Doctor Who: Series Six, Part Two

Doctor Who: Series Six Part Two, 2011. An alien travels through space and time while putting off dying.

Created by Sydney Newman, C.E. Webber & Donald Wilson. Directed by Nick Hurran (2 episodes), Richard Senior (1), Richard Clark (1), Steve Hughes (1) & Jeremy Webb (1). Written by Steven Moffat (2 episodes), Mark Gatiss (1), Tom MacRae (1), Toby Whithouse (1) & Gareth Roberts (1). Starring Matt Smith, Karen Gillan & Arthur Darvill.

Concept: 3/4 (Good). Still too focused on an awful over-arching story, but for the most part that's limited to just a couple of the six episodes.
Story: 0/4 (Terrible). At its worst, it's horrible and makes no sense. At its best, it's clever and makes no sense. There are also some parts that make sense, but those are recycled and dull.
Characters: 3/4 (Good). Best part of this half-season? River Song is only in two episodes. (And her story's wrapped up enough that she might be gone for good!)
Dialog: 3/4 (Good)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good). The Moffat-written episodes are just as awful as the first half of the season was, pacing-wise, but the other four slow down enough that we can catch our breath. There are even several strong emotional scenes.
Cinematography: 3/4 (Good)
Special effects/design: 3/4 (Good). Mostly great, with just enough instances of of bad CG to bring it down a point.
Acting: 3/4 (Good)
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good, 3/4). Like the first half of the season, there's only one great episode. And if I hadn't seen Lost, I'd say the resolution to the season-long story arc couldn't have been more disappointing. Steven Moffat has made a remarkable 180 in the last couple years, going from being the best Doctor Who writer to the worst since the 1980s. It's really just the great cast that's carrying the show at this point. Although, given Moffat's demonstrated love of narrative curve-balls, I wouldn't be surprised if he turns around and does something great again next season. (And I haven't seen the latest Christmas special yet, so for all I know he already has.)
Objective Rating (Average): 2.6/4 (Good)