Okay, well I have seen every episode released so far of Doctor 11 and I can still say (cus I've been saying it for a while now) that I just don't like him as much as 10.
I have lots of reason but it basically boils down to this, he doesn't inspire anything in me. I don't want to travel with him. He seems very ho-hum about the wonders of the universe. I do not expect him to be bouncy or manic but he should still be interested in the world around him. Instead he seems to be dragged around from adventure to adventure by other sources. He never really wants to do anything himself. At least, not as much as 10 did.
Also, I have terr
ible trouble trying to attach to Amy. She's too fearless, too headstrong, and too independent.When she was almost vivisected the episode with the dinosaur people, she was barely one foot out of the door of her escape when she decided she wanted to explore the ship. C'mon. I mean she doesn't have to be crying or screaming but that response was far too tame. She was almost cut apart alive. I get this feeling a lot in Moffat's writing. He gets so wrapped in the story that there isn't time for the emotions and reactions. RTD was too emotional but Moffat is not emotional enough. Between the two I prefer the overly emotional.
I know that Amy is not very an emotional character, neither is Rory or 11, but the emotional range of the characters is so toned down that when they do emote, I don't believe them. It just doesn't feel like Doctor Who. They should be overacting like hell. Moffat is trying to make the story darker, sexier and more serious but Doctor Who is supposed to be campy. When a story is presented to me as a mystery and a serious topic I want to take it seriously but Doctor Who is not meant for that. Human-dinosaurs is never going to be serious. Also, when a story is presented to me in a serious manner it's a huge disappointment when it's easy to figure out what's going on. I saw what the Pandorica was for a mile away. It was easy to guess. If Moffat hadn't been SO super serious about what was inside the Pandorica then it wouldn't have been such a h
uge disappointment. In the previous season even the dumbest episode, for example The Unicorn and the Wasp, was fun because it was never treated as a serious thing. It's a giant alien wasp and it's not a mystery. We see it. A giant alien wasp. Moffat's trying to make things serious, less campy, and it just brings everything down.
Finally, the acting
. It's not as good. Period. I know Tennant is a hard act to follow but I just don't believe Smith as the Doctor. He doesn't seem old, he doesn't seem wise. He feels like a smart college kid who knows tons of stuff but doesn't really know anything. When the doctor was crying in the episode, The Doctor's Wife, I didn't believe him. And it’s not all Smith’s fault. Moffat was so interested in making it clever, "oh my thief, my thief" (which was embarrassingly easy to figure out) that he never took time to write in an emotional moment before the climax. A perfect time to do that would have b
een when the Doctor and the Lady are working on trying to build another Tardis. The Doctor should have spared her a glance, he should have watched her work. I need to see that he is thinking out this, about her. Tennant was a master of this. He wove in the subtle looks, the sidelong glances, the smiles and frowns that made him feel real to me. RTD’s writing was overly emotional but it felt real. Like real people. Moffat’s writing feels exactly like that, writing.
As a body of work, I prefer RTD’s overly dramatic, camp-fest to Moffat’s dark, trying to be serious stories. It’s not as Doctor Who for me.
I have lots of reason but it basically boils down to this, he doesn't inspire anything in me. I don't want to travel with him. He seems very ho-hum about the wonders of the universe. I do not expect him to be bouncy or manic but he should still be interested in the world around him. Instead he seems to be dragged around from adventure to adventure by other sources. He never really wants to do anything himself. At least, not as much as 10 did.
Also, I have terr
ible trouble trying to attach to Amy. She's too fearless, too headstrong, and too independent.I know that Amy is not very an emotional character, neither is Rory or 11, but the emotional range of the characters is so toned down that when they do emote, I don't believe them. It just doesn't feel like Doctor Who. They should be overacting like hell. Moffat is trying to make the story darker, sexier and more serious but Doctor Who is supposed to be campy. When a story is presented to me as a mystery and a serious topic I want to take it seriously but Doctor Who is not meant for that. Human-dinosaurs is never going to be serious. Also, when a story is presented to me in a serious manner it's a huge disappointment when it's easy to figure out what's going on. I saw what the Pandorica was for a mile away. It was easy to guess. If Moffat hadn't been SO super serious about what was inside the Pandorica then it wouldn't have been such a h
uge disappointment. In the previous season even the dumbest episode, for example The Unicorn and the Wasp, was fun because it was never treated as a serious thing. It's a giant alien wasp and it's not a mystery. We see it. A giant alien wasp. Moffat's trying to make things serious, less campy, and it just brings everything down.Finally, the acting
. It's not as good. Period. I know Tennant is a hard act to follow but I just don't believe Smith as the Doctor. He doesn't seem old, he doesn't seem wise. He feels like a smart college kid who knows tons of stuff but doesn't really know anything. When the doctor was crying in the episode, The Doctor's Wife, I didn't believe him. And it’s not all Smith’s fault. Moffat was so interested in making it clever, "oh my thief, my thief" (which was embarrassingly easy to figure out) that he never took time to write in an emotional moment before the climax. A perfect time to do that would have b
een when the Doctor and the Lady are working on trying to build another Tardis. The Doctor should have spared her a glance, he should have watched her work. I need to see that he is thinking out this, about her. Tennant was a master of this. He wove in the subtle looks, the sidelong glances, the smiles and frowns that made him feel real to me. RTD’s writing was overly emotional but it felt real. Like real people. Moffat’s writing feels exactly like that, writing.As a body of work, I prefer RTD’s overly dramatic, camp-fest to Moffat’s dark, trying to be serious stories. It’s not as Doctor Who for me.
