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Post by martinw8686 on Jul 1, 2024 13:57:38 GMT
I'm curious how we're all finding the 14/15th Doctor era so far and which episodes have made the greatest impression, good or bad?
My ranking
1. Wild Blue Yonder 5/5
2. The Giggle 5/5
3. Boom 5/5
4. The Devil's Chord 5/5
5. The Star Beast 4/5
6. 73 Yards 4/5
7. Rogue 4/5
8. Dot and Bubble 3.5/5
9. The Legend of Ruby Sunday 3.5/5
10. Empire of Death 3.5//5
11. The Church on Ruby Road 2/5
12. Space Babies 1/5
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Post by timleschild on Jul 1, 2024 14:15:07 GMT
My ranking -
1. Wild Blue Yonder 4/5
2. Boom 4/5
3. The Star Beast 3.5/5
4. Dot and Bubble 3/5
5. 73 Yards 3/5
6. The Giggle 3/5
7. Rogue 2/5
8. The Legend of Ruby Sunday 2/5
9. The Church on Ruby Road 1/5
10. The Devil’s Chord 1/5
11. Empire of Death 0.5/5
12. Space Babies 0/5
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Post by sherlock on Jul 1, 2024 14:28:37 GMT
I think something like this, but liable to change on rewatch:
1. Wild Blue Yonder
2. Boom
3. Rogue
4. The Giggle
5. Dot and Bubble
6. The Devil’s Chord
7. The Star Beast
8. 73 Yards
9. The Church on Ruby Road
10. The Legend of Ruby Sunday/Empire of Death
11. Space Babies
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2024 14:46:54 GMT
1. 73 Yards - All time Who masterwork - 10/10
2. Devil's Chord - Best use of Who's new OTT magic formula and terrific fun - 9/10
3. Boom - Classic Moffat stroytelling via character work - 8.5/10
4. The Giggle - Epic, hearfelt and a brilliant villain 8.5/10
5. Dot And Bubble - Last 10 mins make it so much more than Who does Black Mirror 8/10
6. The Empire Of Death - one of the best set ups for a kitchen sink finale 7.5/10
7. Rogue - Great chemistry with Groff makes this a better ep than it would be with the wrong casting 7/10
8. Wild Blue Yonder - Could be scarier but it's a lovely Divergent Universe like story 7/10
9. Church On Ruby Road - Our leads shine even if it's mostly silly RTD Xmas romp 6.5/10
10. Star Beeast - Just fun seeing the gang again but not much to it. 6.5/10
11. Space Babies - Standard intro story but all a bit...silly. Even for Who. 5/10
12. Empire Of Death - The biggest finale letdown due to RTD's mystery box crap. 1/10
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Post by mark687 on Jul 1, 2024 14:51:08 GMT
1. Dot and Bubble
2. Boom
3. 73 Yards
4. Star Beast
5. The Devil's Chord
6. The Giggle
7. Church on Ruby Road
8. Legend/Empire
9. Rogue
10. Space Babies
11. Wild Blue Yonder
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Post by bethhigdon on Jul 1, 2024 15:46:00 GMT
I tend to rank things on a 1 through 5 basis. 5 is the absolute best/favorite. 4 is fun but not the greatest thing ever. 3 is okay. 2 is tedious or boring. and 1 is actually aggravating/insulting to watch.
Using that system everything this era thus far has ranked either a 4 or a 3. Nothing has stood out as being super amazing (though a few have come close) and nothing has been boring or anger inducing to watch.
The 4s..
Star Beast
Wild Blue Yonder
The Giggle
The Church on Ruby Road
The Devil’s Chord
73 Yards
Dot and Bubble
Rogue
The Legend of Ruby Sunday/Empire of Death
the 3s...
Space Babies
Boom
I think Dot and Bubble might be the best story to come out on a pure technical level, but I think I respect it more so then like it so I can't give it top marks.
Meanwhile The Church on Ruby Road and The Devil’s Chord are the most fun to watch, with TCoRR being my personal fav of the season, even if I can see the flaws peaking out from under the polish.
And Boom would be my least favorite. It's not bad, but it's the least engaging to me due to the over use of Moffat tropes and I do genuinely find the kid annoying... and I'm normally the first to defend child characters in this show.
