Oh true. From context it looks like the quote was just post-series 3, so I'd bet that Smith and Jones was an influence on Eleventh Hour.

Sub "Shakespeare Code" for the Dalek two parter and that's pretty much my list too.

What makes me think he has the right, besides "stop a shitload of people from crashing" is, well, the story's about shaping yourself to be a better person and not closing you off to possibilities you get while you're young, so I can look past the questionable actions. At this point, I guess it comes down to whether…

That is very well put, even though I still disagree.

Loosely ranked from top to bottom, but the positions are flexible

He definitely was a bright spot in the story, and I'm curious to see his future work. Beevers didn't impress me in Keeper of the Traken, but here I see the potential.

That is a valid point, actually. Though it squares up with the metaphorical message, better to live a full, sad life than an empty safe one, I can see how the literal actions of the Doctor are problematic. Still, it's important that a lot of Kazran's actions in the past are still his own. He demonstrates his own…

I think there's no story. It's just tying up a bunch of loose ends (Clara's mystery, River's story) and throwing in new ones (the War Doctor) without much in between. There's tons of fantastic ideas: the dream conference, River's leaping consciousness, the Whispermen (in design, they don't do much), the TARDIS grave,…

Hopefully.

I heard about that. Sad stuff, I was really hoping she'd have a chance to reprise her role somehow.

He mentioned about how it had to introduce so many new characters (Martha and her family) while also keeping the plot moving and coherent with two villains and make it all look simple. I wish I could find the quote, because it was logical when he was saying it. The fact that I can't find it might mean someone made it…

NOPE. No way is it the best series 7 episode! No way is it better than the 50th! And 12th overall (if you combine two-part episodes, as you should) is just wrong. Fuck that.

Cronos clearly means he works for…whatever Syndrome from The Incredibles named his organization.

Thanks. I still haven't touched season 3 haha. Too much to watch.

Nah, I'd always take an interesting failure of a monster over a guy in a suit. At least Lazarus sticks in the mind more.

Let's talk about the bigger injustice on that graph: The Name of the Doctor being at 9.2. That makes me irrationally angry.

If we're talking Tennant episodes, then I prefer Midnight too.

I read that Moffat actually thinks Smith and Jones is a better script than Blink, because it is just as structurally daring and complicated but then also has to put effort into hiding its flashiness.

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To be fair, they passed on that to have the film take place in the near future, with a strong blend of Western and Eastern culture, something fairly different from their established cinematic canon.