I thought it was a really good light episode. It wasn't one of those that required too much emotionally, which honestly has been a good change from last season. I loved Rory and his dad, so so very much and Nefertiti was a complete BA. I thought the robots were pretty amusing as well; they gave some comic relief with their bickering. I was upset when they killed the Triceratops D: ALSO THE FREAKIN' WALKING INNUENDO. THAT MAN OMG.

Man, I'm unsure if I liked the fact that the "awesome fiesty femme fatale" woman immediately gets with the misogynist guy. Like I'm not even sure where to go with that one...it become a bit of a thing with Moffat's writing. :/ BUT It was a good light episode regardless because for the most part Nefertiti was BA! And the robots were the best, I was upset when they died. They reminded me of some of the robots from games like Portal 2 and Borderlands. Rory's dad was pretty awesome, but HOW CONVENIENT they needed someone of the same bloodline to pilot the chibi. I mean really. :/ I can't help but complain about the newer episodes. But these are so far better than last season imo. I just haven't liked Doctor Who as much since Davies left as head writer.

Okay so I understand why people see sexism in the most current episode: it was written that way. But because it has those elements.. it doesn't make Moffat sexist.

There are two very distinct characters with some misogyny issues - Riddell and Solomon. Both characters are handled differently, too. Solomon obviously views Nefertiti as lesser and as a possession because she's a woman and therefore "lower" then him.

Then there's Riddell, who through the entire episode makes sexist remarks and is shown up at every turn by two very strong ladies. Through their actions and words - then finally Amy's display of competence with the raptors; Riddell is won over and we see his attitude change by the end (he ends up with Nefertiti, if it hadn't changed she wouldn't'v stayed with him).

Then with Solomon.. well.. he gets blown up =| So its obvious the opinion that Moffat/the production crew have of Misogyny - that its wrong! Are characters not supposed to have depth? Are they all supposed to fit into moral guidelines? How in the world can people justify themselves saying that Moffat is a misogynist because he writes characters who are? Rowling wrote characters who were murderers - does that mean she approves of murder? See how ridiculous that sounds?

I don't understand where people get off being so.. =| I think a lot of people need to understand that a show like Doctor Who evolves and changes. It might be because I'm a new fan, but I really enjoy the Moffat era episodes - more than a majority of the Davies ones (my favourites are def. the ones with Eccleston).

/rant

its horrible that he deleted his twitter ;; he was so witty and interesting.

The sexism issue with Moffat started with the way River Song was handled last season. She had gone from an accomplished archaeologist who could lead a team, who sacrificed her life to save the Doctor and the people trapped in the computer in the Library, to a woman who's whole existence is to be with the Doctor. She's locked up in some jail for a crime she didn't commit, willingly, and is only taken out when the Doctor wants her. Her personality changed from being a mature yet snarky woman to someone desperately trying to be a sex kitten for her precious Time Lord.

Reinette in Girl in the Fireplace has also come under fire for being another display of Moffat's misogyny. The only point of her character was to try and draw the Doctor away from Rose. At this point the Doctor has died to save Rose and was afraid of losing her so much that for him to suddenly fall in love with Reinette makes no sense. Also her character was so willing to anything to keep the Doctor around. Honestly I love this episode, but I can kinda see where people are coming from on it.

Then there is Amy Pond. She is pretty much the idea that woman are dominating. She loves Rory so much that the night before her wedding she tries to kiss the Doctor and then runs off with him, then on her actual wedding day she tries to kiss the Doctor again. I have no problem with women being portrayed as strong, but she pretty much domineers Rory in a stereotypical fashion. Then she also acts like a martyr with the whole "I gave you up thing", acting like Rory hasn't waited 2000 years for her, or tried to save her as the old woman when she forgot about him and the fact she keeps trying to get with the Doctor.

Think of it this way. With the companions under Davies, this is how they end up:

Rose: Works for Torchwood One in the alternate world, head of the Dimension Canon project to find the Doctor and help stop the stars from going out.

Martha: Becomes a doctor and a member of UNIT. She is given the Osterhagen Key to save the World from it's suffering.

Donna: Becomes the DoctorDonna, the most important woman in the universe, creates the Metacrisis Doctor, saves reality from the Daleks, but then has to forget.

River (written under Moffat with Davies as EP): Accomplished archaeologist who saves everyone in the Library at the cost of her own life.

Then is the companions under Moffat:

Amy: Goes from being a Kissogram to a model. Yeah she grows a bit as a character, but the end result isn't so spectacular. Also she needs saving more than any of the other companions ever did.

