But there's a distinct clash between "The Timeless Children" and the relaunched Doctor Who , particularly with Matt Smith's regeneration episode. Even the retcon's impact only works if a viewer is committed to the idea of William Hartnell as the first Doctor , rather than coming on board from onwards and experiencing Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant , Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, or even Jodie Whittaker as their first Doctor.
It is possible this change in approach is deliberate. The BBC's marketing for BritBox has focused on the fact it contains all the classic episodes of Doctor Who, including animated restorations of lost episodes. If this is the case, however, there's currently no sign the strategy is working. Viewing figures are, sadly, dropping; far from appealing to an expanded audience, Chibnall's approach seems to be shrinking it down to its core. Ironically, this was the same kind of problem Doctor Who encountered in the s, when Chibnall himself was so critical of the stories.
Now, he seems to be repeating the very mistakes. Tom Bacon is one of Screen Rant's staff writers, as well as a Peer Mentor for new writers and a member of the Care Team, offering support and a listening ear to members of the Comics group. A lifelong fan of major franchises including Star Wars, Doctor Who, and Marvel, Tom is delighted his childhood is back - and this time it's cool.
You can find him on Twitter TomABacon. A graduate of Edge Hill University, Tom remains strongly connected with his alma mater as a volunteer chaplain.
He's heavily involved with his local church, and anyone who checks him out on Twitter will swiftly learn he's into British politics too. By Thomas Bacon Published Mar 13, Its not the actors fault, its the result of taking boring scripts that feel, to me, like they were written by accountants and inflicting them on the viewing public. If this series is to do well again it needs to look at what made it work in the first place. Remember people, first and foremost its supposed to be fun!
Seven out of ten from me. Hideous politically correct garbage. I'm sorry but that's the kindest thing I can say about the new show. Its simply awful, I find it shrill, lecturing and petty, with predictably uninteresting stories and in my opinion, bland acting. The special effects are good but that can't save the new series, when so much else, is very very wrong. Given what this series once was, this is, in my opinion, the destruction of a once great sci fi cultural icon.
ShelbyTMItchell 1 June After hearing the departure of Matt Smith, as there will be somebody that will play yet another witty doctor. As Doctor Who is as old as any of us can count. Show has wit, charm, and knows when to be serious and when to be funny. Anybody who plays the doctor, knows that you have to have humor, be a great actor, and really know the emotions of the character.
I grew up with the Tom Baker episodes. And kind of had a crush on him with those curls and offering jelly beans. When I lived as a kid in Fla. But still, no matter who plays the doctor, it will keep on continuing. Hats off to the longest ever BBC show in their history. Keep on doing what you are doing. The Return of K-9 Blueghost 27 March I've just watched the episode where Pertwee's and Baker's Dr.
Who companion, Sarah Jane Smith played by the lovely Elizabeth Sladen makes a guest cameo appearance. AND, K-9! Replete with John Lesson's voice to reprise the role. I mean.. This is terrific! I laughed, I cried, I cheered, I applauded! What could be better? But, it wasn't until this bit of nostalgia blast that this show, after laying siege to my heart with its upgraded and upbeat revamping of the classic series, captured my heart.
I willingly surrendered to not only the high gloss, but the core character of the entire series, the adventurous, ever moral, ever smart, ever upstanding, ever caring, ever clever, never dying, always regenerating, and rather eccentric genius and all around good guy, The Doctor a. Drax back on Gallifrae spelling? The Doctor I grew up with was not the dashing leading man of swash-buckle fair.
No, he was your best friend in chemistry class. The cool instructor who was cool because he was so damn smart and wanting you to learn what he knew because he cared for you, and valued all living things. He is the everyday hero whose smarts out-weigh his good-looks of which he has very little. Because he doesn't need them. The series has been reborn with great aplomb!
The pacing was much faster and much more upbeat, and the production values are far improved from the video tape episodes of yesteryear that relied on video graphics and primitive video blue screen SFX.
