Doctor Who: The Caretaker (spoilers, rants)

[mme_hardy]

So. We have:

• A paternal figure and a boyfriend fighting over a woman, with the men's conflict as the center of the plot.
• An older man trying to direct a younger woman's love toward a proxy for himself.
• A black man being demoted by an authority figure from an intellectual role to a physical role.
• Repeatedly.
• THE MILITARY IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THIS SEASON. REALLY.
• The Doctor going way beyond the line in being an asshole. Way beyond.
• Goddamned Paradise.
• Again.

On the plus side we have:

• Several good laugh lines.
• Chris Addison being evil.

To summarize, in my household we kept shouting "This is really badly written!" at the screen.

Shape up, show.
 

Comments

[recessional]

Hmm. This is mostly telling me they have kept the characteristics I like least about the Doctor and made me want to shout at him to grow the hell up the most, and then tossed out the bits that made Amy's Eleven appealing to me at all.

I believe I shall pass.

[mme_hardy]

But Capaldi!

Given what you want from the Doctor, I think you'd dislike this one. You might try the Robin Hood episode and see if you enjoy that. I can flag up other ones that are mostly funny.