Nope still not really a fan of “The Angels Take Manhattan”, it just doesn’t work for me. Definitely the weakest of the five 7A stories for me.
The plot is very thin and it is just a 45 minute farewell tour for Amy and Rory.
Still don’t care for Matt Smith’s acting when Amy says goodbye, and how should the Doctor be able to tell young Amelia the stuff in the Melody Melone afterword without causing a paradox that would break the universe?
I enjoy the “adventure of the week” feel of 7A with only this last one being, for me, a bit subpar.
Definitely the weakest outing for the Weeping Angels.
Honestly, even the massive Clara stan that I am agrees with you because it would’ve been an amazing dynamic to explore in new who! I really need them to have a companion from the past like come on!!
I like the “Clara we had” just fine, she’s a really good companion. I just think this variant brought something different to the table I would have liked to have explored further.
Clara is perfect just the way she is TYVM , but seriously I could see the merit in using Victorian Clara instead. Having a character who can look at things in awe that we take for granted in the modern era is something that NuWho is missing imo. Though I think I would rather that with a completely new character, as there are some traits of Modern Clara that I quite like, such as her being a school teacher (It just fits so perfectly).
The real crime is that we didn’t get more Paternoster Gang on TV
Actually I think them being essentially an 11 era thing, and being there for a bit of familiar for the hand-off to 12 was just the right amount to use them.
Watching “The Bells of St. John” at the moment. Halfway through, and enjoying it much more this time around, even if it does require a bit of suspension of disbelief when it comes to computers and wi-fi
Bells of Saint John I think is just a textbook “this episode is fine” episode. Isn’t really much I dislike about it, not much I really rave about either. It’s just fine.
I’ll never have enough suspension of disbelief for that one…
I’m in the Victorian Clara as a companion camp, especially since it almost happened. Giving us yet another modern earth companion when they almost could have done something different.
It’s not like having a companion not from modern day earth can’t work, either. I mean, we had Jamie, Zoe, Leela, Romana…
I don’t care for it. The Daleks were almost always so good, so threatening, so intimidating in their 60s portrayals, except for this one. I really don’t like how it’s essentially just 6 episodes of making the Daleks the butt of the joke, and as a comedic story I think it just fails, I don’t find it funny. The direction is pretty shoddy in many places. The Mechonoids are cool, I like Steven, and I like Ian and Barbara’s departure. The rest I could do without.
, but seriously I could see the merit in using Victorian Clara instead. Having a character who can look at things in awe that we take for granted in the modern era is something that NuWho is missing imo. Though I think I would rather that with a completely new character, as there are some traits of Modern Clara that I quite like, such as her being a school teacher (It just fits so perfectly).
