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?
I have a new theory about what is going on at the Beeb and Dr Who.
There are reports that the Producer Chris and Jodie Whittaker are to leave soon. No-one will confirm this only to say there will be one more series in 2020.
So here is the theory:
Say for instance J and C signed on for X number of years. Let’s say 3 years. By moving the Christmas special into 2019 and a new series in 2020 they have met there contractual obligations. They leave without penalty and the beeb without a scandal.