I am convinced that Doctor Who needs to end with Capaldi.

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So I'm sure that many of us agree that Series 7 was pretty weak compared to the others. I mean, there wasn't even a Craig episode. Let's face it, Doctor Who is going downhill and it's getting there pretty fast, especially with George Lucas Jr. running the show.

So here's my proposal. Word of Moffat says that the Doctor got a whole new 13 incarnations, which I say is bull shit but okay. So, let's give Capaldi two, maybe three seasons depending on how good he is and then end it. The premise of the final episode, a two parter, will be an overdone one. In the first part, the Doctor has settled down on Gallifrey, finally content to while away his time at the library and write all his memoirs for Time Lord generations to come, or so he thinks. It'll be boring. It'll have to be, because otherwise it won't hit the viewer that this is not what the Doctor really wants. In part two he will realize that he has allowed his life to become boring and that he cannot sit idly by and let this go on. He steals his old Tardis yet again and goes on an adventure, to where and with whom the world will never know. Fade to a montage of future Doctors having all sorts of adventures with future companions before one final scene depicting the 25th Doctor's final moments in the Tardis, among all his memories. He bursts into light one final time as camera zooms in on a certain cradle in the background. It looks familiar, except for one big detail: The writing on the front is in English.

The End

 

Moffat hating has become the 'cool' thing now hasn't it? Fair enough if you don't like him, but the show, ratings and viewers wise, is more popular then ever. I found series 7 to be weak but they have created a show that will never die and if it ever does end, which it will, then some avid fan will pick it up again and carry on writing it just like RTD. The show has become quite successful and I doubt they'd throw it away so quickly- they celebrated 50 years for a reason xD and I'm sure they'll want to celebrate future anniversaries. If the show stopped, can you imagine the uproar? O.o

 

I just dislike current Moffat. He started out really well and the show wouldn't be and great as it is without him, but he's been declining in the same way that George Lucas did, and much faster.

And I would love that, but I still feel like a proper "ending" to the show is in order. They can continue it in other media like the comic books (which are already pretty popular) and all sorts of other things. The loyal fans who really care about the show will no doubt move on to the other formats very quickly.

Three more seasons is a pretty long time, especially if they split them all over two years each like they did with 6 and 7. By that point I'm sure they'll either end the show (ideally) or kill off the Capaldi's Doctor. Plus, you've got to admit that my montage idea would be a pretty great way to end the series and move it to a medium where it can last another 50 years.

Besides all that, the whole thing about the Doctor getting only 13 incarnations is a pretty big part of what makes the Doctor dying seem like such a big step forward every time it happens. It creates the feeling that each new Doctor is one step closer to the inevitable end. Giving him a couple free 1UPs whenever he gets close to dying permanently just cheapens the experience.