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

[fishdishwish]

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.!!

[ArsenicyOldFace]

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

[LRDtheFeministDragon]

[LRDtheFeministDragon]

arsenicy - there were plots?!

Where?

[alemci]

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]

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

[LRDtheFeministDragon]

It's all new to me, whisk.

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]

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

[ArsenicyOldFace]

It does give him an added edge of mania.

[hackmum]

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]

hackmum excellent idea!

[fishdishwish]

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

[AskBasil]

LOL it would work quite well for Eastenders as well.

[ArsenicyOldFace]

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

[fishdishwish]

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.

[ArsenicyOldFace]

Maybe some CGI, some still have people still inside.

[ArsenicyOldFace]

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

[wildfig]

Not until someone falls in love with a Dalek.

[alemci]

someone could get it on with Davros 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]

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]

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

[JerseySpud]

Hands off Eccelston is mine!!

And i liked Rose


Better than Mopey Martha anyway

[Stopmithering]

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]

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]

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]

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.