I can see people taking issue with the weakness of the monster, but I don't think it's much of an issue considering the monster pretty much isn't the point of that story at all. It's purpose is to get them to Vincent and I think it does a good enough job of that.

Yeah, it plays better when you consider it part of the Tenth Doctor's slightly hypocritical self-righteousness than straight moralizing from the writers. I feel the same way about his "A man who never would" speech at the end of "The Doctor's Daughter", which used to just make me groan and roll my eyes like crazy.

Are there people who don't love "Vincent and the Doctor"? I'm pretty sure that's universally recognized as a top five Matt Smith episode, if not the greatest.

That was Super Hans? This isn't something I say all that often, but I need to rewatch "The Shakespeare Code" right now.

Gareth Roberts is probably the funniest Doctor Who writer of the new series. He was at his best writing for Matt Smith, but I also really love his writing for David and Catherine Tate in series 4. I'm definitely curious to see how he writes the Twelfth Doctor.

It certainly wasn't normal, but I wouldn't call it over the top. Maybe I've just seen too many TV weddings, but even Ben and Leslie's wedding still seems, if not low key, than lower key than most TV weddings. It's certainly not like Jim and Pam's or this season of How I Met Your Mother.

I'm so glad I'm not the only person that's really bothered by fictional band names. It's as if the people writing these scripts have never actually bought music in their lives.

But isn't the point of pretty much every wedding on Parks and Rec that they're sudden and low key?

"We'll finally be able to afford those cell phones we've been wanting" might have been my favorite line of the whole thing.

With every subsequent Wes Anderson feature, I'm dreading that realization that he's starting to enter his "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-era Tim Burton" phase.

I also really love "Stop shaking while you're freaking the fuck out" from that same song, but it's really all down to Sadie Dupuis' delivery.

I honestly don't think they sound all that much like Pavement at all, beyond the obvious superficial similarities in the guitar sound, but that's more like 90's indie-rock in general. Speedy Ortiz is a bit riffier and muscular sounding, and not nearly as shaggy. I honestly get more of a Dirty-era Sonic Youth vibe from…

Nope, he's more sort of whisper/hissing. Though even his whispering manages to be loud.

You're not the only one. I sort of liked the bickering married couple dynamic that she and the Sixth Doctor had. It's the sort of thing that works a lot better if the writing is better, but I thought they actually had a pretty good chemistry.

I love this DVD extra from "Dragonfire" with everyone ragging on the literal cliffhanger: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

It's funny, though, one of my favorite moments of his from this serial isn't even him shouting. There's this great moment when everyone's arguing in the caves and when the scene is finished, the camera lingers on Blessed because he's keeps doing this: http://24.media.tumblr.com/…

It's interesting that you say Khal Drogo, considering that the character of Robert Baratheon has to have been at least somewhat based on Blessed. I still wish that could have happened.

Brian Blessed is without a doubt the only redeeming thing about "Mindwarp". He's such a joy to watch whenever he's on the screen that you get anxious for him to return whenever he's off it, even when you're watching the Doctor.

I laughed at this one a lot. Normally the big high-concept episodes tend to rely on the concepts for the humor, but the dialogue had a lot of jokes in it too. For some reason, though, Hickey's "It's my birthday" in the room with the other Fives got the biggest laugh from me.

I've always gotten that vibe from Gina actually. It was the first thing I thought of when I encountered her character. Beth mixed with Cheryl from Archer.