River: Archaeologist, imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit just so the Doctor can not be so loud, and is only taken out when the Doctor wants/needs help.


I don't know much about the Classic Companions, but I think with the exception of Dodo they all end up well enough. Sarah Jane Smith, Ace, Leela, Romana (she becomes president of Gallifrey).

The problem too is Moffat has said some pretty interesting things to support the idea of him being a misogynist and a sexist. Also he made some pretty bad tasted jokes about bisexuals that set everyone off. This happens at conventions all the time with him too. J.K. Rowling may have written characters that murder, but she has never come out and said things in interviews or at conventions or on her twitter that she may support these ideas. Moffat has.

I agree on the River point (being strong, becoming desperate) and having some background really helps and changes my opinion some. Being a relatively new fan, I know little to nothing of things said during interview or at conventions. If you know of any specific examples, I would be interested in checking those out.

I agree and then I don't on the female companion point: a majority of the females during Davies' era are.. militarized. They end up in fighting or combat positions. While I agree that the Doctor def. elevated both Rose and Donna from mediocrity - Martha was well on her way to becoming a Doctor on her own, in fact, his influence may have been a bit negative. But then there's Amy - who's never become a woman of war, and though she has her scars (Demon's Run), she still lives a relatively normal life after the Doctor (pursuing a likely career, marrying Rory). She was the only companion of the new series to be left with a relatively normal existence post-Doctor (that we know of thus far). She isn't a military Doctor or working for government organizations or having her family fear her memories. She lives in her apartment with her husband and has a career she likely would've had regardless of the Doctor's influence. He taught her lessons but didn't drastically alter her life.

I found her indecision concerning the Doctor and Rory.. interesting. I liked that she had to explore herself and what she really wanted. I thought it was out of line for her to try and kiss the Doctor at her wedding (after all, she'd already made her choice). I agree that at times.. she can be a tad forceful, the show can be a little harsh with driving Amy's personality home. I think part of that is the Scottish it - and that Moffat is Scottish.. I think it might be a personal issue for him. I'm hoping that Amy and Rory get a less dramatic departure, though its unlikely. I feel like together they've grown and matured and I'd love for that to show through events in the show.

I was unaware that Moffat wrote Girl in the Fireplace - I actually disliked the episode, I found it to be poorly.. placed? It didn't make sense and seemed to disturb the flow of the season for me.

Martha really got the short end of the stick as far as companions go. She came in right after the Doctor lost Rose and she had to go through a lot of crap because of it while she was crushing on him. The fact that she chose to leave at the end is what makes me like her, because she really had it hard. But you're right. She would have become a Doctor on her own without him and I think the point Davies was trying to make is that staying with the Doctor isn't all running and hand holding. People get royally messed up. She becomes a doctor, but after the Year That Never Was she is scared from it/

I also don't like the fact he stuck Rose in the parallel world with the Metacrisis after she spent all that time trying to get back to him. As much as I love Handy, I don't think he and Rose will have a happily ever after because he'll be trapped on Earth and adjusting to his new body and probably be horrid and depressed all the time and dragging Rose down. I think it was done because Billie Piper didn't want to come back and David Tennant said he was leaving, so brush them off to the side without much thought.

Oh, and then there is ending with the Master. Psychic Jesus anyone? Kind of a weak ending for the three great Master episodes.

Here's a good article about Moffat and misogyny with examples of things he's tweeted that have pissed people off.

http://mindingandmattering.blogspot.com/2011/05/doctor-who-and-its-discontents-part-i.html

Then there is people's thoughts on the whole matter that shed some light into the Moffat hating:

http://www.themarysue.com/stephen-moffat-misogyny/

Honestly I like some of what he's done and I don't like some of it. I say the same for Davies as well. Unfortunatetly the fandom's been polarized into "I love Moffat and you hate him only because you miss Tennant" and "OMG Moffat sux let's get rid of him" and then all the Classic fans who hate everyone and everything new.

Martha is honestly my favorite companion if I really had to choose. I hate that people hate her because she's "so whiny and pines after the Doctor", but honestly can you blame her? A lot of people were infatuated with the Doctor, even non companions. If they weren't infatuated with him specifically, it was the idea that he was the means of being able to escape their current world for awhile. To be able to discover something new. I dislike what the writers did to her (about pining after Ten) because she came to be a really strong person, especially after she left the Doctor.

Rose coming back all the time started pissing me off. She was supposed to be stuck there, and while I get that she found a way out, the whole end of s4 was a bit cheesy to me because of the giant reunion type thing. Though that was RTD's style.

