This will all have been worth it if we find out the Doctor's name is Moon Child.

@avclub-b9a25e422ba96f7572089a00b838c3f8:disqus Honestly I'd say it makes a hell of a lot more sense to me than either of those things.

Also the Silents in the opening two parter in season 6… we found out later he didn't wipe out the entire race, but he did as far as he knew. You could also say he basically killed all the Time Lords in End of Time.

I think the only problem with starting from S1 is that the first four episodes are really, really terrible and almost turned me off of the show altogether. I'd say maybe skip from the first two episodes to "Dalek" and the Moffat two parter. Eccleston is a great Doctor though, so definitely don't skip the whole season.…

I don't think it was the plot that was confusing, so much as the font that came up saying they were introducing him as the Doctor. That bit at the end had little do with the plot of the episode as a whole…

You almost have to wonder if she was an intentional throwback to the companions of the 70's with the anniversary and all: cute dresses, little personality. Hopefully Moffat will learn from his mistakes and manage to define her as a  character more successfully next year.

@Scrawler2:disqus @avclub-55ab1e0836b46cc575ee502254e68ea9:disqus I am really just not on the same page with you guys with this complaint: first of all we already saw how she saves the Doctor, quite directly in The Snowmen. As for how she knows where to be, it seems like a sci-fi concept so far outside of human…

This is exactly how I feel about David Tennant actually…

I agree with you @avclub-ef062084a1c4a3584af1d4f8e514ea50:disqus I loved that this episode managed to have a really nice, proper introduction and set up. Even though it had to wrap up all these questions in one episode, it took it's time to set the pieces in place, which always makes the payoff more satisfying. This…

That would assume we know the mechanics of how jumping into the timestream works. We don't, we don't need to, and any explanation of it would probably be more confusing than the time travel in Primer. It's not necessary: we only need to get the basic idea, what the result of jumping into it is, and how it affects the…

I think the Silents are great. The Silence on the other hand I have never understood, nor do I feel the desire to ever figure out what their deal was.

I would guess just the special… I think they would plan the next Doctor to be someone who could maintain the role in a more long term way than Hurt. Plus I'm not sure he could survive a full season of Who, apparently the production schedule is brutal.

I definitely get that complaint, and I'd probably be mad if I was into theorizing about that, but as far as the category of loose ends hanging after Doctor Who finales goes that's pretty low on the list.

I think that was implied to be more the case of some sexsuasion than badgering.

He's a Sontaran who somehow has managed to ignore his nature, and take up as the loveable, bumbling but steadfast companion to a couple of kickass space lesbians. I'm failing to see the flaws here… his stupidity is treated as a lovable character trait rather than a flaw.

I would love a spinoff too…. so those fan bait, Mary Sue characters can get off this show and never come back. Something about those three really gets under my skin, and I'm not sure why: I think because they're such perfect, unflawed characters that seem designed specifically so fangirls can cosplay as them. Not even…

And just when I was thinking there was finally an episode we could all agree was one of the best in the show's history…. boom C+. But I can respect it Alasdair, that was a very well written review. I don't understand the criticism that it made no sense though: this episode made the most sense of any Moffat episode…

I don't think he's even trying with this advice anymore. It's weird, it seems like as he's getting older, he's actually getting pretty conservative in weird ways, and completely out of touch with what's PC or sensitive in regards to your partner. I kind of wonder if it's married life… he's been with one guy so long…

@avclub-f8665a36d5a911922da81a12443887ed:disqus I haven't seen Bernie yet so I can't speak to that, but High Fidelity was pretty much objectively Jack Black's peak as a performer.

It really is a pretty terrible cover, but somehow it really worked well for me in the trailer and the movie. I think it's just way too much listening to it on it's own, and they only use the parts that work in the movie.