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Post by relativetime on Jul 1, 2024 17:58:51 GMT
At the moment, my ranking looks like this:
73 Yards
Dot and Bubble
The Devil's Chord
Boom
Wild Blue Yonder
Rogue
The Church on Ruby Road
The Giggle
The Star Beast
The Legend of Ruby Sunday/Empire of Death
Space Babies
I don't really have any ratings to give out - I think the only story I'd maybe consider giving a 5/5 to are 73 Yards and maaaaybe Dot and Bubble, but even then I feel like both are more deserving of very high 4/5s for me. Honestly Space Babies and Empire of Death are really the only two clunkers in an otherwise solid run so far and, as far as "not good" episodes go, it could have been way worse.
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Post by ollychops on Jul 1, 2024 18:09:13 GMT
1. Boom - 4/5
2. Dot and Bubble - 4/5
3. Wild Blue Yonder - 3.5/5
4. The Star Beast - 3.5/5
5. 73 Yards - 3.5/5
6. The Devil’s Chord - 3.5/5
7. Rogue - 3/5
8. The Church on Ruby Road - 3/5
9. The Legend of Ruby Sunday/Empire of Death - 3/5
10. Space Babies - 3/5
11. The Giggle - 2.5/5
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Post by shutupbanks on Jul 1, 2024 21:21:07 GMT
Dot and Bubble
Wild Blue Yonder
Boom
The Giggle
73 Yards
The Star Beast
The Legend of Ruby Sunday/Empire of Death
Rogue
The Devil’s Chord
The Church on Ruby Road
Space Babies
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Post by theillusiveman on Jul 2, 2024 6:40:36 GMT
My ranking
1. Wild Blue Yonder N/A
2. The Giggle 4/5
3. Boom 1/5
4. The Devil's Chord 1/5
5. The Star Beast 1/5
6. 73 Yards 3/5
7. Rogue 1/5
8. Dot and Bubble 1/5
9. The Legend of Ruby Sunday 3/5
10. Empire of Death 1/5
11. The Church on Ruby Road 2/5
12. Space Babies 1/5
13. Destination Skaro 1/5
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Jul 2, 2024 13:12:33 GMT
1. Destination Skaro 1/5
2. The Star Beast 3/5
3. Wild Blue Yonder 1/5
4. The Giggle 2/5
5. The Church on Ruby Road 3/5
6. Space Babies 1/5
7. The Devil's Chord 1/5
8. Boom 4/5
9. 73 Yards 2/5
10. Dot and Bubble 4/5
11. Rogue 0/5
12. The Legend of Ruby Sunday 2/5
13. Empire of Death 1/5
Overall? Terrible series with some great actors trying to hold it all together.
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Post by Broadway Blue on Jul 3, 2024 7:53:11 GMT
The Star Beast: 4/5
Wild Blue Yonder: 2/5
The Giggle: 3/5
The Church on Ruby Road: 3/5
Space Babies: 2/5
Devil's Chord: 3/5
Boom: 4/5
73 Yards: 3/5
Dot & Bubble: 3/5
Rogue: 4/5
Legend of Ruby Sunday: 3/5
Empire of Death: 2/5
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Post by Kestrel on Jul 3, 2024 22:07:04 GMT
Hm... let me think.... How 'bout a tier list? So, in no particular order, I'd say: Fantastic (S) Tier:Pretty Good (A) Tier:So-So/Iffy (C) Tier:Pretty Bad (D) Tier:- Empire of Death
- The Legend of Ruby Sunday
- Space Babies
Unwatchable (F) Tier: So if I were to assign each tier a numeric score from 0-5 and take an overage of all 9 episodes... that'd be a weak 3/5 rating for the season as a whole, but if I were to come up with a rating more arbitrarily, based more on my general sorts of feeling about it overall, I think it'd be a bit higher. Maybe not quite 4, but at least a 3.5. RTD's given us better seasons in the past, he's also given us worse. Very high highs this season, and no especially low-lows, but a lot of stories that could've and maybe should've been better. EDIT: one thing I will comment on regarding the season as a whole, way back with the 14th Doctor's specials, I was kind of on-board with the whole "Oh, RTD's angling for a UNIT spin-off show," thing. It wasn't the most exciting idea in the world, but it was fine. But I've gotten less and less fine with the idea each time UNIT has shown up again this season, and now I just... don't want to see it happen. All the "characters" wind up feeling more and more like caricatures. There's not a single person there who makes me thing, "Gee, I'd like to see more of them." |
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Jul 3, 2024 22:42:17 GMT
5/5
Wild Blue Yonder
Boom
73 Yards
Dot & Bubble
4/4
The Star Beast
3.5/5
The Church on Ruby Road
The Giggle
Space Babies
The Devil's Chord
Rogue
Empire of Death
2.5/5
The Legend of Ruby Sunday (Lenny and Mel were fun, but I was mostly bored for the duration.)
