The Tenth Doctor certainly did a lot of morally questionable things during his time on the show, especially towards the end of his run. One of the major themes often explored was how he needs human companions around to keep him from becoming a megalomaniacal god, as seen in The Waters of Mars. But the decision to wipe Donna Noble's mind, a fan favourite companion, is put across as the only option he has in that situation.

Through some complex science-fiction shenanigans, Donna has been imbued with the essence of a Time Lord, making her a hybrid of both the Doctor's race and her own. The problem is that her human mind is unable to comprehend all of the new knowledge that has been poured into it and it's killing her. The Doctor decides that the only way to save her is to wipe her mind of all their adventures together.

This honestly ends up coming across as ludicrous that the Doctor couldn't think of another way to remove the Time Lord part of her without cruelly wiping her memories as well.

This briton agrees whole-heartedly. British sci fi sucks elephant testes through a hundred feet of garden hose. But the only reason it keeps on flowing out of the national anus ergo BBC is that americans keep on buying that shit. You think the accent makes someone sound intelligent..? British science fiction writers are right up there with asimov, heinlein and herbert — but when anyone thinks of british sci fi: doctor bloody fucking who!!

I showed him peckinpah and kurosawa; he thought nothing compared to doctor who… exasperating! And for that I am grateful. And in return, the US is giving Grand Tour back. Very well done. The IT Crowd not as well done, but brilliantly scripted. Actually make that the second biggest. You are completely wrong. Mary Shelley is the Mother of Science Fiction. Frankenstien is Science Fiction.

More people have been killed by his bullshit psychotic idealism than by any other reason in the Whoverse. He stops people from fighting back and demands they lay down and die while he gets to run around looking clever for young ladies. I love fantasy and sci fi, which means I have to wade through copeous amounts of crap to get to one I thoroughly enjoy.

So, Dr Who — finally made it to my radar. I agree with all of the points. Few authors actually get it right. Dream turned nightmare, as it always does. Let me say this. Doctor who has changed. All of these problems are different problems. And yes, the show is not for everyone. It is for people who like it, like me.

And it is the easiest show to watch. Just find it on the internet. Everything is available these days. But the good ones are very nice. Oh wait, Dr who comes on on Kera every Saturday. Just respect our tastes, and we will respect yours. I could be going on the offensive, trust me every show has flaws.

Also it is a piece of pop culture. That is like if a Londoner tried to tear down star trek. I hope you have a good day. No, not the fact that one story will frequently contradict earlier ones with what once was wrong now becoming right or vise versa, but the relentless PC crap that the producers put into the show since its relaunch. How else can a transgendered horse be explained? Torchwood was worse for it, with the lead character cautioning his subordinates on their behavior before then going on to do exactly what he said should not be done just minutes later.

Berty Bassett. The Tardis is a call box? I can count exactly one thing I like about the show. The Weeping Angels. And it annoys me.

But I do enjoy those Weeping Angel creatures. I agree fully! I started watching the first season with Matt Smith, because I have friends who like it. The season was tolerable at best, and the only thing I liked was the Weeping Angels and Amy. It was sad and upsetting. Doctor Who sucks. The funny thing about those angel critters. What they actually DO to their victims is retarded. Sending you to the past is implausible if you want to talk about potential energy or whatever unresearched gimmick seemed clever at the time.

It is no more fantastical than a series of stories about a small town Utah guy that becomes President, and becomes the savior of the world, following a zombie apocalypse complete with demons and possessed zombies, and supernatural extravaganza. But its BAD science fiction, really, really bad science fiction. This was great man! I think it must be some kind of hipster fad to be a fan of Doctor Who. I also have watched two episodes and cant figure out why people like it. Its the crapiest show in te universe, even obama can make a better show then the brits there are only 3 british shows i like 2 of them were cancled, i like doc martin, death in paradise cancled , and ballykissangel also cancled.

Maybe you just watched the crappy ones. There are quite a few crappy ones. Most of Em are worth it. Imagination is branching away from an idea, not sticking to the same stale pseudo-iconic idea for nearly half a century. These fuckwits who consider this show to be a gem merely do so; as far as I can tell, because of the sense of superiority the Imperialist mentality gives that flows from this culture.

I agree on the note of him visiting the Warhammer universe, where someone will gladly kill themselves to destroy an enemy. This show is for doughy little shits desperate for an exclusive happily ever after in their entertainment.

A follower of Khorne would laugh in his face at the threat of destruction, and gladly hug him with a fucking brick of C-4 strapped to their chest.

Well I stare into blank wall and its best show I ever watched. Blank wall rocks. Who fans hating on all non-fans. Gods finally someone who sees this piece of vile putrid excrement for what it is. What the HELL is this? A blast from the past? This is an insult to real sci-fi!! Dude, I doubt any of you saw an episode of Dr Who. The tv show has been around since , way before Harry potter books. And about the sonic screwdriver, it is mostly used by the doctor to sort of fix things since the doctor does not carry any weapon that may harm living creatures.

