I don’t care about the 80s or 70s. Doctor Who was good in the Eccleston, Tennant and Smith years. Then it turned into constant explosions and shouting and who cares about the characters or any kind of internal consistency. I don’t want it to go back to the 70s or 80s, just the period from about 2005-2011.
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8ball
Decolonise colons!
Get rid of white men and straight-cis women and get back to the Daleks and cyberenbies like in the good old days.
PursuedByBears
Go stick your head in a pig
Exactly. Lots of old Doctor Who was shit. However when it was revived it was good. Now it's appalling. My teenage daughter is a big fan of Eccleston, Tennant, Smith and Capaldi, she thinks the Jodie Whittaker episodes are rubbish and she hasn't even watched the new fella, completely uninterested.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
There was vastly less of the running and shouting in this last series. The doc hardly moves at all in Boom, likewise 73 Yards was far more based on things moving very slowly. The whole point of the two part finale was about Ruby and motherhood and shit, well performed, even if not that well written.
And, let's be honest, internal consistency has never been that big a thing in the programme. Even at its best - Blink is fucking stupid, actually, but widely seen as the best New Who by miles.
And, let's be honest, internal consistency has never been that big a thing in the programme. Even at its best - Blink is fucking stupid, actually, but widely seen as the best New Who by miles.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
The show is still fantastic, honestly don't get what the moaners are wailing about.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
No idea what you're on about.
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
It's still very good, not fantastic. With my fair and reasonable head on, there are some issues that are undeniable.
The relentless churn of lead actors and "pass the baton" show runners hasn't helped. I loved Jodie but she was lumbered with some pretty weak stories, and Flux ended with mass genocide as its conclusion. Ncuti began with farting babies and ended with a reset button ending.
It's good. But not good enough.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Fair enough, the space babies was a bad idea and, as mentioned before, have not seen the JW era so can't comment on it.
There is another clip on YouTube. It just looks like a typical Moffat Christmas with more money thrown at it. A couple of his Christmas stories were ok. I quite liked the one with Father Christmas and the dreams. I don't mind the one with the first doctor either. Isn't that stand in companion from the thing with the guy wanking in a flowerpot that the bird creatures liked?
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
It's Nicola Coughlan from Bridgerton and Derry Girls. She's great.
If you’ve not seen the JW era, no wonder you don’t know what the haters of that era are complaining about.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I can't decide if the new one is worse, but it's obviously very bad.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Um, obviously yes - this has been hashed out here before. Over her era, I heard that some people were offended by changes to lore, some by a woman in the role, some by its "wokeness" and most importantly - the writing.
I saw the first episode and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'll get back to you when I see the rest. If it's as good as Ncuti Gatwa, I'll be satisfied.
A colorised version of the War Games is to air on the 23rd December. A Christmas treat.
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