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Post by agentten on Jul 14, 2024 4:18:55 GMT
My ranking from favorite to least:
1. The Giggle
2. Wild Blue Yonder
3. The Star Beast
4. 73 Yards
5. Boom
6. The Legend of Ruby Sunday
7. Dot and Bubble
8. The Church on Ruby Road
9. Empire of Death
10. The Devil's Cord
11. Space Babies
12. Rogue
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Post by timleschild on Jul 14, 2024 11:58:18 GMT
EDIT: one thing I will comment on regarding the season as a whole, way back with the 14th Doctor's specials, I was kind of on-board with the whole "Oh, RTD's angling for a UNIT spin-off show," thing. It wasn't the most exciting idea in the world, but it was fine. But I've gotten less and less fine with the idea each time UNIT has shown up again this season, and now I just... don't want to see it happen. All the "characters" wind up feeling more and more like caricatures. There's not a single person there who makes me thing, "Gee, I'd like to see more of them."
Yes, all so badly written. Well apart from Kate who do we have? None have any defined personality. I can't even remember their names. |
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Jul 14, 2024 14:27:54 GMT
EDIT: one thing I will comment on regarding the season as a whole, way back with the 14th Doctor's specials, I was kind of on-board with the whole "Oh, RTD's angling for a UNIT spin-off show," thing. It wasn't the most exciting idea in the world, but it was fine. But I've gotten less and less fine with the idea each time UNIT has shown up again this season, and now I just... don't want to see it happen. All the "characters" wind up feeling more and more like caricatures. There's not a single person there who makes me thing, "Gee, I'd like to see more of them."
Yes, all so badly written. Well apart from Kate who do we have? None have any defined personality. I can't even remember their names. And where is the one other developed character? Osgood? Anyone? |
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Post by Kestrel on Jul 14, 2024 14:47:40 GMT
I feel like the show also tends to undermine Kate's character at very nearly every opportunity by having her constantly talk about the Brigadier. It reduces her character immensely, as we're constantly told the thing about her that matters most is her ties to this other character (whom most of the current audience has never seen or heard of).
Then we've got the big silly robot guy, the supergenius child (who they give firearms to), and they all live in the Avengers Tower, only it's better, because they've got a giant laser cannon mounted on a turret on their helipad.
The whole vibe of RTD2's UNIT just screams "gradeschooler's fanfiction" to me -- the kind of thing a child would dream up while playing with action figures one day, only to forget entirely and replace with something totally different, yet effectively identically, the following day.
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Jul 14, 2024 15:01:05 GMT
I feel like the show also tends to undermine Kate's character at very nearly every opportunity by having her constantly talk about the Brigadier. It reduces her character immensely, as we're constantly told the thing about her that matters most is her ties to this other character (whom most of the current audience has never seen or heard of). This has been bothering me too. We've had the intro to that. Stick a pic of the Brig on her desk, slightly out of the way maybe, and let it go. And I say that as someone who loves the Brig. |
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Post by timleschild on Jul 14, 2024 16:50:06 GMT
I feel like the show also tends to undermine Kate's character at very nearly every opportunity by having her constantly talk about the Brigadier. It reduces her character immensely, as we're constantly told the thing about her that matters most is her ties to this other character (whom most of the current audience has never seen or heard of). Then we've got the big silly robot guy, the supergenius child (who they give firearms to), and they all live in the Avengers Tower, only it's better, because they've got a giant laser cannon mounted on a turret on their helipad. The whole vibe of RTD2's UNIT just screams "gradeschooler's fanfiction" to me -- the kind of thing a child would dream up while playing with action figures one day, only to forget entirely and replace with something totally different, yet effectively identically, the following day. Yes! I just pray for a scene where Kate doesn't mention her dad. The vibe of UNIT now is a Saturday morning cartoon, as you say silly robots, supergenius kids, giant lazers. |
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