Published on 12, July, 2020
A thought just occurred to me. We now have a female Doctor, not bothered by that, but the writing is meh.
There were some good episodes but also a lot of meh.
It occurred to me, if the figurehead is a female, why do we have a man overseeing the whole series and writing for itIe the chap from Broadchurch.
Surely the likes of Phoebe Waller-Bridger should oversee and write the series. I know that she is currently writing Bond but, do you see my point?
I'm an old fart so I've seen Dr Who since the old days.
The early ones were good because it was all new - a bit cheap & cheerful, but new.
Pertwee was ok - it was the first time the BBC used the old ChromaKey special effects in a cheap programme so it was scary and new. It's a shame that the assistants were alwsays just screamers.
Baker was good but let down by the BBC hippy-trippy culture of the period - it infected almost all programmes of the time. He had a couple of useful, competent assistants like Romana & Leela so it's the beginning of proper female characters.
Davidson & McCoy were dreadful - let down by poor scripts, useless assistants, low budgets and the BBC trying to be 'down wiv da kids' with Ace.
Chorlton (Eccleston) brought it back well but Rose was by far the best assistant ever - competent, fun and her own person - so when Tennant joined it I think it hit its golden era - best scripts, (Girl in the Fireplace, Blink etc) and useful effects.
And it's been down hill from there - Ultra-PC BBC dogma with terrible scripts, terrible production and it feels as though the Beeb want it dead - so how can we offend the most fans by rubbing their noses in this garbage.
This is nothing to do with male/female characters & writers - it's just terrible is every way. Po-faced, witless political programming.
I try to watch it, but I just can't.
"Po-faced, witless political programming" - brilliant description!
I agree about McCoy - awful! Couldn't watch his series.
In terms of companions/assistants I also liked Rose, and Catherine Tate's character.
Hated 'shouty' Tate. No subtlety. Another FAIL assistant. Just like Martha.