Eh, I agree with the reviewer on the speeches (minus the '… and remember, Doctor, we're both just stories!' winking at the audience), but pretty much disagree on everything else: Clara being infatuated with Robin Hood felt like a step backwards; the wackiness was cringeworthy in a not-good way, and didn't suit…

Well, it's consistent with his previous characterization, versus making him more pro-military to reflect whatever the writers feel is the current cultural climate. As Shakespeare once observed, "That way Poochy lies."

I remember looking over to my friend and saying, 'Wait, so, hold on. Did the Master cook up this entire scheme to justify making that pun? Because he would totally do that.'

Right? It had two great, iconic Doctor speeches: the one with the "parasite god," obviously, but also the one where he gave the ol' 'we are all made of stardust' speech to the little girl. It's unfortunate that so much of the rest of the episode was utter cheese, but I felt it was written by someone with an idea of…

I actually let out a little 'Whoa!' when the Doctor put his arms out as if to say, 'Well, kill me, then,' and Robin Hood immediately tried to run him through. And nothing is made out of it, because that's just the way Doctor Who is these days. He was throwing himself upon Robin's mercy - essentially surrendering!

Wait, what? How as Moffat without options, when he (presumably) started with a blank page and could've written any sort of story he wanted? Unless some BBC executive demanded he either include the Ninth Doctor or some other, made-up Doctor barring him, Moffat came up with an idea and chose not to abandon it even after…

That's a distressingly specific rule, but I'm just glad to hear that it's proving improbably useful for you.

Definitely. I am just having a sympathy-for-the-devil moment because I essentially agree with his individual points, up to and including his confusion at the high praise the episode's been receiving.

Well, the 'nuWho' stories are, by and large, a bit more sarcastic and shallow, I think. It was all, 'Man, everyone is wearing those bluetooth phones, right? Like sheep! Sheeple, even!'

True, but I thought him actually crying in front of his students at a question was a bit much, script-wise, and made him seem like he definitely needs to get his ass back in therapy. Especially if he killed a civilian, which is what the episode looked like it was implying…

… and married to David Tennant! Also, Peter Davison's daughter. Though that might be an awkward plot point to bring up in the show itself,

I like to think the same thing, and really hope that that's what Moffat has in mind for this season's story arc: 'Nah, the Doctor has a lot of good in him - he's more than just one thing. One must never give up the fight to be better.' In that sense, it would make Series 7 quite a lot like Deep Space Nine: darker…

That sounds like Eleven toward the beginning of his run, when I liked him best. By the end, though, I feel like Moffat was just straight-up making him 'wacky' and 'bumbling' and, worst of all, 'thick.' Absent-minded professor is one thing, but it really felt like Moffat and co. forgot the "professor" part in the…

I love The Waters of Mars (the quality of the production, directing, and acting from the extras is a part of that), but can't help but think how cool it would've been (now that you mention it) to have the Doctor hum and haw about changing history (since, you know, they are 'supposed' to die, and 'hiding them from……

Also: Dalek spaceship interiors have looked silly and haven't matched their exteriors since the RTD years. I realize that the orange/gold/black organic-stuff didn't look good in HD, but the concept was still sound! Better than 'shiny metal box,' at any rate…

Also, it's 2014, and homoeroticism (which isn't necessarily as cold-cut as 'same-sex sexual lust') is a storytelling tradition that goes back to fucking Beowulf. Basically, think Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter.

I can see her claiming to be death incarnate as a way of fucking with the Doctor's head, but I think she'll turn out to be an alien, the Master, or some other thing. It'll probably be convoluted, though, and ultimately won't make a lot of sense. (Boy, I sound bitter, don't I? I'm really not! I just can't resist.)

Also, the BBC screwed everything by breaking a single, thirteen-episode season into two parts over two years, all in the name of cutbacks. (Meanwhile, Moffat came out and reassured fans that there'd be 'more Doctor Who than ever,' and that's the opposite of what ended up occurring.)

Hey, now! Without Qpid, we wouldn't have Data getting shot with an arrow and being relatively jolly about it, nor Worf snarling, "I am not a merry man!"

Well, he was being an ass, but I daresay many of us old-timers and/or whippersnappers are in a similar boat as our dear friend Solomon above: the series in its current form makes us cringe, and Capaldi can only re-energize things so much (because he is fucking great, I think we can all agree) before the usual Moffat…