BOWTIES: THEY ARE COOL.

[rogueslayer452]

I am so in love with Doctor Who right now, you guys have no idea.

Like okay, first let me explain. I was first introduced to DW with the Ninth Doctor, and since then I've been watching episodes, kind of sporadically but still enjoying it nonetheless. I go back and forth with certain fandoms so I sort of left DW alone for a while but still liked episodes that I managed to catch. But come Matt Smith and the Eleventh Doctor, I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THE SHOW. I LOVE EVERYTHING FROM THE CHARACTERS (AMY, RORY, RIVER AND THE DOCTOR) TO THE WIBBLY WOBBLY TIMEY WIMEY AND SPACEY WACEY-NESS OF IT ALL. JUST MARATHONED BOTH SERIES FIVE AND SERIES SIX AND THEY WERE BOTH AMAZING AND OMG I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL AND SERIES SEVEN.

ALSO. MATT SMITH IS ADORKABLE. AS IS KAREN GILLAN.

THIS HAS BEEN A DOCTOR WHO SQUEE POST. IF YOU WATCH PLEASE SQUEE WITH ME BECAUSE ASKDFJ;ALSFJD;LASFKD SHOWWWWW!

Comments

[mfirefly10.livejournal.com]

I...had some issues with series 6, mostly about the lack of emotional consequences for everything the Ponds went through + that they'll seemingly never get to raise bb!Melody, but I still adore Eleventy's era on the whole.

I've liked all of New!Who (still haven't gotten around to watching the classic Doctors) but I didn't LOVE it until Eleventy. I think because I never really LOVED any of the Doctors until 11. 9 + 10 were fine but I never felt like they were MY Doctors and was mostly invested in their seasons for the companions. But pretty much right from the start, Eleven felt like MY Doctor and I just adore him, even when he does really sketchy things. Add in River + the Ponds and I was IN LOVE ♥

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I...had some issues with series 6, mostly about the lack of emotional consequences for everything the Ponds went through + that they'll seemingly never get to raise bb!Melody, but I still adore Eleventy's era on the whole.

I can understand that. Parts of me wants them to explore more into all of that as well, mostly with the aftermath of losing bb!Melody. Because seriously, how traumatizing was that? I cried so hard during that episode. :(

As a whole though, I think the Eleventh Doctor years have been my absolute favorite. ♥

[mfirefly10.livejournal.com]

Series 6 had some of the best episodes of New!Who, imo, but they were...sullied a bit by the lack of bb!Melody/River fallout. Like 'The Girl Who Waited' = Utterly FANTASTIC episode but it KILLED me that no one mentioned how older!Amy missed all those years with Melody/River. And there was such an easy fix if only the two Amy's had shared 'Melody' as their one thought, but for some reason, the writers chose not to explore any of that. So, yeah...I was a bit disappointed in the lack of follow-through for all the emotional trauma these characters went through.

That being said, 11-era Who is still my favorite and probably always will be ♥

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Not just that but I've always wondered about Rory's state of mind after waiting 2,000 years. I mean, I know this is now the rebooted universe and all but, quite frankly he still remembers it, even if sometimes he pushes it down. I kinda want to know how it really affected him, psychologically and emotionally. One could argue that his love for Amy kept him going, but I would just like to explore more of that. You know?

But yeah, ITA with you. This has been the best DW era for me. :)

[mfirefly10.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Like, there's so much stuff from series 5 that was never dealt with and series 6 just pilled more on top of it and it's like...can we please see how ANY of this is affecting these characters?! It doesn't take away from my love of the show but it makes me realize that the show could be even BETTER if Moffat wasn't so afraid to go to those darker emotional places.