You're kinder to it than I'd be. Dull is right, with some really cheesy, unaffecting dialogue all the way through. The four main actors had moments of greatness tempered by long spells of mere adequacy, and some achingly drawn out moments where nothing more was happening but still the film lingered (particularly the…

There's a difference between not being given an answer and there being no answer to give. I get very frustrated with writers who use 'mystery' as a cover for not having a clue what they're doing (RTD got very bad at that towards the end of his tenure on Who, and especially into Torchwood: Miracle Day, at the end of…

The End of Time seemingly made it clear that Gallifrey had to remain banished because the Time Lords could destroy the universe, and I think that episode (although it may have been a different one) also confirmed that the universe was better off with the Time Lords gone because it meant the Time War remained finished.…

Definitely a mixed episode. While I felt it was an excellent goodbye for Clara… she already had an equally good (albeit briefer) one two episodes ago. Meanwhile the Gallifrey story was a total damp squib. After all the waiting, all the buildup, all the problems with finding Gallifrey and saving Gallifrey and letting…

I watched through 40 minutes and I couldn't take any more. To be fair, I was set against it from the opening credits - Edelweiss? Really? How blandly pretentious - which turned out to describe the remainder of the show. It looks gorgeous, full credit to the effects and set folk. But yeesh, that was a pain.

You got off lucky, I watched through 40 minutes of the damn thing.

Who (besides the writer) determines what's necessary for him? If there is an actual consciousness determining what he learns each time (as opposed to just a default reset as is implied) then why would some clues be allowed to remain but not others?

I'm not convinced there is a good reason why the blood on the floor would disappear but not the clothes…

It doesn't work on EVERY level…

Perhaps innovation was the wrong word - I was meaning innovative in the essence of the storytelling. From just generally taking more time with each story to breaking the stories up into unique patterns (like Ashildr's continuing tale) to the structure of each episode (as was pointed out by others, the Zygon two-parter…

You're right that there's generally been a real sense of conviction here and last year that was missing through much of 11's time (and before). I do think the characterisations of both the Doctor and Clara are weaker than they were last year (the Doctor only marginally, but still) but I have just loved the stories for…

Also because it made no goddamn sense.

As with last year, it's been strange just how diverse the opinions are on each episode (and the season in general). Unlike series 1-7 (where there was a fairly unanimous consensus on 'clunkers' and 'classics'), I think every episode has had people proclaiming it the greatest and the worst and everything in between…

Ronald D Moore glares at you over his newspaper.

Dear Steven,
Thank you for bringing us this amazing run of episodes. I'm sorry for ever doubting you, and I'm finally ready to forgive you for Let's Kill Hitler. I'm not quite over The Time of the Doctor, but you're getting there.
Guy

I think one of the main issues with the finale for a lot of people is that it DOES seem like a more natural followup to the first five seasons - or, even more harshly, the first season. It wasn't taken as following on from anything in seasons 6-9, so all of the many, many, MANY times Ted was 'over' Robyn were made to…

He's working on a gritty update of the Pokémon franchise, starting with The Bastard Exeggutor.

You're a monster.

You say that, but the finale soured a lot of people on even the show's early years. My friend was obsessed with the show right up until the end, it was her favourite show; after the finale she refuses to watch any of it again.

I always miss the riddle because I can never get online in time - tonight I made sure I watched it in plenty of stead, and he's not here! Ah, cruel fate! Will I ever get the chance to fall into one of his lever operated traps?