Tuesday, 31 December 2013

'Who' Years Resolutions 2014

I haven't blogged in a while and so one of my new year's resolutions is to do more of it.  So to start off, here's my (in no particular order and slightly tongue-in-cheek) list of resolutions for Doctor Who in 2014 and onwards.


  1. Less of/no sonic screwdriver.  The Doctor managed without it for the first five years and for most of the '80s.  And even if he should use it again, use it for things like opening locked doors (except wooden ones, of course).
  2. No making-out with the companions.  Again, this is something the whole of 'Classic' Who managed until Paul McGann started it in 1996.  Can we please make it through one companion who doesn't make out with the Doctor or show any romantic interest?
  3. Bringing back "classic" monsters - if you're going to do it, don't just make the episode into an exercise in showing off the revamped design(c.f. Dalek - which was good, and Cold War).  And don't use CGI (c.f. Cold War).
  4. Stick to your guns and don't listen to the fans (and that includes me) - if you're going to revamp the Daleks and wipe out the previous "new" design (Victory Of The Daleks), then keep them rather than bring back the previous ones and retcon in the explanation that the new ones are the "officer class" (Asylum Of The Daleks).  True, that explanation isn't even given on screen and it could just be that they "adopted" them.  Except the "officer class" are nowhere to be found in Time Of The Doctor.  At least with the Cybermen, they're moving on.  The Daleks are at risk of being retrograde.  If you have to go back to an old design, go way back to the '60s or '70s and build new models with a 2010's budget (it might at least make up for the lack of 'classic' Daleks in Asylum).
  5. TARDIS console room - next time you redesign it, please make it brighter.  And bring back the round things.
  6. Music - less orchestral and more of what you'd hear in the 'classic' series (at least what you might hear on the 50th Anniversary soundtrack they released).  

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