Favourite episode of season 4

anotherlostie

So what was your favourite episode this season?

Mine was The Sontaran Stratagem, an episode not liked by a lot of people. I liked the story, the return of UNIT, and Mike from The Young Ones playing the Sontaran general with definite short man syndrome.

(My favourite character however was doolally Dalek Caan, the real hero of Journey's End)

Fysh

The Moffat 2-parter, closely followed by Midnight, I'd say. The former because Moffat is great at getting some genuinely creepy sequences out of relatively inoccuous ideas and doesn't let the action and shouting overshadow good plotlines and dialogue. The latter because it was evidence that RTD can actually do some very good episodes when he's forced to stop relying on CGI-fest action sequences, technobabble and shouting.

Stark

The Moffat library episodes, probably followed by "Turn Left" (yes RTD can actually pen a good episode when he takes a break from painting by numbers).

Doctor DooM

Never let it be said I don't give RTD his due, I though both Turn Left and Midnight in retrospect were blinders.

Moffat's double header was great of course, as was the Sontarans, but TBH turn Left and Midnight seemed to be pushing the new series in a whole new direction.

Mahatma coat

OK I'm gonna get a bit of flak here, but I really liked te doctors daughter episode, I liked the pace of the ep and I was really surprised by a few of the twists in it,

I didnt like Moffats 2 Parter this year as much, well I loved te first half but I found the ending massivley contrived with yer wan river song, other than that it was a great two parter.

Actually liked most of the episodes this year, even the first one with the adiposians.

popebenny16

Fires of Pompeii for me.

Firstly, great (albeit borrowed) sets.

Secondly, the confimation that some things are static and fixed in time and must happen (who decides what though? Time Lord intervention perhaps, pillars of time anyone) which echos things like The Great Breakout and the Second Human Empire and things like that from previous Who.

Third, Donna putting the breaks on The Doctor (again) and a great performance form Catherine Tate. Actually, she really impressed me this year, as I HATE her comedy and her characters!!

Fourth, a genuinely creepy moment when the soothsayers reveal they know who The Doctor and Donna are. Moments like this I love (another pile of them in Midnight too) when suddenly you sense that The Doctor isnt in control of things at all, and he's as lost as anyone, and in fear. Contrast this to him moping about the Tardis when he loses the Bee's trail looking for Earth. You dont get the feeling that he's in danger, or indeed worried, just that he pissed off because he has been bested.

Fifth - Peter Cpaldi. God, I remember him hangin around with Stephen Fry and the Footlights shower in the '80's. Nice to see he's still going strong.

ixoy

Probably the Library 2-parter (4 for 4 for Moffat for me then) but honourable mentions to "Fires of Pompeii" and *gasp* "Turn Left" which just goes to show that RTD can write very well when he tries to slow things down and be more subtle.

Ziggy_1972

I was a little disappointed by "The Doctor's Daughter" because I thought that it would actually be his daughter, and we'd get a bit more back-story. William Hartnell's first companion was his grand-daughter, so I thought it would be her mother, who had somehow survived the time war.
Having said that, I enjoyed the episode, although I didn't quite believe the ending. I wonder if she'll get her own spin-off, she'll definitely be back in some form.:rolleyes: