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To think that there's really no need for all the flirting/romance/sexual tension in Doctor Who

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fishdishwish · 26/08/2014 19:34

I thought we might have a respite from it with Capaldi's arrival, but it now seems his companion must have a younger man to flirt/cheekily banter with.

It's supposed to be about monsters for god's sake, not soapy flirtation.!!

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ArsenicyOldFace · 26/08/2014 20:29

Made 2005 a good season for you LRD. Did you follow any actual plots that year? Grin

LRDtheFeministDragon · 26/08/2014 20:29
Grin
LRDtheFeministDragon · 26/08/2014 20:30

arsenicy - there were plots?! Shock

Where?

alemci · 26/08/2014 20:32

I hate river song such an annoying and smart arse character. I don't like the sexual stuff. I would prefer a series on a theme with an interesting plot and mystery over a few episodes, too rushed.

I do like Peter Capaldi

Whiskwarrior · 26/08/2014 20:32

Plots? Apparently, if you concentrate really hard people speak and everything! I don't believe it though.

LRDtheFeministDragon · 26/08/2014 20:35

It's all new to me, whisk. Wink

I do enjoy the mysteries and the scary episodes. I think what they do best is proper, old-fashioned scary stuff.

But a little bit of human interest is fine.

My big issue with the flirting is, I can't believe in the doctor constantly falling for people - there needs to be a break where the emotional intensity is nothing to do with him. Or where it's a different kind of relationship, like father/daughter or something.

ArsenicyOldFace · 26/08/2014 20:35

I'm sorry. I won't mention (plots) again

ArsenicyOldFace · 26/08/2014 20:38

It does give him an added edge of mania.

hackmum · 26/08/2014 20:40

AskBasil: "Just bring on the fucking daleks."

You know, that's an injunction that could be usefully applied to so many many programmes. Think how much better Emmerdale or Holby or Top Gear would be if the daleks just came in and exterminated everyone.

MissMole · 26/08/2014 20:43

hackmum excellent idea!

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fishdishwish · 26/08/2014 20:48

Quite - I've been wanting to happen in Hollyoaks for years!!

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AskBasil · 26/08/2014 20:51

LOL it would work quite well for Eastenders as well.

ArsenicyOldFace · 26/08/2014 20:55

I'm told the daleks are a PITA to film with.

Something writers (and hack) do when they are desperate/lazy/pissed off with the actual crew I think

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fishdishwish · 26/08/2014 20:58

They're mostly CGI now, aren't they? And it's just one person (Nicholas Briggs) doing the voices, whereas it was a whole raft of people in the old days.

They're brilliant villains, but it's hard to do much with them that hasn't been done before.

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ArsenicyOldFace · 26/08/2014 21:02

Maybe some CGI, some still have people still inside.

ArsenicyOldFace · 26/08/2014 21:03

Yes I think it's safe to say that 'Peak Dalek' has been reached Grin

wildfig · 26/08/2014 21:40

Not until someone falls in love with a Dalek.

alemci · 26/08/2014 22:11

someone could get it on with DavrosSmile he has a sort of je ne sais pas (yeah right)

I know the dr has pulled the plug on him a couple of times.

nocoolnamesleft · 26/08/2014 22:18

Arsenicy - it's okay, there was a passing mention that they had to pretend the human was the lizard woman's maid. So DrWho is managing to be forward looking without upsetting any staid Victorians.

ArsenicyOldFace · 26/08/2014 22:22

Ah thanks nocool. I must have blinked or made tea.

JerseySpud · 26/08/2014 22:31

Hands off Eccelston is mine!!

And i liked Rose

Better than Mopey Martha anyway

Stopmithering · 26/08/2014 22:44

YANBU. Far too much focus on relationships, not enough on plot / storyline.

I struggle these days to follow what the feck is going on in DW, feel for my 10 and 6 year olds, excited to watch, sitting quietly, clearly no clue what's happening but feel they have to watch end enjoy it because it's DW.
My two liked the ecclestone and tenant era. (Watched on lovefilm before we cancelled it)
Even though he usually bugs the hell out of me, I really enjoyed the James Cordon ones.

Pixel · 27/08/2014 01:18

But they could write flirting for someone other than the doctor, right? At least Captain Jack flirted with everybody, not just the Doctor.

it's okay, there was a passing mention that they had to pretend the human was the lizard woman's maid. sorry still not okay because they had to bang on and on about being married. By whom? Leaving aside the lizard thing I'm pretty sure you couldn't marry your maid in victorian London (well not if you were a woman anyway).

I agree they've ruined the terrifying menace of the daleks by over-exposure. Such a shame, they were the best ever scary aliens but now it's just daleks -meh.

Tikimon · 27/08/2014 05:06

It's Dr. Who. They find a problem, go back in time, meet some interesting people, fight a monster, then travel in time until they find a problem again. It's not really a complex, or even particularly interesting plot.

Why not add something to switch it up from the formulaic episodes it's had so far?

NinjaLeprechaun · 27/08/2014 05:39

I once ran across the explanation that the Doctor sees his companions a bit like pets. Which is a perfect description of his attitude towards humans, and makes any hint of romance deeply disturbing.

I actually really liked the dynamic between him and Martha. It never even occurred to him that she fancied him, nor should it have. Not to mention the fact that she's the only companion in the modern series (other than the incomparable Sarah Jane Smith) to leave him without being forced into it.

I absolutely hate River Song - she's the textbook definition of a Mary Sue, and that never ends well.