Are you suggesting that Doctor Who should only ever have ongoing plots and no Monster-Of-The-Weeks? This aint
Lost, Phylum.
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So did anybody else feel like the whole subplot with the guy and his husband and the headless monks was just kind of unimportant to the plot? They were just "there" and didn't add much at all.
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Yeah, pretty much. I imagine the gay thing was the give some characterisation to the guy so that we'd feel bad when he died. As for the monks; probably they were just generic enemies, but maybe they have some deep-seated reason for hating The Doctor that will be explained in future episodes.
Rewatching bits of the episode, I love the lines:
"He's not a warrior."
"Then why is he called 'The Doctor'?"
They only make sense after you've seen River's speech at the end.