The Highlights and Lowlights of Series 2

[The Thinker]

Post here to discuss the highlights and lowlights of David Tennant's first full season as "The Doctor".

[thevalyard01]

Well i think he has to stop saying "Im sorry. Im so sorry." What do you lot think?

[Eryx]

thevalyard01 said:

Well i think he has to stop saying "Im sorry. Im so sorry." What do you lot think?

He cann be a little repetative, but I actually like his Doctor. Not as much as Eccleston, but I certainly enjoy his character.

[chapel]

Highlights would have to include the return of the cybermen, an interesting story behind their creation a story that partly took place far away from earth or its solar system for the first and probl`ly one of the few times( girl in the fireplace), the return of K9 and Sarah Jane, Mickey becoming more than politically correct token black whinning guy.

Low points? No plot for school reunion. Ok sorry lame plot which was hardly explained. Actually that seems to be a constant thing. There`s never much of an explanation for some of these things. For example the satan pit. Was that the devil or an alien, how`d he know about the people on the base and their past and futures if he wasn`t satan and if he was how in Gods name did someone imprison him. Very little backstory was explained.
other Low points? Getting rid of Mickey once he started to grow on you, RTD desperately trying to sell his spin off Torchwood to the viewers, and lets be honest you`d have to be an amputee midget flea limbo dancer to go lower than love and monsters.

[davisonera]

Highs: 1. The Girl In The Fireplace
2. The Impossible Planet\The Satan Pit
3. K9
4. The end of the soppy Tyler family era
5. David Tennant's doctor
Lows: 1. Love & Monsters
2. The return of the cybermen, and the daleks
3. Bad writing: L&M, Army Of Ghosts, Fear Her, School Reunion
4. The tyler family.
5. The rubbish series climax
6. RTD's cringeworthy Torchwood references, stop it please

[The Thinker]

In my opinion, although the climax of 'Doomsday' was quite contrived and the whole of 'Love & Monsters' ridiculous, this is all in all a quite good run of episodes. This is my Top Ten list, including last year's Christmas Episode (Descending order):

1.) Army of Ghosts/Doomsday- 5 Stars/5 Stars
2.)The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit- 4 Stars/5 Stars
3.)The Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel- 4 Stars/4 Stars
4.)School Reunion- 4 Stars
5.)The Girl on the Fireplace- 4 Stars
6.)Tooth and Claw- 3 Stars
7.)The Christmas Invasin- 3 Stars
8.)The Idiot's Lantern- 3 Stars
9.)New Earth- 3 Stars
10)Fear Her- 3 Stars

I just hope they revert to a 2,2,2,2,2,3 or 4,4,4,4,4,6 format next year...

[amitchell]

Highlights:
1. The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit
2. Jackie getting killed in The Age of Steel
3. Sarah and K9
4. The Cybermen and the Daleks
5. Army of Ghosts / Doomsday

Lowlights:
1. Mickey and Pete reappearing after we thought we'd got rid of them
2. Rose's family rubbish
3. Love and Monsters
4. Lack of any clear details as to what happened during the time war
5. Lumic's Davros-like appearance
6. Cybermen's lack of intelligence
7. Anti-climax of Doomsday

Having said all that I think season 2 is a definite improvement compared to season 1. David Tennant makes a far better Doctor than Christopher Eccleston.

[Dominic Smith]

Highlights:

'The Impossible Planet' / 'The Satan Pit'
Sarah Jane returning and Liz Sladen's brilliant performance
The Cybermen returning
'The Girl In The Fireplace'

Lowlights:

Most of 'Love & Monsters'
Some of the flirting between the Doctor and Rose which I thought was rather badly written

[davisonera]

What do you people see in Army Of Ghosts\Doomsday. It was all emotional and soppy as half the episode focused on the Tyler family rather than how to defeat the daleks and cybermen.

[amitchell]

I didn't think Army of Ghosts was that emotional .