Exterminate!

[dragonyphoenix]

I'm watching Dr. Who: the 7th series. It's not terrible. I actually liked the trip to Narnia. I even enjoyed the Dalek episode even if I don't know when they started having human minions. But they've pretty much always been an enigma. When we first met them, they'd lived in a toxic wasteland for so long they couldn't survive anywhere that wasn't radioactive, and now look at them, wandering all about the universe, not at all concerned about the non-radioactiveness of it all.

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Re: Repeat After Me: "It's All Wibbly-Wobbly"

[alatefeline]

Absolutely. You don't have to like it; it's okay that some of the other things bug you, and that some of the things that bug you are outweighed by other things for me. I agree with your description of those two "this is too close to now of an issue" items. I just enjoyed other episodes enough that I took it in stride. Frex, the Empty Child two-parter, in the same season you mentioned. For me, there are specific things that get a cringe reaction, but a lot more that get a shrug. But it is on the least science-y side of science fantasy, and there is not a lot of extrapolation going on at all.

Re: Repeat After Me: "It's All Wibbly-Wobbly"

[dragonyphoenix]

I'm enjoying series 7. I just watched Snowmen, which was terribly amusing because a guy in my writing group had come up with an idea about carnivorous snow but hadn't been able to make a story work. It did inspire an anthology - Snowpocalypse.

Bit off topic there. While there are episodes I do find annoying, there are also episodes I think are great. Weeping Angels for example. Awesome.

Re: Repeat After Me: "It's All Wibbly-Wobbly"

[alatefeline]

I enjoy wandering conversations, don't worry. I agree with you that there are some episodes that are good and some that are ...not good. I also like (and am terrified of) the Weeping Angels. I actually haven't watched all of Series 7 yet, but I'm not worried about spoilers because anachronism (and fandom and semi-official alternate canons) have also become part of the experience for me. Have you come across a *good* episode or part in Series 7 so far that you would really recommend?

Snowpocalypse sounds fun.

Re: Repeat After Me: "It's All Wibbly-Wobbly"

[dragonyphoenix]

So far all of series 7 is okay. I specifically liked "The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe", "Asylum of the Daleks" which is surprising because I think Daleks are stupid bad guys, "The Angels Take Manhattan", and "The Snowmen". That's as far as I've watched.

I was reading a friend's meme response and she spoiled the end of season 1 of How to Get Away With Murder. It was a shocking surprise too because How to Get Away is full of unexpected twists. But it didn't bother me. I guess watching is more about the experience of watching than the goal of what's going to happen.