But, then again, that was part of the charm of the old episodes. The story and the characters. You must see this! As of this review, the last episode that aired was the one where Peter Capaldi died and regenerated into the new Doctor. I have a lot of things to say about different aspects of this show, and how I feel like its getting worse over time. I'm probably not going to use a lot of specific examples because I wan to keep this review spoiler-free.
I am going to make a lot of generalizations. There may be certain episodes that are except from these "guidelines. They're usually the ones that fans will show non-fans in order to get them to watch. In the past, the Christmas specials would be the best written episodes. As time went on, and she became more experienced and better at improvising. Martha caught on much quicker than Rose. The reason being their backgrounds.
Rose was working in retail and didn't seem to have much of an education, while Martha had been training to be a doctor. This made her easier at improvising and figuring out more complex situations. She still got better at this over the single season which she was traveling with The Doctor.
Donna started out as oblivious to everything, but after being told that she was worthless by The Doctor, she tried to figure out her purpose in life and figure out what was going on. Yes, she's not the brightest person to ever travel in the TARDIS, but she tried, and she got better, and she changed somewhat over time. Amy and her family kinda mark where the writers lost their touch.
Yes, they all react consistently in different situations in the ways that would make sense according to their characters. Yes, they are all well-acted, and are entertaining, but there isn't as much change in their characters as other companions, even though they are in the TARDIS for such a long time.
I really hate the character of Clara. I know that there are multiple versions of her - I don't care, for this I'm just referring to the main version of Clara who travels with two versions of The Doctor over the course of THREE seasons.
It might be because she is a schoolteacher, but she is really dumb. Some of the earlier episodes are clever, but if you pay attention to who is doing what and why, Clara is one of the dumbest characters onscreen.
Sure, sometimes she'll randomly make an intelligent observation, or she'll be written as suddenly being smarter because the script calls for it, but she is really, really dumb. In fact, she gets dumber over time. At the beginning she is somewhat intelligent, but over years and years of traveling with The Doctor she somehow gets worse at improvising and assessing situations. She ends up dying because she is too dumb to listen to The Doctor, who is usually right.
I actually liked Bill. She was well-written and funny. She was a college student who was unsure of her future, and all of her actions reflect the character that she was set up to be. I can't believe that such a good character got one season while Clara got three. In the earlier seasons, background characters had actual characters. Ever since Amy and Rory left the TARDIS, there have been very few episodes where the side characters actually feel like characters, which is almost as bad as poorly written leads.
Shows like this that involve traveling - especially traveling all of space and time - need the background characters at every new planet or time period or space ship to have actual character. I could give a description of pretty much any group of people that The Doctor encounters in one of the recent seasons, and it would be difficult to tell them apart. In earlier seasons, each cast would have personalities that made sense within their time and situation.
Most were distinct and memorable. The poorly written villains and side characters make the more recent stories feel very fake and one-dimensional. I don't know how many times I can say this, but this is not a show that works well with unbelievable settings. Not that they were all bad. I remember John Pertwee and Tom Baker with great fondness. But the successive doctors after that time just got increasingly awful, and the episodes became little more than slapstick travesties of earlier shows.
So now we have Chris Ecclestone who, I have to admit injects just the right amount of humour, irreverence and sarcasm into the show to have me laughing out loud at least once in each episode. And Billie Piper I wasn't convinced about her at first, but she is growing on me.
Plus I'm convinced her acting is improving show by show. And the episodes themselves? In an announcement on its official "Doctor Who" website , the BBC announced that Season 13 would be the final one for both Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall, who took over running the series after Steven Moffat stepped down, at the same time as Whittaker with Season 11 in However, they won't take their final bow until after a trio of special episodes in , which the BBC also simultaneously announced.
