Harockerce What a beautiful movie!

Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

RyothChatty ridiculous rating

MrPractical I had seen some DW here and there for years but finally got into it Summer 2015 after breaking my ankle playing sports. I watched Episode 1 Series 1 from 2005 all the way to current. While I deeply enjoy so much of it the way they've done River's timeline to me has been the pinnacle even more so than the search for Gallifrey. The way the Husbands of River Song was done not only was an amazing episode and not only made me happy by bringing her character back but what Capaldi brought to the episode was great. The only downside is the fear that is the last we have seen of River. I've already purchased all the Series 1-9 box sets but if they made a River Song box set that included every single episode with even a mention or reference to River with an option to watch it either from the Doctor's perspective or hers I would not only buy it for myself but for others.

fcabanski The Doctor has an adventure with another "the love of his life". New Who is all crescendo. When everything is crescendo, crescendo becomes meaningless.New Doc has had so many "the love of his life" companions that the concept becomes meaningless. Rose, Martha, Pond, Clara, River - there are so many big moments, this is our last moments, there's nothing when they happen.Maybe the show runners spent too much of their creative power on Harry PotWho, er, Class, the latest bad Doctor Who spin off. Judging by how bad that show is, it's more likely the Who team has enough creativity to fit into a thimble - with room left over for an entire thimble.This episode isn't funny, isn't epic, isn't action packed - it isn't anything.

Theo Robertson Steven Moffat has done the impossible - he's now made me indifferent about DOCTOR WHO . Season 9 was frustrating and disappointing and with a so called Christmas special following on quickly - perhaps too quickly - after it I wasn't expecting much at all , especially who know who appears in the title To be fair Moffat knows what type of story he is writing this time . One thing noticeable about season 9 is that the tone of each story seemed to change from scene to scene creating an absolute mess . Here however he does at least know he's writing a light hearted Christmas romp with tongue in cheek characters and situations . Also to be fair the cast realise what type of fantasy adventure they're appearing in and go with the flow . If nothing else at least Capaldi is consistent and River Song is nowhere as irritating as I expected One truly unfortunate irritation is the incidental music by Murray Gold . It's used to emphasise every single on screen happening and line . Someone makes a gag - the music jumps in to the scene and tells us "Smile . That was a gag" Something vaguely amusing happens - the music jumps in to the scene and says "Smile , that scene was amusing" . One day someone on the production team will open a dictionary and look up the word S-U-B-T-L-E . As it stands once again the DOCTOR WHO Christmas special remains very disposable festive entertainment

miles-savell It's the typical Moffat bonanza of terrible storytelling.Imagine what a good episode of Doctor Who looks like, a simple concept with a sci-fi twist, which adds an element of adventure etc. The storytelling is coherent, with the Doctor both showing supernatural genius in finding a solution to whatever problem he faces, and then showing a human element in his interactions with regular people. (A rough approximation, but you know what I mean.)Take all of that, remove all of it. Add in pointless characters, story elements, and other gubbins, and you have "The Husbands of River Song".Let's go through the checklist.1. A simple Concept?Nope. Reciting even the summary of events is a chore. There is no single focus to the episode, one half is dedicated to River (Spoilers, River is in this episode) and the Doctor transporting King Somethingorother's head to an orbiting Restaurant in order to sell a diamond inside King Somethingorother's head to a buyer.The second half is dedicated to a botched love story (Thanks to aforementioned terrible Story Telling) and a deep emotional conflict within River Song about whether the Doctor loves her or not.In short, by god, there is not a simple concept behind this episode. It's convoluted and unfocused.2. Sci-Fi Twist?Um.. sure? Nothing very complex, but if cyborg-monarchs, flying saucers and an intergalactic banking system aren't sci-fi then I don't know what is. Though ultimately of course it had no real bearing on the mechanics of the story so.. yeah it was poor.3. Coherent Storytelling?Well the tone at the beginning is dedicated to "comedy" (being utterly unfunny comments made by the Doctor and a head inside of a bag), it's over the top and a bit ridiculous. Then the episode ends with "deep emotions" (being River Song questioning whether the Doctor loves her or not, a point of contention that is ultimately unfounded from my point of view), and so the tone fluctuates wildly with no reason behind it. It's poor.4. Supernatural Genius?The Doctor defeats the main villain by catching a ball that just happened to fall into his hand by complete chance. So, no.5. Humanizing Interaction?A love story that has been building up for 5 series now is thrown into doubt by the concept that the Doctor is incapable of feeling love. Not exactly human now is it?In conclusion? Unpolished, random, unimportant, incoherent, uninteresting, confusing and rubbish.3/10. (The three points being awarded because the acting was all right)