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?
By way of update, these later episodes have been very good. Jodie’s Doctor is amazing. Heroic and intelligent.
The writing has been superb, if a little scary. Watch and you will know what I mean.
I would like 13 to stay a while. Still too many companions. Thought the same about Rory and Amy with Matt Smith’s. Would have liked more familiar aliens at the beginning. But I’m glad it’s got its mojo.
Need a Christmas episode.
I thought last night's was really good.