On that note, I really hope that Clara ISN'T Rose/Meta's child. We need to move on from Rose, I mean we've moved on from everyone else and though she's the holy favorite, sometimes things are better left where they are.

I don't hate Rose, but I don't love her either. I'm just tired of her always coming back is all. xD It makes you want to dislike her.

I know Moffatt has said some stupid, stupid stuff at conventions. He's kind of one of those people who talks out of his ass, I believe.

Sadly, a lot of "Doctor Who fans" don't watch/hate Eleven because they were fans of Tennant, which I think is complete bull. It doesn't make you a fan of the show, it just makes you a fan of David. I know quite a few Classic fans who like NuWho, but aren't a fan of some series (mostly Tennant's series), but have liked Eleven so far. I mean, if you're a Classic fan, you did have 8 Doctors years before these 3 new ones so I can see the bias.

That's why Martha gets a bum wrap because people can't see that she is really an awesome character. She walked the world and saved it from the Master. She put up with the Doctor's chibi when he was John Smith and during Blink. Her tolerance was crazy given the things she had to endure for him. But for her to have pinned for this guy who never showed interest in her and put her through hell was a bit silly.

In defense of Rose's return, it did make sense as far as the story arc goes. The parallel world she's stuck on runs faster in time and they start seeing the effects of the Reality Bomb detention. Given what she's seen and learned from her travels with the Doctor, it only makes sense that she and the rest of Torchwood try to figure out what's going on. Given who the show's about, it makes sense she'd want to get back to the other world and find the Doctor. Who else can stop all of reality from disappearing in a show called Doctor Who? Because the Dimension Canon could also read timelines, it made sense for her to be the one to guide Donna through her world and get things back to the way they were supposed to be. A former companion helping the current companion. It happened with Martha and Donna. Basically she was trying to save her world from dying off like the stars and was desperate.

I can forgive the big reunion ending because it was just that; a reunion. It was one last hurrah for everyone who had been involved in the show before it was handed over to a new head writer/executive producer. Sarah Jane, Martha, Jack, Mickey, Donna, Ianto, Gwen, Rose, and the Metacrisis Doctor are characters that (unless it's for the 50th) we'll never see again. It was also a neat little tie-in for Classic with Davros and Sarah Jane meeting again. She was there for his creation and she was there for his death. The episode wraps up everything that Davies had done in his run and that's the purpose for it.

However what I don't like is the way Rose and Handy were handled at the end of the episode. There should have been a little more fighting for the right to stay in the right universe instead of being hand waved into the parallel one. Again this could just be because of the fact Davies was leaving. It was just done really half-assed. It was also just a way to give the fans what they wanted; and happy ending for Rose. She gets her Doctor in the end (though not really). If Donna would have burned for being a metacrisis, then I think it would have been neat for Handy to have gone down for it too. Just think of what it could have done for Ten to watch himself die off in some way.

There are fans that are won't watch it because they were fans of Tennant, but's wrong to assume that everyone who dislikes the show now are because of that reason. There are a lot, but it's probably not as many as one would think and it's not fair to say all like a good deal of people do. It also the same for people who love Eleven and hate Ten and Nine. I know classic fans who love NuWho and hate Eleven but love Nine and Ten. I also know some who love all of the new Doctors. I also know some who simply hate NuWho because it's new. It reminds me of the Star Trek fans who only love the Kirk era and none of the others. Anyway, for some reason the Doctor Who fandom's become really volatile.

I want Owsin/Clara to be Rose's and Handy's daughter only because it would be cool to see the Doctor travel with family again like he did with his granddaughter in the original series. This can also be accomplished with her being Jenny. However I don't see her being Jenny because it's been shown that she can't regenerate in the same way as the Doctor and other Time Lords could. My theory on it only comes from Owsin's red shoes (which I think were red Chuck Taylors like Handy's) and the fact David Tennant keeps hinting at a 50th Anniversary thing.

Honestly I bet she's just River and the Doctor's daughter because that is the most obvious and runs with how River is. Her own daughter would suffer the same weird timeline thing as she did in relation to the Doctor.

However is it just me or does the writing seem...cheesier and cheesier as these seasons go on? I dunno what it is. Like I really liked this episode up until the Sherriff guy died and was like "DOCTOR TAKE CARE OF MY PEOPLES" and i'm like... "really? kinda fast ya know?" But i did enjoy the ending. It was just sometimes there are these moments in these episodes where i just have to go -_-.