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Originally Posted by vailpass
Aren't these the highest rated Dr. Who episodes ever? In part that popularity has to be attributed to the writing being less "nerdy".
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I'm not sure which episodes are the highest rated ever, but so far I haven't enjoyed the Doctor 11 series as much as I did the ones with Doctor 9 & 10. They're still good, but I think Moffatt is just better as a writer rather than a showrunner. I liked series 6 okay, because it did have some fun moments that were almost Star Wars-esque, but series 5 was one of my least favorite series to date. It was really boring and tedious to me aside from the Van gough and series finale episodes. I'll take the campy Absobaloff episode over "Victory of the Daleks," any day, but admittedly... both of those are terrible and rank among the worst of the modern Who episodes.
However, I do like Matt Smith as the Doctor. I just think the overall direction and team as a whole is missing something. I just finished watching Colin Baker's "Trial of the Timelord," series, and while it wasn't great, it wasn't as bad as I previously thought. I think that series 6 reminded me a bit of Colin's final season, and Matt's Doctor is a whimsical mix between Doctor 6 and 2.
They're potentially bringing Benedict Cumberbatch in as the new master in the up coming season 7, which is great, but with Benedict already playing in Sherlock, Star Trek 11, and the Hobbit- we may be Cumberbatch having a bit of a geekdom overload. However, if he does it. I think he'll do a fine job. The classic Master vs Valeyard vs the Doctor episodes from the Trial of the Time will be hard for any other master to beat though!