In a first for the series since its revival in , the 13th season will be one long, six-episode story, with Whittaker starring alongside her companion Yasmin Khan Mandip Gill and newcomer Dan Lewis John Bishop , as well as "Games of Thrones" actor Jacob Anderson playing a recurring character. But I will say that whittaker's performance was better than I expected and with some minor changes she could be a uniquely fun doctor. After 3rd episode I made a decision -- it's worst Doctor ever.
Political agenda is not very believable and actors doesn't seems to be believable. I do not mind a female Doctor, even though doc 2, Patrick Troughton said that a timelord was unable to regenerate into the opposite sex what I do mind is someone who's hype is greater than their actual act ability, trying to establish This is NOT Doctor Who, this is a pathetic attempt by individuals who has NEVER seen the show to both write and act in a way that they think it should be!
I do not mind a female Doctor, even though doc 2, Patrick Troughton said that a timelord was unable to regenerate into the opposite sex what I do mind is someone who's hype is greater than their actual act ability, trying to establish who they are, and still hasn't managed it after 10 episodes, what's up, does she need to ask Yaz if it's okay!
BBC, don't believe the reviews your spinners have wrote, listen to the fans and viewers not the sjw's and snowflakes Whitaker has as much screen presence as a unused TARDIS console button and the sooner you replace auld Chinballs the better, because every time he writes he cannot help but produce "fertilisers" for the wife's rose bushes!
I am a huge fan of doctor who, it is just so whimsical, creative, fun, witty, without taking itself seriously. But somehow the show has always managed to tie everything together in an intelligent and engaging way.
Unfortunately, I did not feel that sense of intelligent fun adventure here in season To me, the doctor is fun and magical because he seems to genuinely connect with the lives I am a huge fan of doctor who, it is just so whimsical, creative, fun, witty, without taking itself seriously.
To me, the doctor is fun and magical because he seems to genuinely connect with the lives of every individual that he meets. The new season 11 is just I was hoping the female Doctor Who would bring the same level of fun and excitement.
But as of right now, she is not even as strong as past companions as a character. Very disappointed, waited so eagerly for more new doctor who episodes. I've been a fan of the new series from season 1 and I was willing to give this season a chance even though it had a rough start, but It saddens me to see where the show has gone. Doctor who series has never been perfect, but I've always enjoyed each and every episode.
The th season has made the ultimate crime in entertainment, it has become boring. The storylines are predictable and I've been a fan of the new series from season 1 and I was willing to give this season a chance even though it had a rough start, but It saddens me to see where the show has gone.
The storylines are predictable and childish, the companions, for the most part, feel pointless and the Doctor herself is uninteresting. The show also has a pandering tone throughout each episode, where you are constantly reminded how racism is bad and white men are evil. And of course racism is bad and everyone should be treated with respect, but I don't need a sci-fi show to tell me these obvious things.
The show used to have a certain charm, but that charm has been murdered and we're left with an empty husk of a once great show. Doctor Who has had it's fair share of bad episodes in the past, but the characters usually got me through those, but in this season the only character I kind of liked was Grace and then they go and kill her off in the first episode, so thanks I guess.
Before anyone starts calling me a sexist, I do not think making The Doctor a woman was a bad thing, I do think it was executed poorly, however. This new Doctor, played by Jodie Whitaker, is not the best iteration she could have been.
I know we have only concluded episode 3 of season 11, but Jodie does not give off the strong independent lead role that the writers were promising. The Before anyone starts calling me a sexist, I do not think making The Doctor a woman was a bad thing, I do think it was executed poorly, however. The Doctor is smart, cunning, kind, almost overconfident, an entertainer, and at times, almost omniscient in his ability to solve problems.
The 13th Doctor has the smarts, the kindness, is somewhat cunning, but lacks the rest in spades. She doubts herself constantly, stopping to give a pep talk instead of charging ahead while giving the companions a sense of wonder and trust that everything is going to be okay without being told. It sounded more like she was convincing herself than them. As far as entertaining, her personality is lacking so much, it seems more like they took a random person from a crowd and said, "Want to be The Doctor?
