Howling:How Series 6 Should Have Been

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Some fans were not pleased with the structure of Series 6, and I know someone also thought this on another discussion, because they felt it was slightly too rushed. Some of the episodes were not completely suited to be one parters. Here's how I think it should have been:

• The Impossible Astronaut
• Day of the Moon
• Curse of the Black Spot
• The Doctor's Wife
• The Almost People (squeezing the whole ganger thing into one episode)
• A Good Man Goes to War

A break, like there was in the real series.

• Let's Kill Hitler
• Night Terrors
• The Girl Who Waited
• The God Complex
• Closing Time
• (a sort of first part to the finale, with a title I made up): The Universe of Chaos
• The Wedding of River Song

As you can probably tell I wasn't a fan of the ganger episodes (they were so boring) but the alternate universe we saw in the finale was a good idea, I thought, and they could have incorporated a sub plot into the finale had they made it a two parter. I'm interested if anyone else thought the series structure was flawed. 77.86.9.25^{talk to me} 16:49, January 16, 2012 (UTC)

so, basically what you're saying is, make the ganger episodes one episode and make the finale a two parter. i wouldn't say the structure was flawed, just that some of the episodes needed a different ammount of time compared to what was given.

ps, i agree Imamadmad ^{talk to me} 20:59, January 16, 2012 (UTC)

Well, not everyone liked the structure. Some didn't like that it opened with a two parter. Some didn't like the break in the middle. I'm just interested in which things most didn't feel right about the Series. 77.86.9.25^{talk to me} 21:38, January 16, 2012 (UTC)

The "ganger" two-parter did have its flaws and it might have been better compressed into one episode. The finalé was, I fully agree, far too rushed and had a much stronger claim on the extra episode than the "ganger" story. The finalé was more fun and also had more story. --89.241.67.8^{talk to me} 01:48, January 17, 2012 (UTC)

I pretty much agree with 77. The only thing that I would do differently would be to cut out Night Terrors, which was by far the weakest episode of the season, and make A Good Man Goes to War into a 2-parter. I also don't think that a show that only has 13 episodes in a season should really have a mid-season break. The Wedding of River Song definetly would have worked better as a 2-parter though, and The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People would have worked much better as a single part episode.Icecreamdif ^{talk to me} 15:13, January 17, 2012 (UTC)

I can see why you might not have liked Night Terrors, but I quite enjoyed it. I was considering moving NT into the first part of the series on the list, because it had a much lighter tone that would have felt better there, but then I remembered the creepy nursery rhyme, which actually turned out to be a good incorporation to the whole story arc of the Doctor dying. Had it been in the place of episode 3 or something the nursery rhyme arc might not have been as effective. If the Gangers had not been important to the arc I would probably have scrapped TRF/TAP entirely. 94.72.237.220^{talk to me} 16:53, January 17, 2012 (UTC) and yes my IP adress has changed from 77 to 94.

The nursery rhyme was all right, although it didn't quite make sense that the dolls would know the Doctor's fate, or that Kovarian would know the nursery rhyme, but overall the episode wasn't very good. Oftentimes, just going with a monster that is designed to be scary ends up just feeling kind of gimicky. Moffat was very good at doing good scary stories back when RTD was in charge, but noone else seems to be as good at it. Stories like The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances or Blink had good stories in addition to scary monsters. Night Terrors, however, just had a pretty boring story. Besides, A Good Man Goes to War really should have been a two parter.Icecreamdif ^{talk to me} 19:14, January 17, 2012 (UTC)

Let's Kill Hitler could have been a two parter simply because it would mean Mels would not seem like a last minute idea. The finale was a tad rushed too.--82.11.57.232^{talk to me} 20:33, January 17, 2012 (UTC)

The only way that Mels would have really worked would have been if they had introduced her before A Good Man Goes to War. I mean, did anybody actually not figure out who Mels was as soon as they heard her name, after having learned River's real name. If Mels had been introduced before we learned the name "Melody Pond," then the revelation that she was actually River would probably have been shocking, but as it was it was pretty obvious. Introducing her earlier would also have given them more time to establish the character so that it wouldn't seem like she just came out of nowhere.Icecreamdif ^{talk to me} 03:43, January 18, 2012 (UTC)