Published on 12, July, 2020
I have loved Doctor Who. The old episodes and the newish ones.
But I am not a fan of the new series. I have no problem, NO problem with a female Doctor. But the new series is not great. The Rosa Parks and Partition episodes were ok.
Weirdly, if you take the sci-fi out if those episodes and with a little tinkering, they would have been VERY FINE stand alone dramas.
However, it’s all a bit bland. Is it the writing? Is it too much change? Should we have had more familiar aliens ie Daleks etc to ground the new Doctor in? More peril? Is it too real? Too educational l (one episode the phrase “remember you NVQ ), too many companions? One surely is enough.
At the moment from episode 1, it has lost around 3 million viewers.
So what do you like? What do you dislike? What could be done better?
Regarding Who’s left wing writing. I think it’s always been there, but....It’s been very overt in this series.
The character goes round saving people due to his massive guilty conscience, so he's hardly going to be a raving nationalist line them all up in and field and bomb the bas***** type of person! :-D
Actually I think that’s it Plastic. This series of DW is very much like Star Trek!
I think the thing is the doctor tries to do the right thing. Inevitably ending with a carnage. But he/she tries.
I like that.
I for one love the fact there is someone intelligent, thoughtful and doesn’t automatically reach for a weapon to solve problems.
If you want intergalactic social workers, there's always Star Trek the Next Gen.
I could have written it better. Whilst watching a Who documentary years ago similiar complaints were levelled at the marvellous Tom Baker’s Doctor.
On different forums for DW, there does seem to be a consensus that the marketing for Jodie’s Doctor was mishandled. I.e it alienated by those who were cautious about the new Doctor and the writing by labelling them sexist pigs.
I just feel that this series is a bit, bland and maybe even timid.
Can't really agree with that - he's been quite mean to the Daleks, Cybermen, Autons and many other baddies. He seems fairly happy with the occasional genocide before teatime.