And then compare them to this Doctor now. If they are the bar, then Jodie has yet to even come close to touching it. We have not seen any good enemies that can push 13 to her limits yet, but I doubt that even then, with this team, that it would turn out great. I am still going to watch and hope that I am wrong, but the signs are not promising. When I heard the Doctor would be female my worry was the new season would be a PC nightmare.
But as the Doctor being a woman was well within canon I shelved those concerns and looked forward to my favorite show coming back. Then I am watching episode 1 and they cut to the producer saying the focus of the new season is being inclusive.
Well it shows, because little went into the script. So far the season has had decent acting, horrible scripts, political bias, and on top of it all they ruined the iconic theme song.
The acting is decent, but Jodie seems to just be an imitation of previous Doctors and it doesn't feel as though she has made the character her own. The show is barely worth watching for a long time fan, after season 4 I would delete it from my DVR if I was not such a big fan. Over the years I have enjoyed watching doctor who, from the early days black and white epsisod's and there now dated production technologies through some strange new doctors leading to the present series with a lady doctor.
The idea I am happy with and a refreshing change. The social comment on society's issues by the b BBC educating the younger generation is welcome, the BBC Over the years I have enjoyed watching doctor who, from the early days black and white epsisod's and there now dated production technologies through some strange new doctors leading to the present series with a lady doctor.
The social comment on society's issues by the b BBC educating the younger generation is welcome, the BBC supposed neutral stance no longer exists, but my main complaint is that the idea the core concept and sci-fi ideas that are a foundation of doctor who have been lost. For these reason I rate this as utter rubbish and that is a shame because the actors deserve better. If your a teen and new to doctor who you may well love it.
As for the professional critics how much were you all paid to rate this? I thought we were going to see a strong brilliant Doctor in the same vein as River Song.
We get this bumbling goof in suspenders. There's also supposed to be one companion, maybe two. Not a group to satisfy a bunch of demographics. The new Tardis is bland. A crystal? It's I thought we were going to see a strong brilliant Doctor in the same vein as River Song. Spoiler alert Here's my personal mini review of each episode so far Freeze alien uses super snake computer thingie to hunt down a spineless schmuck. Because white supremacy still exists in the future in a SJW writer's mind.
Loud rap music saves the day. Guns are evil, Trump is evil, blah, blah, blah. A pregnant dude. Muslims are not the bad guy. Watching my fingernails grow was more entertaining than this episode.
Doctor is too stupid to realize that she is being tracked while wearing an ankle bracelet. Evil mud aliens escape from tree prison. A high tech tree prison that was destroyed with a few whacks from an axe.
Because genius super aliens never could have anticipated that happening in a time when wood was one of the primary sources of fuel. Good Lord the writing is complete crap. Blind girl. Dr is foiled by someone cutting her string. Talking frog. Longest most boring episode of Dr. Old white guy companion dies. If I had to describe the new show's title sequence, I'd say swimming through disco vomit. Or diarrhea.
What a fitting open for this season! Chris Chibnall should be fired. This season is terrible. If you had told me that one day the show I loved and have supported for the last 30 plus years was going to go full on PC "woke" and female, I would have thought this was some kind of joke.
It seems to me that the entirety of the season is to be a Public Service Announcement on the bigotry and historical racism of White men, and their misogyny. This series is nothing more then a If you had told me that one day the show I loved and have supported for the last 30 plus years was going to go full on PC "woke" and female, I would have thought this was some kind of joke.
This series is nothing more then a propaganda laden tryst into stupidity. I have watched episode so far, and am now deciding to leave it be. The Doctor is incoherent, annoyingly always outstretched arm with sonic, and babbles about nonsense all to give generally understood exposition on events as if the audience is stupid.
