[...] followed by the pirate one.) Since I’ve already talked about these on my review of the Series 6, Part 1 DVDs, I’ll refer you there for more details. Unlike that previous set, this disc also [...]

From this set, I was quite pleased with the Silence, a wonderfully inventive and creepy concept. Involving Nixon directly in the plot seemed odd at first but led to some fun interactions. I had high expectations for Gaiman’s episode, but I think I might have caught a little too much about it on the periphery. It didn’t really wow me. The doppelgänger story was fairly decent, with high marks to the two fathers and the two doctors. The mid-season finale with River worked quite well as a high-octane episode, even if the climactic revelation was given away in about the first five minutes.

Yeah. But the problem is that a good chunk of the new series’ stories haven’t been able to rise above that fanfic level. And the only thing that made them watchable was the Herculean effort of some very talented actors.

Okay, it’s Doctor Who. A show for nine year olds.Talented actors trying to lift up bad scripts has been it’s calling cards sine the first episode in the 1960s. But Gaiman’s script was the most blatantly fanficcy of them all. All it was lacking was a new companion named Neil that Amy considers dumping Rory for.

And yes, this has been Rory’s season. That he’s been allowed to get out of the Mickey Box has been refreshing. Since all signs point towards this being his and Amy’s final series in the TARDIS, I hope he gets a good send off.

As an old timey Who fan, I can safely say that I love Matt Smiths run on Dr. Who more than any other doctor. We’ve gotten some of the best character development the show has ever seen. We’ve gotten some of the most complex and entertaining stories and continuity the show has ever seen(as well as the return of “primary color” daleks and the Silurians!).

And I couldn’t agree more regarding your comments on Rory. He’s grown in such a fun way and it’s been so cool to see Amy go from having her typical “companion crush” on the Doctor to being seriously in love with Rory. I find Amy to be the most interesting companion so far. But I’d still like to see a companion from a different era, or perhaps an alien. I’d like to see a character with a perspective on morality other than a contemporary human.

In that respect, I thought Captain Jack had unrealized potential. I’m much more interested in the lesbian relationship between the 19th century Silurian “Samurai” and and her “maid”. That combo is just FULL of interesting possibilities! I’d buy a comic book about those characters like yesterday.

I also liked how they show the doctor as being so scary in the eyes of others that the very word “doctor” has taken on a new, terrifying meaning that he never intended.

Who fans keep pining for Romana, but with the sexy, exciting, funny River in the picture, it’s like Romana who?

This and Game of Thrones are the best things on TV.

And as far as fanfic produced as a TV show goes, that is more or less the express purpose of most of the show’s writers, and what they were doing before the series reboot as well.

That’s some influence.