I don't think beating the shit of your child is likely to stop him becoming a serial killer.

That's also why I'd love Alasdair to re-review Series Five (I know he said he can't further down in the thread); the reviews are good, but it's nice to have someone look at the episodes knowing how they fit in with the rest of the series. And a lot of the old AV Club comment sections are a little… strange to read…

I understand why you want them to do it, but it's really not HBO's problem. They're creating the TV series, and shouldn't have to completely change the ending just being Martin doesn't seem to want to write any more.

I don't know why you feel the need to come and shit on Lena/Girls in this thread every single week. Do you not have anything better to do with your time than make repulsive, misogynistic comments on a review for a show you don't like or watch?

Oh, go fuck yourself. It's comments like this that make me, as a woman, feel extremely uncomfortable and unhappy on most internet comment boards. Why should women be confronted with this repulsive, misogynistic bullshit when we go on a website about TV, film and pop culture? I'm getting really tired of it all; go back…

I seriously don't know why you're so obsessed with hating Dunham and Girls that you'll scroll down this far into the comments to make misogynistic, sexist comments about her.

I love him, but I'm really uncomfortable with him casting a convicted rapist. And I know it's overshadowed by the fact that all of the casting choices for this film are bizarre, but it doesn't make it ok.

I thought it was different though; certainly Reinette seemed to fall in love with him, but with Amy I saw it more as an obsession. Reinette is still pretty calm and collected when we see her, and she seems to get only pretty well without the Doctor. Amy, on the other hand, I didn't see as romantic love in the same way…

Definitely. At the time I was 12/13, so didn't really notice what an arsehole she was being. I actually think she's at her worst in parts of School Reunion; she's overtly hostile and downright nasty to Sarah Jane purely because she had the nerve to travel with the Doctor before her. Honestly, I really liked Rose at…

Whilst I broadly agree with you, Rose does seem to get a little jealous when she sees the Doctor's interest in Madame de Pompadour; particularly in the exchange with Mickey above (where he talks about Cleopatra and the other women the Doctor has known/been involved with).

I see your point, but it's actually Gatiss who is considered the showrunner on Sherlock.

Moffat describes himself as a massive fan of both Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes. In an interview published literally the other day for Doctor Who he described how he was 85% fan to 15% writer. This 'Moffat hates fans!", and the Moff bashing in general, is ridiculous. Also, I'm a huge Doctor Who fan, but I think a lot…

Edit: posted in the wrong place!

I honestly hate doing this, but Gatiss wrote that episode. Not Moffat.

I know people love to hate on Moff, but can we at least acknowledge that there are two other lead writers? Admittedly your point about Magnusson's file-reading was from a Moffat episode, but you seem to be making points about the series at large, which is written by 3 people.

Aw, that's a shame. I've loved your reviews, thank you very much for them! It's always lovely to have reviewer who both loves the programme, but isn't afraid to criticise and deconstruct it.

I suppose, but I always thought that after Amy's Choice she was pretty definitely with Rory. I think the show constantly tried to reaffirm that Rory was her choice, and that's what the 'teasing' was. I agree with the idea that a lot of Amy's arc is growing away from the Doctor though, but I see this as maturity and…

Amy only fancied him superficially for a couple of episodes at the start, due to pre-wedding jitters. Since basically all of the other episodes established that she was only in love with Rory, and that 11, Amy and Rory were a best friends, time and space travelling dream team, I'd say she doesn't really count as a…

Yes, I think Moffat found the perfect balance between emotional and sentimental, and elegant and mature. I was teary all through the start of the regeneration, and when Matt started his 'breath on the mirror' speech I absolutely wept (something that started with his old man-dying, and was only magnified by Amelia and…

But she was bought up being told that she was incompetent because she was a woman, so why wouldn't she still think that? I agree that she's incompetent and rather insane but as with all characters in GoT/ASOIAF, she's complex and a product of her upbringing and society.