Sontarans hunger for battle - and yet they are happy to impose curfews and execute people and shoot Dan - but not The Doctor. I mean, this is not being consistent. Sontarans are smart enough to take advantage of The Flux (whatever that is), have space travel, advanced weapons etc. yet are also moronically stupid to all hibernate at the same time, line up their spaceships all eggs in one basket, have a Wok weakness, and make the same mistakes time literally after time invading Earth and letting The Doctor stop them at every opportunity. They have always been a half-assed villain, Strax being the only (fab) rounded character ever. The rest are just one-dimensional. I didn't like them when I was 15 and I still don't - so at least I'm demonstrating a bit more consistency than the script :lol:

Between comments like this and Twitter this week, it's a tiring week for people that don't live to find fault in every single aspect of fictional entertainment.

 

When you think about the Sontarans - or any enemy in Doctor Who akin to them - and you add to the equation that it's quite clear the main character that a show evolves around is never going to be killed (unless of course it plays a part in a regeneration episode), it makes a lot of sense to me that whenever we might see them in a new story the Doctor is a constant, recurring enemy that every batch or new fleet is aware of. Why would they kill the Doctor when, where they and she are involved there's undoubtedly going to be battle, bloodshed, devastation and war? I'd say it's very consistent in that nine times out of ten we're introduced to a new type of Sontaran. They may know who the Doctor is, but actually being able to go up against her and see the carnage it causes would be the ultimate sport for them, no?

 

p.s. not a wok weakness either - the probic vent being something else that's been established in the show for quite some time now.

I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't consider whether things are possible in these types of shows - I find it hard to assess when it's a show about time travel and aliens!

Anyway, I'm enjoying it all so far. It definitely is benefitting from the new format, there's still a lot going on and a lot of characters but they actually have the room to develop and progress now.

 

There's a difference between possibility and plausibility - and that applies even in shows about time travel and aliens! There's books on that subject if you're ever bored enough/interested enough.

 

Seems odd for me not to be watching this series, I might get it on DVD when it comes out - to complete the collection - but I've watched every series since the 2005 one as broadcast, and a fair chunk of the old one but the last series and the one before it left me completely cold sadly so will be waiting until RTD comes back to reassess the situation

Edited November 11, 20213 yr by chartfridays

it doesnt matter what the genre of fiction is, you don't get a free pass just cos it's science fiction and has aliens and spaceships - you need to be internally consistent within the rules of the Universe you have created. Create a reason why Sontarans have time travel and use it myopically. I'm not someone who looks for faults in science fiction - I LOVE science fiction with a passion, and Doctor Who since the re-boot has been awesome. All of my criticisms have been based on the script not doing its basic job and ironing out these sort of issues with some reasoned dialogue and plotting. What theyve done is react to criticisms about being dull and gone full-on "Epic" - which is fine, but it's not hard to polish a script and make it internally consistent. Previous writer-producers were pretty fine, and hired great writers. Maybe the next few episodes will be fab! It's all OK to have different views on stuff, not least music :)