mrv3000 | (no subject)

While I haven't watched DW's S5 past the first couple of episodes, I've been glancing at spoilers from you all.

First off, I'm so glad that no one major got killed off and the thing didn't end in misery. That's something that would have made me far less interested. As much as I love RTD's writing, I was sick to death of his non-stop angst on DW. (It was like he started out doing penance for much of S2 and then got addicted to that angst rush. :D)
I adore the idea of a couple on the TARDIS! I'm sure I've mentioned this before - it's the one thing we really haven't seen. Ian and Barbara were sort of a couple. Sort of. And Mickey and Rose were pretty much done by the time he came along. It's actually made me a lot more interested in S5 and S6 now.
I've read several people who said they were warming up to River, which is good. I'm hoping I'll be the same way. Unfortunately her default character mode really grated on me in S4. She was basically Jack Harkness, but without the cheese factor (or anything else) to make her endearing. The only thing I still find a bit strange is that Moffat feels the need to have an omniscient presence within the narrative. It's an odd choice and from what I've seen, even people who love the character hate that whole "spoilers!" aspect of her. (Oh, and if you're hoping to see me getting all butthurt D/R shipper about them being married (or whatever they are), you'll be disappointed. I think their relationship is fucked up beyond all recognition and would be horrible for an actual marriage, but... *shrugs* The Doctor's been married before, and even apparently married QE for kicks and giggles. So whatever.)
Sounds like there were some real gems in S5, so I'm looking forward to that, although the general consensus seems to be that it just didn't have the depth of characterization that it did before. That's disappointing, but not unexpected. From eps he's done before, Moffat generally sacrifices character for plot. But it sounds like it wasn't horrible, so thumbs up.
Am amused that apparently Moffat's been begging RTD to write for DW again. So much for fannish conspiracy theories about them hating each other. :D (Speaking of which, OMG HOW AWESOME WILL TORCHWOOD BE??)