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[infiniteviking]

Haven't seen THE EPISODE yet, but tumblr is telling me a lot of good things about it and I see people here going EEEE about it and that is good. :D I'll flail when I've seen it (and also flail about the Day of the Fish Doctor and Adventure in Space and Time, because <333!!!!!), but this is to get a gripe out of the way beforehand.

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[ragdoll]

No spoilers, but it was awesome. Totally awesome. I avoid Tumblr for all those reasons and more. I love the Moff, I think he's done a pretty brilliant job over all, and so, it was not a surprise to me that the Special was SPECIAL (in ways I cannot wait for you to discover). I've watched it twice already and bawled by the end of it both times. He is a Old School fan, as well as a New School fan. He gets it. He did it wonderfully. I was expecting to hear people whinging that there wasn't enough Rose, or that 10 and Rose didn't have hot mad sex on screen and make a zillion tiem babiez, and it was all Moffat's fault. I'm sure that's coming at some point as well...

it really really struck the right notes everywhere, and there was nothing I can complain about at all. I haven't seen all of the Fish Doctor yet, but so far, it's hysterically funny, and my love for Peter knows no bounds (not that it did before this). ;)

You're in for loads of treats.

[infiniteviking]

"zillion tiem babiez" hahahahaha

I've been avoiding mainstream fandom since the Tennant days because of that sort of thing; people were complaining about RTD's issues just as loudly as they're complaining about Moff's now (and all the new fans in denial about Rose inevitably leaving the show hurt, a lot, because that's how the show works dkfjslg). No showrunner will be perfect. But I like a lot of the things Moff has done and particularly some of the things he's done that subverted things I didn't like about the RTD era. And I can't wait to discover all the awesomeness about the special. Already gleeing forever about the gifsets I've seen.

Fish Doctor is brilliant and beautiful and I want to squish Peter and Colin and Sylvester SO HARD. And also everyone else, because so many cameos. :'D

[deralte]

I'm too disillusioned about new Who to ever really enjoy it anymore. (I gave up on RTD half way through Donna's season, and skipped to 11, but while it fixed some of the crap I hated about RTD, there were other things that bothered me about Moffat, so I've yet to continue watching. I do find it pretty funny how people seem to have forgotten how awful RTD was and rag on Moffat when they're both equally bad. I'm actually dreading Sherlock S3 at this point too.)

So, I ended up just watching Fish Doctor and it was great and nostalgic, plus McGann in the 5 minute preview. And instead of inspiring me to go back to new Who, I think I'll listen to more of the Big Finnish 8th doctor and go rewatch some of the classics.

[infiniteviking]

(Sorry for answering late!)

Aw. I can understand -- there are a bunch of things I really don't have patience for anymore. I completely agree about both Moff and RTD having their own set of problems. And the Sherlock trailer.... just really didn't interest me.

I don't think you can go wrong with McGann, really. ^^ Definitely gonna miss Smith and his ridiculous face when he has to go, but I'm just going to try to ignore all the stuff that ticks me off -- bypassing it and diving back into oldskool is an equally valid choice.