Looking over that list, it's interesting that none of the episodes from series 8 and 9 are really stand-outs for me. Seasons 1-3 especially had a lot more Loved It! and Hated It! episodes, while Capaldi's time on the show has been mostly marked by more consistently solid episodes, but nothing truly exceptional for me personally. Listen and Mummy On The Orient Express were my favs from the last series and I enjoyed them a lot, but I wouldn't put either of them up there with my all-time favourite episodes tbh, and for series 9 I haven't really had any episode so far that I've been particularly raving about and excited about re-watching. It's not that any of them have been bad as such (well eh other than episode 9 maybe...), but they've mostly been just solid enough monster/base under siege two-parters with nothing particularly exceptional about them IMHO
I completely get what you mean about recent series being generally consistent, but generally without any stand outs (although I think I need to re-watch as I've only watched those episodes once!)
Yeah I think that's why I haven't had much to say about DW lately, being just okay is generally the kiss of death for me, I get much more invested if there's episodes to really rave or rant about. But then I have seen discussion of series 9 being one of the best yet, so I suppose that everyone's opinions differ :shrugs: I've just found series 9 and its two-partners to mostly be pretty traditional DW, whereas I'm much more invested in character studies of the Doctor and his companion than I am in the weekly guest casts.
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Date: 2015-11-20 11:14 am (UTC)2. The Doctor's Wife
3. The Girl Who Waited
4. The Name Of The Doctor
5. The Girl In The Fireplace
6. Father's Day
Looking over that list, it's interesting that none of the episodes from series 8 and 9 are really stand-outs for me. Seasons 1-3 especially had a lot more Loved It! and Hated It! episodes, while Capaldi's time on the show has been mostly marked by more consistently solid episodes, but nothing truly exceptional for me personally. Listen and Mummy On The Orient Express were my favs from the last series and I enjoyed them a lot, but I wouldn't put either of them up there with my all-time favourite episodes tbh, and for series 9 I haven't really had any episode so far that I've been particularly raving about and excited about re-watching. It's not that any of them have been bad as such (well eh other than episode 9 maybe...), but they've mostly been just solid enough monster/base under siege two-parters with nothing particularly exceptional about them IMHO
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Date: 2015-11-20 04:28 pm (UTC)I completely get what you mean about recent series being generally consistent, but generally without any stand outs (although I think I need to re-watch as I've only watched those episodes once!)
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Date: 2015-11-21 08:44 am (UTC)