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?
So it was the finale last night. Which was ok. Nice little speech at the end.
New Years episode is in at New Years because there is no series next year. Back in 2020.
So having just got used to Jodie now back, probably early 2020.
Rapidly becoming a case of Doctor Why Bother.
I enjoyed last night's episode. On the whole I have enjoyed the series, but some of the ealrier episodes were a bit too preachy and too little sci-fi.
There definitely has been some promising episodes. Kerblaam was definitely a highlight. Last nights, was ok. I hope New Years will be great.
What I don’t like is the one year break. If reports are to believed the producer et al can’t cope with the filming schedule.
My heart is bleeding.....
I would be interested in how quickly other series produce a series. Particularly six-fi
It takes about 9 months to film 11 episodes; with location shoots in Spain and South Africa, that's a lot of work and a long time for cast and crew to be away from their families. Then you have all the post-production, especially to make it look as "shiny" as it does.
It's only actually six months delay to where it would have been. Every 18 months is probably the new norm.