Thirteenth Doctor - First Season - Thoughts? (SPOILERS WELCOME)

Jester David said:

The finale was a bit weak for my tastes.
Again, Time Shaw just looks gross and not scary. And the "one cool thing" about his people (their bodies are super cold) doesn't come up. It's rare for individual villains in Doctor Who to be reoccurring rather than villainous species, and Tim Shaw just was not up to snuff to compete with the five or six "evil individuals".

Graham's character arc was nice and his and Ryan's relationship has been tied up nicely. Yaz is still fun but just there more often than not.

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Ryujin said:

One thing seemed to be missing; the connection to the holiday episode. More often than not the last episode of the series shows the direct tie to the the upcoming holiday episode but this one just... ended.

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Morrus said:

Hmmm. I’m thinking back. It’s happened a couple of times, but I’m sure it’s not usually connected.

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Ryujin said:

The two tat immediately jump to mind are Titanic (What?!! What?!!) and the introduction of Donna Noble.

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Ryujin said:

One thing seemed to be missing; the connection to the holiday episode. More often than not the last episode of the series shows the direct tie to the the upcoming holiday episode but this one just... ended.

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Jester David said:

Yeah, it's usually connected. But not always.
They had planned to set up The Next Doctor following Donna's departure, but felt it killed the sadness. None of the Smith specials were set-up by the previous episode (but a couple did pick-up fairly quickly afterwards... more or less). And the long breaks in seasons meant they didn't set-up the latter two Capaldi specials, just Last Christmas and Twice Upon a Time.

So... of the fourteen specials, only seven have been set-up.

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lowkey13 said:

That said, so far I think I am .... slightly disappointed?

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