The writing is bland, boring, and politically leftist in it's slant, not even subdued, but blatantly obvious. I don't like getting hit over the head with over the top PC BS, but it seems no one can escape it. The Pregnant man? No Christmas Special? Sad to see a once great show, die the slow death of Social Justice politically correct idiocy and propaganda. I really wanted to go into this season open-minded and in-kind with the theme of Clara's sublot to 'see' The Doctor in the new person.
Despite Jodi Whitaker's talent and ability exhibited in other programs, the painfully flat episodes and forced both bland and activist writing and dialog shoved into every episode is simply making that painfully hard. I've been watching Doctor Who since I really wanted to go into this season open-minded and in-kind with the theme of Clara's sublot to 'see' The Doctor in the new person.
I've been watching Doctor Who since the s and I'm seriously considering giving future episodes a pass until there's another change in show runners. I watched this episode believing the hype that this would be the best episode ever, but it was the worst episode I have ever watched of any doctor who series. The script was boring, there were no opening credits, and the acting was wooden.
It was a bore-fest! This is not the direction i wanted the Who show to go. And to make it worse its badly written, the writing of such a long running show naturally have ups and downs but season 11 is a huge drop.
This is by far the worst season I can remember going back to the mid-late 's. Chris Chibnall seems to think he is the moral compass for society. Every week is a morality play that forces a message down your throat. And enough of the metoo messaging.
In every episode the female is the protagonist. Good God, even the opening credits look like a voyage through a vagina!! A female Doctor is fine. It doesn't make a difference as long as the writing stays crisp and doesn't preach.
Jodie Whitaker's take on the Doctor is severely lacking. They killed off the best companion in the first episode. There is absolutely no sense continuity.
It has been THE co-star since Its not even an also ran!! Chris Chibnall must go. He's just terrible. Based on three episodes so far, Jodie Whittaker is great. I'd love to see her working for the old writing team.
So far, Continuing to watch in hope of an improvement. Literally the plot lines are worse then History Channel reenactments. I continue to watch out of the hope that they can salvage something on this season, but if you haven't started watching this is incredibly insulting to the fans of the series and showcases the BBC's contempt for their viewers.
Visually the show is on par with previous seasons but the stories are extremely weak and poorly directed. I just finished the 3rd episode and the Doctor is becoming less like the Doctor with each episode and more like a kindergarten teacher who would rather collaborate with her companions instead of taking charge and doing something interesting and clever. To make things worse episodes 2 Visually the show is on par with previous seasons but the stories are extremely weak and poorly directed.
To make things worse episodes 2 and 3 have no payoff in the final scenes, the bad guys just vanish without a knockout punch I've come to expect from decades of watching the Doctor fighting the good fight. And that's the crux of this new series, there is no fight in this Doctor! Very simple -- nice look and feel, very weak story content, weak companions, and too much yak.
I have watched both episodes multiple times and like them less every time unlike all of the other reboot episodes. This is not good. I've been a fan of Doctor Who since the 70's. I will miss it. I had never turned an episode off before, but I could not reach for the remote fast enough on the last two.
It's a slap in the face to it's fans. BBC, please let the show have a dignified death like that spider. It's about time Chris Chibnall has completely destroyed Doctor Who!! I have read a lot of reviews about the new Doctor Who and I find that most miss out what is really missing in the new season.
That's the real core of the show. Forget about gender politics and even the awful stories they have given us so far. The real problem with it is that the new Doctor has no real connection and no I have read a lot of reviews about the new Doctor Who and I find that most miss out what is really missing in the new season.
The real problem with it is that the new Doctor has no real connection and no chemistry with her new companions yet. The Doctor and companions has always been the real core of the show. Whether it was a romantic relationship Rose, River , a friends relationship Billie , a funny sidekick Jack, Nardole , or whatever, that relationship was the core of the show.
And that is not just New Who, that is Old Who as well. The chemistry and connection has always been a staple of the show.
