Thursday 6 October 2011

Best Stories of the Matt Smith Era

1.The Day of the Doctor-Excellent

A great adventure with the Zygons having a great introduction as creatures who could copy humans and there is loads of great interaction between the 3 Doctors, with John Hurt's War Doctor's criticisms being very interesting like how He hates The Doctor kissing,flapping his hands about, talking like children and their attempts at assembling a cabinet with a sonic screwdriver and there is some fantastic ideas from Moffat here about processes being carried out from one sonic model to the next and of course the saviour of Gallifrey with all the Doctors is just pure epicness
-Moffat's idea of freezing Gallifrey in a stasis cube in a picture that is bigger on the inside than out and this disappearance of Gallifrey causing the Daleks to fire on each other and wipe each other out is just incredible writing from Moffat.I kept thinking how could He be so clever?Is He a Timelord?

2.The Time of the Doctor-Excellent


This episode features the fantastic protrayl by Matt Smith of the Doctor growing old and reaffirms the Doctors core beliefs with the Doctor sacrificing everything to stay behind and save Christmas.The episode also has the Daleks show to us that they are still by the far the most powerful race in the universe, I had doubts that the Cybermen would be able to adapt to Dalek machinery but I don't now with their stupid new found  Borg like abilities and finally sees some mega Dalek action which I feel has been lacking in Matt's Era, with Daleks usually just being a background plot easily forgotten about-Victory was great but was just about getting the Daleks back into the Universe rather than a major Dalek invasion and thats all we really get apart from background action and Asylum which is just utter rubbish.The script shows us that Moffat can write for the Daleks, which was feared to be not true after Asylum by me at least and who doesn't want to see the Silence blasting electricity at the cybermen that was a lovely geeky moment for me.Yes the episode could have been better as a 2 parter with lots of special effects and fighting but thats not the point of this episode, the 50th was more about that, the point is about who the Doctor really is.The sendoff for Matt Smith is very emotional with The Doctor being very happy to die and effectively reincarnate as Peter Capaldi which I felt was important and was very fitting with Matt's Doctor.What else can I say but that it takes something like the 50th to beat this and nothing else can come close.

3.(The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang)-Excellent

When the doctor arrives at the oldest clifface in the universe,a message is waiting for the doctor,and it reads "Hello Sweetie".This story is everything fans want it includes:alien planets,an unbeatable cliffhanger(still unbeaten) that left me confused on what would happen next,an historic trip,a fairytale and of course monsters and that is why this finale will always be at the top the list for the moment.Read on to find out about the other top stories of the Matt Smith Era
4.Vincent and the Doctor(Excellent)

A heart-warming,emotionally shocking adventure with a great monster idea!!!The monster idea is excellent becuase basically it's an invisible monster but for fans of CGI you still get to see it and a good monster it is too and thanks to a present form his great grand-mother in law of something like that and a sort of board used in art thats good at stabbing the doctor and vincent survive alive just about but it appears amy's memory isn't up to scratch.
5.Amy's Choice(Excellent)

Amy is pregnant,rory has a ponytail,the best actor to have set foot in doctor who plays a character who shows all aspects of personality needed at different times including winding the doctor up and tricking Rory, Amy and the doctor that they will die when there is no way of dieing and the only way really is to think one world world is real and did i forget the elderly monsters?and Rory's first death?
6.(The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone)-Excellent

Well with different types of angels,an alien planet,the return of the mysterious and dangerous river song,who could want anything more?or wait a minute i'm sure i employed Tom for this job but where is he?what was i just saying?of course it's only me here it always has been!!! and what is that smiling crack i think i'll go over and touch it!!!
7.The Snowmen(Excellent)

The Snowmen felt extremely magical.The introduction of the new companion was great because Clara was so full of energy and was on the same wavelength as the doctor.One of the key good points of the episode, as mentioned above was how magical it felt, with the long staircase and especially when the Doctor showed Clara the tardis-the motion of the drama and music helped convey this effect even though the new tardis wasn't particularly exciting-Although, I really like the swirling effect on the top columns.The Doctor being deceived by the Great Intelligence was one of the good points as well because the Doctor was sure he could defeat him, by using the memory worm and so was I but it wasn't so simple because the Doctor still thought that the snow was alive but the snow was just normal snow, which was controlled by the Great Intelligence to feed on Dr Simeon's love of snow.This scene got particularly exciting, when it turned into a horror movie and the possessed Dr Simeon tried to strangle and freeze the Doctor.

 8(The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People)-Excellent

This story had everything aswell as all the others it had monsters aswell as an interesting perception on the future of the human race through a moralistic story wrote by matthew graham who appears to have actually wrote something good unlike Fear Her.This story develops upon another two parter from last series wrote by paulk cornell but shows another moral that is very scary and immediately took in by the viewer-can their sole be copied?because normally in clone sci-fi shows the body is the same and the sole is completley different because that is what mskes someone unique and their body shape-shifts like a monster too and although the acting seems peculiar at first it soon becomes exceptional especially by Jenny and the person who is a dad and the person who is evil on both accounts both human and gnager so a lot of good acting then; this story also shows how someone can be created who is equally entitled to be you as you which is horrifically terrifying to the viewer.
The other stories in the era are listed below according to my ranking:
9.A Good Man Goes to War(Excellent)
10.A Girl Who Waited(Excellent)
11.Victory of the Daleks(Excellent)
12.The Angels take Manhattan(Excellent)
13.The Wedding of River Song(Good)
14.Journey to the Centre of the Tardis(Good)
15.The Doctor's Wife(Good)
16.The Hungry Earth(Bad)/Cold Blood(Excellent)
17.The Impossible Astronaut(Ok)/Day of the Moon(Excellent)
18.The Eleventh Hour(Good)
19.Hide(Good)
20.The Bells of Saint John(Good)
21.The Vampires of Venice(Good)
22.The Name of the Doctor(Good)
23.The Crimson Horror(Good)
24.Cold War(Good)
25.The Power of  Three(Good)
26.Dinosaurs on a Spaceship(Ok)
27.A Christmas Carol(Ok)
28.A Town Called Mercy(Ok)
29.Let's Kill Hitler(Ok)
30.Closing Time(Ok)
31.The Rings of Akaten(Ok)
32.The God Complex(Ok)
33.The Lodger(Ok)
34.The Beast Below(Bad)
35.Night Terrors(Bad)
36.The Curse of the Black Spot(Bad)
37.Nightmare in Silver(Bad)
38.The Doctor,the Widow and the Wardrobe(Bad)
39.Asylum of the Daleks(Bad)