Thread:The Time Lord/@comment-4731816-20150529075746/@comment-27270572-20150604200057

I thought the Missy is the Master was brilliant as no one thought it would be that simple especially from Moff. Davies probably was better with companions (Donna is probably my favourite companion because of her brilliant character developement in Season 4 but Clara is a close second). We have very differing views over Season 8. I saw it as a huge step into a darker and more serious show and it worked brilliantly, I thought Davies had far too many deux ex machina like in Journeys End with Davros and the Daleks putting the Doctor and all his friends into a room from which all the Daleks could be destroyed. Who made a button to destroy all the Daleks on a Dalek ship!

I do respect Davies hugely for what he done for the show and he made some masterpieces nearer to the end of his run like Midnight, Turn Left and Waters of Mars. Davies was a fantastic writer when he took risks and Parting of the Ways is still a brilliant story.