Doctor Who - Series 5
Jun. 9th, 2011 11:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
demeter918I finally got around to watching Series 5 and the Eleventh Doctor and you know what?
I like it. I actually do like it. Matt Smith has definitely grown on me (though that first episode... dude. Both he and Amy got on my nerves.) and Amy is, well, strangely cute. Really cute. Really, really cute. It's the Scottish accent. Or those shorts!
And Rory? I love Rory!
Menage a trois? I think so!
A year was enough time to remove RTD's Doctor from my head and allow room for Moffat. The only thing is that there sure seems to be a lot of horror going around in Series 5. Most of the episodes (with the exception of the two-part finale) are of the horror genre and that didn't occur to me until I finished watching the season. I know that's Moffat's thing and what he's good at, so I wasn't terribly surprised... but man. It got kind of old.
The magic isn't quite the same; I don't think it could be the same. It's a distinctly different style and it's a little more frenetic (ha, is that even possible?) than RTD was. And I think that's a good thing! (and I am all the more grateful that Tennant left with RTD and the changing of guard; I have the feeling that this series would have been awkward with Tennant as the Doctor at this point. He doesn't fit into Moffat's new vision of the world and, well, it probably would have grated on me for a number of reasons.)
Overall, the best summary I could give is that each episode was likeable, but there was no episode that stood out to me. Does that make sense? There were some kind of crap episodes during Series 1 - 4, but there were also those episodes that I can't help but watch over and over again. With Series 5, it was more like, pretty good... and meh. That's something to ponder.
Also, such a minor point, but after Donna and Ten, the contrast of Eleven and Amy (so young!) was a little startling.
I like it. I actually do like it. Matt Smith has definitely grown on me (though that first episode... dude. Both he and Amy got on my nerves.) and Amy is, well, strangely cute. Really cute. Really, really cute. It's the Scottish accent. Or those shorts!
And Rory? I love Rory!
Menage a trois? I think so!
A year was enough time to remove RTD's Doctor from my head and allow room for Moffat. The only thing is that there sure seems to be a lot of horror going around in Series 5. Most of the episodes (with the exception of the two-part finale) are of the horror genre and that didn't occur to me until I finished watching the season. I know that's Moffat's thing and what he's good at, so I wasn't terribly surprised... but man. It got kind of old.
The magic isn't quite the same; I don't think it could be the same. It's a distinctly different style and it's a little more frenetic (ha, is that even possible?) than RTD was. And I think that's a good thing! (and I am all the more grateful that Tennant left with RTD and the changing of guard; I have the feeling that this series would have been awkward with Tennant as the Doctor at this point. He doesn't fit into Moffat's new vision of the world and, well, it probably would have grated on me for a number of reasons.)
Overall, the best summary I could give is that each episode was likeable, but there was no episode that stood out to me. Does that make sense? There were some kind of crap episodes during Series 1 - 4, but there were also those episodes that I can't help but watch over and over again. With Series 5, it was more like, pretty good... and meh. That's something to ponder.
Also, such a minor point, but after Donna and Ten, the contrast of Eleven and Amy (so young!) was a little startling.