Also, the doctor regenerates whenever he gets fatal injuries, he sorta cheats death by being a new person but is still the doctor.

Or are you out of critical complaints? I know there are people that like Sponge Bob and Miley Cyrus too. Doctor Who does suck when it comes to science fiction. The sonic screw driver has indeed become a magic wand and Doctor Who is ripping off the Wizard of Oz and Harry Potter. Yes it does get tiring.

Seeds of Doom Tom Baker punches out a guy. Earth Shock Peter Davison kills a cyberman. So yes the Doctor can and does get violent. The only frelling reason the Doctor regenerates was because Harntell was leaving the program.

It was a trick to keep the show alive. It was never planned. Real fans recognize how crappy the show has become and how campy it became when John Nathan Turner took over.

Doctor Who had its moments but great science fiction it is not. Oh, the angst. The Twilightish storylines. The companions. The doomed, roaming salt-shaker Daleks. Everything about this show insults science fiction and is making the planet dumber one episode at a time. Give me classic Star Trek, and F this show forever. Because the fans are children, whatever their chronological age. And the sonic screwdriver? More like plot-drill. I was tolerating this until you insulted the music.

Never, ever insult Murray Gold in front of me. I suggest you run. Can you name a single episode he wrote? Which was considered the critically best? Hint: it involves an outdoor manhunt. Can you answer? Do you even know what episode? I am not going to hate on your opinion, as it is, your opinion. What I am going to do, however, is disagree with your decision to write a whole article on why you hate the show.

How can you hate something so much that you make a list of why you hate it? This is pure hate. Grow up and get a life Potsy. You cannot defend this dreck. It never was. There is a clique of guys at church that wear bowties and have Doctor parties. Oneof my buddies is in that group and he invited me to the gathering around Christmas to watch. My response: Oh yeah let me slam my balls in a car door first. Deal with it. LG:I spent my time defending the show too.

I had to delete some comments by a slather-mouthed Whovian who was having a rabid OCD induced aneurism of a meltdown because I did not post all 10 reasons for my Hate-fest on Dr. Doing so probably sent him into an epileptic seizure and a stroke. Good friends. I like to rib them as much as they like to rib me. This was to rib them. It was not intended to step on your manhood. But if your manhood is as such that this rant hurts it… Well, all I can say is that you are just sad.

You said you were an open minded person, but really, all your reasons are pretty close minded. You brought this on yourself. Wow a whole 3 years.

Remind again how many Doctor Who movies they made? Right 0. Any Space Shuttles named after Doctor Who? Any scientists or astronauts inspired by Doctor Who? Hell even Steve Colbert has a piece of equipment named after him on the space station!

Pretty much agree. For me it just looks cheap and poorly made and the writing is shambolic. Why turn a wonderful series into what looked like Coco the Clown?

Oh my giddy aunt! In fact, ratings went up under Troughton. The good news is that the tide began to turn with the arrival of Jon Pertwee and Doctor Who in full colour in , with his debut adventure 'Spearhead from Space' — the one with the shop window dummies springing to life — earning a positive reception.

In the Daily Sketch , Gerard Garrett also sang the story's praises, colourfully commenting that 'Spearhead' featured "production so slick that it made many adult series look like lumbering oxen". Much like Troughton before him, Tom Baker followed a more straight-laced predecessor by bringing a little extra eccentricity to the part of the Doctor — and, as in , the response to his debut was mixed. The BBC's Audience Research Report on part one of 's 'Robot' noted that "at this early stage, many did not know whether they were going to like [Baker] or not" and felt he'd "take some getting used to".

Reactions ranged from outrage "Too stupid for words! The long-standing Baker might have been beloved, but Peter Davison's arrival as the fifth Doctor in 's M. Escher-influenced 'Castrovalva' actually went down rather well. It was brim-full of original ideas and pleasant surprises. Fellow fanzine Aggedor did lament "the overdone Master and his rather too obvious disguises" — but overall reaction was mostly positive, cementing the reputation of 'Castrovalva' as a bit of a gem.

Ah, 'The Twin Dilemma' — Colin Baker's debut is not held in high esteem by Doctor Who fans, often landing bottom of episode rankings. Russell T Davies even once described it as "the beginning of the end" for the classic series. Contemporary reaction wasn't much kinder. The response to Baker himself, though, was more positive — not a huge surprise, given how his Doctor's reputation has been repaired in recent years, in no small part thanks to his performances in Big Finish's audio plays.

Another inauspicious beginning — even then-script editor Andrew Cartmel doesn't have many kind words to say about 's 'Time and the Rani': "This was a story which wasn't about anything," he bemoaned. Like his predecessor, though, while McCoy's introductory story failed to impress, the actor himself launched to mostly positive buzz. The October '87 edition of fanzine DWB suggested that McCoy was "a far more interesting Doctor to watch than the previous two", while Muck and Devastation called him an "inspired choice" for the part of the seventh Doctor.

In contrast, Matthew Bond of The Times argued that "if the series is to return it will need stronger scripts than this simplistic offering, which struggled to fill 85 minutes and laboured somewhat in its search for wit".