I really loved the Silence in their first appearance because they were such a great sendup to the classic UFO myths like the men in black.I've got a soft spot for the Silence. The idea of an enemy that you can't know exists or does not exist unless it wants you to know is really very cool to me.
They have Weeping Angel syndrome; the initial appearance by the monster is cool and creepy and new, but each successive story saps out the novelty of the original concept until they're just another face in the rogues gallery. After long enough, characters start treating the monster's gimmick as just a footnote; "Oh look there's another Weeping Angel, keep your eyes on it, whatever you do don't blink."I thought the Silence was amazing until they kept coming back.
Not seen much Dr Who, the first one I watched all the way was about this fan club and this love story that ends with everyone being made part of this gross creature but still alive. Fucked me up real good. I think the Dr doesn't even save them, just puts them all out of misery.
Not seen much Dr Who, the first one I watched all the way was about this fan club and this love story that ends with everyone being made part of this gross creature but still alive. Fucked me up real good. I think the Dr doesn't even save them, just puts them all out of misery.
Not seen much Dr Who, the first one I watched all the way was about this fan club and this love story that ends with everyone being made part of this gross creature but still alive. Fucked me up real good. I think the Dr doesn't even save them, just puts them all out of misery.
^The Dream lord & the creature from Midnight are the only two monsters/villains that have legit come close to defeating the Doctor. Weeping Angels were pretty terrifying at first , but then Moffet came along....Dream Lord seemed cool, and he could easily be used again without it becoming pointless (see daleks getting beaten every time).
^The Dream lord & the creature from Midnight are the only two monsters/villains that have legit come close to defeating the Doctor. Weeping Angels were pretty terrifying at first , but then Moffet came along....
There are some good Dalek stories, but it's rare that they're good because they're Dalek stories. Like "Genesis of the Daleks".It says a lot that no one has said Daleks as I type this.
I don't really think they are high potential villains, and that's part of the problem. They are high concept villains written around their initial stories and their transition to recurring villains compromises them. The Weeping Angels for example send people back in time, which works very well for the time travel plot of Blink. But then come their reappearance in The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone they just snap people's necks, because sending people back in time doesn't really work with the story there.The initial Weeping Angel appearance was great. Parts of the Angels Take Manhattan were legit creepy too.
Unfortunately they got overplayed or misused.
Same problem with The Silence, which was another high-potential new villain.
Goddamn I love this part.DOCTOR: Davros, if you had created a virus in your laboratory, something contagious and infectious that killed on contact, a virus that would destroy all other forms of life, would you allow its use?
DAVROS: It is an interesting conjecture.
DOCTOR: Would you do it?
DAVROS: The only living thing, a microscopic organism reigning supreme. A fascinating idea.
DOCTOR: But would you do it?
DAVROS: Yes. Yes. To hold in my hand a capsule that contains such power, to know that life and death on such a scale was my choice. To know that the tiny pressure on my thumb, enough to break the glass, would end everything. Yes, I would do it! That power would set me up above the gods. And through the Daleks, I shall have that power!
I don't really think they are high potential villains, and that's part of the problem. They are high concept villains written around their initial stories and their transition to recurring villains compromises them. The Weeping Angels for example send people back in time, which works very well for the time travel plot of Blink. But then come their reappearance in The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone they just snap people's necks, because sending people back in time doesn't really work with the story there.
Davros.
DOCTOR: Davros, if you had created a virus in your laboratory, something contagious and infectious that killed on contact, a virus that would destroy all other forms of life, would you allow its use?
DAVROS: It is an interesting conjecture.
DOCTOR: Would you do it?
DAVROS: The only living thing, a microscopic organism reigning supreme. A fascinating idea.
DOCTOR: But would you do it?
DAVROS: Yes. Yes. To hold in my hand a capsule that contains such power, to know that life and death on such a scale was my choice. To know that the tiny pressure on my thumb, enough to break the glass, would end everything. Yes, I would do it! That power would set me up above the gods. And through the Daleks, I shall have that power!
DOCTOR: With you as their emperor. But what of the lesser intellects? Or will they be left to rot?
DAVROS: You should know me better than that, Doctor. I never waste a valuable commodity. The humanoid form makes an excellent concentrated protein. This part of the galaxy is developing quickly. Famine was one of its major problems.
DOCTOR: You've turned them into food?
DAVROS: A scheme that has earned me great acclaim.
DOCTOR: But did you bother to tell anyone they might be eating their own relatives?
DAVROS: Certainly not. That would have created what I believe is termed consumer resistance. They were grateful for the food. It allowed them to go on living.
DOCTOR: Until you take over their planets.
The perfect foil for the Doctor, and a fascinating and compelling villain in his own right.
Midnight. The only thing in the new series where i felt that the Doctor might lose.
Creepy as all hell, too.
in some ways, mob mentality was the real monster in that episode.
Yeah, Midnight was amazing. It's so sad that Capaldi's run didn't grab me as much has the others have, used to be obsessed with this show. I haven't watched S9 at all.