8 Doctor Who Villains NOT Improved In The Reboot

4. The Time Lords

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To be very clear, no one is about to say that Timothy Dalton wasn't spectacular as Rassilon in The End of Time parts 1 and 2, and with the greatest of respect to Donald Sumpter, this has yet to be surpassed. However, there is a simple fact that is hard to ignore in the revival of Doctor Who: These Time Lords are idiots.

While they can't really be blamed for how the Time War turned out, with the Daleks taking a rather large portion of the responsibility for that one, the fact that none of them even considered freezing Gallifrey was a bit of a red flag. Then, of course, there was their return, which itself was stilted. Why did they decide to lock the Doctor in a confession dial rather than simply asking him about the Hybrid?

Then of course there is the fact that they were all destroyed with ease by the Master. It took a billion, billion Daleks to almost break their defences before, yet the Master does it overnight?

The Time Lords of old controlled time completely, with a far better understanding of how to manipulate the Doctor into doing their bidding. The Time War itself was a fantastic narrative idea, though the fallout didn't do them many favours.

Once again, Timothy Dalton - amazing.

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