My biggest complaint about Capaldi’s shows, is that even when there is one or two good stories, there are always three or four completely incoherent messes to bury them. I’m with Tobar. Can’t wait for Moffat to leave.
The character has been around since 1963 in television, audio, cinema, comic book and novel form and in every iteration over those many decades when it is bad it’s dull. When it’s good it’s astounding. It’s nothing to do with any particular show runner, though a fresh injection of creativity tends to spark the greater stories. For every Robots of Death there is a Horns of Nimon. For every Midnight there is a Fear Her. For every Heaven Sent there is a Sleep No More. Roll with it.
Indeed. There are (for some people, I don’t know what Handman thinks) rose-colored glasses for older series of the show. Series 3 has some absolute classics. Utopia, Blink, and the Human Nature 2 parter. It also has, IMO, 6 or 7 very weak episodes. Season 12-14 of the old series is considered the best by many fans. But even Season 12 mostly only has Robot and the Ark in Space going for it. Robot and Revenge of the Cybermen are weak, and the Sontaran serial is just having fun running around on location for two hours to fill the time.
I’ll take Series 8 and 9 over 6 and 7. Been a while since I’ve seen 5, but that probably hasn’t been topped.