly. 😬The whole TARDIS-inside-itself stuff is fun, but Christ I’d forgotten how much of this is crude jokes about seeing up Amy’s skirt. Oh, and her fancying herself. Calm the hell down Moffat.
Right, moving on! 🫤#DoctorWho
The Doctor and River going in *exactly* opposite directions to each other doesn’t make sense when you think about it, as they’d have no shared experiences and ‘syncing their diaries’ would be pointless.
Moffat soon realised this and did backtrack a lot afterwards! #DoctorWho
Finally the modern series gives us an extensive look at the TARDIS interior… and it’s just a bunch of boring repetitive corridors… 🫤
And Rory really should’ve been able to keep up with Amy and not pointlessly fall behind and get separated by a sliding door… twice! #DoctorWho
(Forgot to add this final one yesterday re: Rebel Flesh/ Almost People)
The only time the Doctors could’ve swapped shoes is very early on, when they’re both behind the computer console - which means it’s the *real* Doctor who slams Amy against a wall and yells in her face… and he then judges her attitude to the Flesh after he did that? #DoctorWho
But anyway I commend Moffat for managing to slip in the filthiest gag in #DoctorWho so far, following Vastra’s line to Jenny: “I don’t know why you put up with me…”
*demonstrates incredibly long lizard-tongue*
*knowing look between the two*
Shame the River reveal was widely spoiled beforehand, would’ve been great to see that without knowing, but it still works well.
And the one-two punch of that, followed seconds later by the title of the next episode being LET’S KILL HITLER was a laugh-out-loud moment. #DoctorWho
Having Mels grow up with Amy and Rory so they therefore ‘raised’ her after all is a slightly awkward fudge to gloss over the fact they lost their baby.
Plus the timeline is left a bit unclear - was she a toddler for years until somehow making her way to Leadworth? #DoctorWho
Gavin Winters