Series 8 Wishlist

[starpanda]

I thought it would be fun to make a list of things we want to see in series 8 and then compare our predictions when the time comes.

1.
"Why do you sound like you're from Scotland?"
"Lots of planets have a Scotland!"

2.
More cohesive arcs. Less rushed stories.

3.
Benedict Cumberbatch as the Master.

4.
Hopefully an arc about the rediscovery of Gallifrey. *crosses fingers*

5.
Less running, more talking/thinking out of tight situations.

6.
Give Clara something to do that isn't some huge plotpoint!

7.
Dashing, kinda scary Doctor.


What do you guys think?

[jjpor]

I think 5. and 7. are sort of my minimum requirements. Maybe not "dashing", but definitely "scary". In some of the pictures I've seen Capaldi seems to be somewhat One-like in demeanour, and that wouldn't be a bad approach imho.

4. Is a sincere wish of mine - it seemed to be what we were getting following the anniversary special, but then they seemed to be backpedalling from that come Christmas. I hope they go back to it though in the next series.

3. I can definitely see him giving good Master, but in a similar Sherlock-related vein, I reckon Lars Mikkelsen who played the baddie Charles Augustus Magnussen in the recent season finale, would make an ace Master, or at least that a Master written and played as that character was would be an interesting departure - not a charming baddie or a charismatic one, or a funny one - just pure feral sadism and dominance-games, treating everybody and everything around him as his personal property. I tend to think that's what Jacobi!Master was like, just from the couple of minutes or so we got to see of him.

[Maggadin]

To be honest, my wishlist has more to with what I don't want.

[starpanda]

“In Matt Smith’s final episode he spent a thousand years on a planet watching everybody else age to death, while he ages very slowly. The Doctor is being taught a lesson. He’s not a human being, however much he larks around pretending he is. He is different and it’s time to stop play-acting. He goes back to being the trickier version of the Doctor, the fiercer alien wanderer. He’s not apologizing, he’s not flirting with you - that’s over. That’s what the Doctor was like after the Time War but he’s not like that any more. He’s gone back and he’s changed it. Now he can go back to being a bit more Time Lordy.”

— Steven Moffat on the new Doctor from the Radio Times interview.

This makes me hopeful? I'm getting a Six/Seven-wearing-Three's-clothes vibe here.

[Maggadin]

But, but... does ''not flirting'' means that there can never be any Twelve/Romana (or does it apply only to humans)?

I do like that quote overall, though!

[jjpor]

I like that quote too, not least because it demonstrates that Moffat really has been paying attention and recognises the mistakes of the RTD (and his own??) era(s). I took it to mean only applying to humans - Time Lord/Time Lord action is about as "Time Lordy" as it's possible to be, after all...