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How I became a Doctor Who fan

Doctor Who isn't popular at all in my country (basically any country that isn't the UK). I came across a clip of The Eleventh Hour
on Youtube, the scene where The Doctor says "I'm The Doctor, basically run!" was peak coolness to me, because of that I ended up watching Series 5
as my first DW series, and continued until the end of Series 9 where I thought it would be a good time to go back and watch Series 1, 2, 3, and 4.

What have I watched?

I've watched Series 1-9 of NuWho (the revival series started in 2005), and the Ncuti Gatwa era. Haven't got round to watching the classic
series yet (can't seem to find it anywhere). I'm currently in the process of watching the entire NuWho.

My favorites

As stated above I started with Series 5 so Matt Smith (The 11th Doctor) is my favorite, Series 5 is also my favorite series but series 4
comes close. My favorite companion is Rory, Amy also I guess.

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Series 6 Thoughts

June 13 2024

Hello! I've just finished watching Series 6 of NuWho, and thought I'd share my reactions and thoughts.

Overall series rating: 9/10

Here are my ratings for each episode of the season:

  1. The Impossible Astronaut: 10/10
  2. Day of the Moon: 10/10
  3. The Curse of The Black Spot: 5/10
  4. The Doctor's Wife: 10/10
  5. The Rebel Flesh: 7/10
  6. The Almost People: 8/10
  7. A Good Man Goes to War: 10/10
  8. Let's Kill Hitler: 8/10
  9. Night Terrors: 6/10
  10. The Girl Who Waited: 10/10
  11. The God Complex: 10/10
  12. Closing Time: 7/10
  13. The Wedding of River Song: 9/10

As you can see, this series has some heavy hitters, but good episodes without a real overarching plot leading to a satisfying ending doesn't really do it in Doctor Who. This series has a good overarching plot, but it gets diminished by the 1 part finale which sort of rushes through things.

The story arc, River Song and The Doctor's supposed death are great ideas, and it started really well, but around Let's Kill Hitler it gets really consfusing. It sort of makes less sense, and by the rushed finale it doesn't really seem to work. The finale doesn't do a stellar job at resolving this, but it does it just enough for me to understand (a reccuring theme in the Moffat Era so far). The series is a lot more inconsistent than Series 5 as a whole aswell.

Now I know I sounded really negative, but I really enjoyed this season, which led me to rate it highly. It helps that this is basically what I consider to be the peak of Moffat-isms, where you really get to experience the Moffat style writing of big concepts and twist and turns throughout the season. Sure, it's a bit messy, but it's charming in a way. The River Song arc was really interesting aswell. But I think my favorite part about this series is the TARDIS crew. 11, Amy, and Rory are just so good together.

I'd say my favorite episode of the series was A Good Man Goes to War. It was really epic and a great look into the consequences of The Doctor's legendary status as a hero, but also as a destroyer to his enemies. The River Song reveal was also great.

Well, I think that's it for now. I'll be back for my Series 7 thoughts, hopefully they're better than I expect them to be.