The Name of The Doctor [HD]

maybe it is just me
This isn't really a factual review, so don't fault me on that.

I love Doctor Who, I love it in all of its regenerations over the years [except that movie *shudders*] yet the more I have watched with Moffat as the head writer the less I have liked it until I have reached now. I really can't place my finger on it, but nearly everything I love about Doctor Who has either vanished or is in some shadow form. I adore the Clara--she's brilliant. I thought that I would be loving the show more now that we have her. She's very much the traditional companion sort of character. However, it is like each episode leaves a sort of bad taste in my mouth. Whatever I came for I was not given. I realize that with rebooting everything back in '05 we have to be reintroduced to so many different people and introduced out of their own context [in this season, the Ice Warriors], but so much is lost with that. Idk, it still worked fairly well under Russel T Davis, not perfectly though...

Have a Plan
I want the doctor to be brilliant again; and arrogant, braggadocios, and really clever. The last few episodes he's been saved by luck, not his manic genius. I want the doctor back who says things like, "There's one thing you never put in a trap if you're smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow there's one thing you never ever put in a trap.....Me."

Bring the doctor back.

Great new companion, less-than-great writing (Warning: minor spoilers)
This half of the season starts off well with "The Bells of St. John," a clever and entertaining episode that properly introduces the Doctor's newest companion, Clara. The next episode, "The Rings of Akhaten," is visually appealing and has an interesting premise, but its ending is fairly predictable. "Akhaten" is not terrible, but it's definitely a step down from the previous episode. "Cold War," the most recent episode (as of this writing), is a bit of a dud, really. A monster on a submarine! They chase it, it chases them, and etc. Zzzzzzzzzz. For the second episode in a row, the heroes triumph by making an emotional appeal to the villain. With "Akhaten" and "Cold War," the show seems to be running on autopilot.

This is puzzling because one would think Doctor Who has access to the very best science-fiction (or science-fantasy) writers on Earth. There really should never be a sub-par episode (especially since they only make about thirteen or fourteen of them per...

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