And if the chemistry was there between the characters, the awful stories would not be such an issue they would be an issue but a lesser issue. As regards this chemisty or lack thereof, usually in a first episode we got to see that relationship start and start to develop properly. In this current season, of which we are 3 episodes in already, there has been no time for the new Doctor to bond at all with the new companions.
Everything has been plot driven although somehow still boring and there has been no connection or chemistry between them. There has been some derivative cliched connection between the companions, but the Doctor seems to have taken a backseat.
It is called Doctor Who after all and we tune in for the Doctor and the Doctor's unique personality.
This problem of a lack of chemistry is the real problem with the show. And Jodie is fine as the Doctor, or at least she would be and could be great, who knows if she had better material to work with, better dialog and had a better rapport with her co-stars.
Edit: Now, after seeing episode 4, I really don't know what to say anymore! What used to be a cleverly written, wonderfully complex plotted series has become a breeding ground for every political and virtue signalling cliche available. We do not need a Trump-alike in a Doctor Who.
Who works best when it is metaphorical and allegorical, not on the nose, slap in the face obvious like this. It is now beyond ridiculous! Well its official Did it to the new Star Trek. Did it to Star Wars. Predict lowest viewer numbers ever. Oh and the Brits coming across the pond and rubbing Rosa Parks in our faces? The series is simply made from sjw.
Here you will constantly poke in the face of various races homosexuality and other tolerant ideas. But the plot was forgotten. There is no story here. Only propaganda. Poor writing and character development on the doctors companions. The show has a different look and feel this season. Its not Dr. SJW garbage, Bland and boring. Not Doctor Who by any stretch.
Looks like Superman's fortress of solitude got sick and puked all over the console room. Horrible treating of male companions, like they are idiots. Very PC. Stories are formulaic, boring, plot holed and disjointed. Worst series reboot. Whitaker's acting was over the top, Its not Dr. Whitaker's acting was over the top, and the accent annoyingly difficult to pick up at times. Not a great start to the series. Not promising, and hopefully there is going to be only 1 season of this identity politics show.
Some of the higher reviews are people just joining for political reasons. NPCs everywhere. I loved Dr Who as I kid but I have found the reincarnated modern version to be very disappointing. Sadly, this episode was no different.
I love Jodie Whitaker as an actor and I have no problem with a female Dr Who, but this was just boring. I honestly couldn't give a stuff about any of the secondary characters - they were so dull, and the story had so little substance it felt like it was I loved Dr Who as I kid but I have found the reincarnated modern version to be very disappointing.
I honestly couldn't give a stuff about any of the secondary characters - they were so dull, and the story had so little substance it felt like it was written during a lunch break. I was eagerly awaiting this episode as with every season premiere of Doctor who. Unfortunately the new Doctor is so ridiculous it's like watching a children's show. It's even difficult for me to describe the feeling I had when watching this episode.
It was almost like I was watching a youtube fan fiction of Doctor Who. The saving grace of Doctor Who has always been that even if you didn't enjoy a particular episode or one of the companions, you could enjoy the Doctor, the TARDIS, something. Ultimately I quit watching it about halfway through the episode because it was so horrible and just returned later so I could watch episode 2 in hopes of it being better. If episode 2 isn't the best episode I've ever seen I don't see myself watching the show again until the Doctor switches up.
It must be a nightmare for the BBC that so many of the core audience is still around without regenerating. I just wish Dr Who would leave her tedious tick box companions ie Ryan with his dyspraxia and Yas with her mental health,in Sheffield for specialist treatment ,while she and Bradley scour the Universe for a decent scriptwriter.
It has been characterised by bad writing,poor acting and It must be a nightmare for the BBC that so many of the core audience is still around without regenerating. It has been characterised by bad writing,poor acting and historical inaccuracies. She is irritatingly childlike. Edit 2: I had to stop watching Episode 3. I thought I would be put off with the whole lesson about racism being shoved down my throat.
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