Series 6 was fantastic. Series 5 had that lag in the middle that drags the experience down. That season had been plagued with this sad little fact: with the exception of “Amy’s Choice” and “The Lodger”, if Moffat did not write it the episode was mediocre to just plain bad. Luckily this season doesn’t share that distinction. “The Curse of the Black Spot” was decidedly average, if not a tad on the weak side, while “Closing Time” was average through in through. The latter wasn’t really terrible, but after so many great episodes like “The Girl Who Waited” and “The God Complex” it just couldn’t hold up, certainly not like “The Lodger” had.
The season had some great little arcs, from the Doctor’s death to Amy’s pregnancy and the answer of who River Song is, and they were all wrapped up fairly nicely...and their are still some questions left to be answered. Silence still needs to fall, we still need to learn why the TARDIS exploded in “The Pandorica Opens”, and while we know the question...I know we will never learn the answer of Doctor who?
Mostly I just found myself enjoying every episode more than I had enjoyed the series last year. I kept feeling somewhat disappointed by episodes during series 5...the vampires episode, the terrible Silurian two parter, the sort of humdrum anti-climax in “Victory of the Daleks”, and even the much heralded Van Gogh episodes left me disappointed (and I’ve rewatched it and still feel it isn’t nearly as “beautiful” as so many fans have claimed). This go around I was mostly pleased after episodes...loved the Silence, enjoyed the Flesh, “The Doctor’s Wife” was fantastic, as was “The Girl Who Waited” and “The God Complex”. Then you get things like “Night Terrors”, which was almost like a good version of “Fear Her”. There was also the wonderful Christmas special, and a few extra prequels and mini episodes, which was fun. Sure “The Curse of the Black Spot” was kind of a clunker, and “Closing Time” didn’t really hit all the right marks....but the highs were so often and tremendous that those two lesser episodes barely even scratched the integrity of this season.
NEXT TIME: The Final Chapter for Sarah Jane
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