Doctor Who - 2022/2023

[Mikey]

I've said this a million times in the past but will revisit.

My biggest gripe against Capaldi is I couldn't understand what the hell he was saying half the time.

I just couldn't understand him.

Did the BBC do this on purpose as a kind of screw you to non-British peoples ?

David Tennent (who is as well Scottish) spoke PERFECTLY intelligible English to EVERYONE in the Anglosphere.

[Bruce Banner]

Never really liked Nu-Who.
Wasn't impressed by Eccleston or Tennant.
I grew to like Matt Smith somewhat, and I did like Peter Capaldi in the role (even though the majority of his stories were very lacklustre).
The Whittaker/Chinballs era was utterly abysmal.
I hold no hope for Gatwa.

Just give Paul McGann a flashback season already.

[Nostalgiabuff]

i didn't like Capaldi or Whittacker either. but i will at least check out the new Tenant episodes

[Mikey]

At least you made it that far. I couldn't even get past Eccelston. NuWho has been trash from the get-go, at least for me. It just never did feel right.

I was fine with New-Who up until the mid-late Matt Smith era

Matt Smith was a great Dr Who ( VERY likable Gent) --- but the writers made his later stories I just didn't understand...

By the time Capaldi entered the picture all I seen was a butt-hole (sell your children out) Torchwood character that could never redeem himself.

Sorry Torchwood, you ruined the 12 Doctor before I had ever seen him

[Liu Bei]

After living through the late Capaldi/Whittaker years I find myself spent on all things Dr Who.

Can't imagine myself ever getting back into it.

At least you made it that far. I couldn't even get past Eccelston. NuWho has been trash from the get-go, at least for me. It just never did feel right.

[palitoy]

I'm cautiously optimistic and Capaldi was superb.

[Mikey]

After living through the late Capaldi/Whittaker years I find myself spent on all things Dr Who.

Can't imagine myself ever getting back into it.

[Bruce Banner]

[Bruce Banner]

Trailer:

[Bruce Banner]

New Doctor's companion announced. Actress Millie Gibson playing Ruby Sunday.

[Wee67]

I'm such a purist, I don't think any Who episodes after the first one were even close to watchable!!

Kidding, of course. I really wanted to like this. I was hoping for one decent, last episode to fairly evaluate Whitaker. She never had a fair shot at the role. Just terrible writing and even worse stories. I'm very apprehensive about bringing Tennant back (whom I loved as the Doctor). It just feels like the ultimate forced attempt at relying on things that worked in the past rather than engaging with something new. Just plain lazy! I mean, how many times are the Daleks AND the Cybermen going to come back and be wiped out. I did enjoy watching Sacha Dhawan chew up the scenery as the Master.

[Bruce Banner]

That said, I may not be the best person to ask. I never really enjoyed any NuWho, starting with Eccleston. The show never rose above tolerable for me. Classic Who is the only real Doctor Who in my book.

Same here. Nu-Who was always overrated, IMO. One or two genuinely good episodes, but overall very mediocre.

(But I'm also critical of later era classic Who, which started to go downhill fast when John Nathan-Turner took over as producer in 1980.)

[Liu Bei]

I tend to agree. Capaldi deserved better stories. There was such great potential for his tenure as the Doctor, but it was squandered by Moffat.
And Chibnall's time as show-runner has been catastrophic. The writing for Whittaker's run was absolutely terrible, by far the worst in the show's history.
Bringing Tennant back for a limited run before Gatwa takes over is an attempt to rekindle interest in the show, but unless RTD erases the nonsensical garbage of "The Timeless Children" (which is unlikely), things don't look good for DW.

That’s exactly what it is, just desperate flailing. RTD can’t save the show, because he won’t be allowed to undo what Chinballs did, assuming he even could. Whatever interest the BBC has in Doctor Who, it’s in no way connected with telling good stories or honoring the legacy of the show.

That said, I may not be the best person to ask. I never really enjoyed any NuWho, starting with Eccleston. The show never rose above tolerable for me. Classic Who is the only real Doctor Who in my book.

[Bruce Banner]

I’m surprised anyone is still watching this. To be fair to Jodie, who is the worst doctor ever and never should have been cast, this franchise was going downhill long before she came on the scene. Capaldi’s run was hardly any better. The only reason it doesn’t get crapped on as badly as Jodie’s is because he was a better, more charismatic actor, and because Moffat wasn’t narcissistic enough to flush 60 years worth of history down the toilet.

I tend to agree. Capaldi deserved better stories. There was such great potential for his tenure as the Doctor, but it was squandered by Moffat.
And Chibnall's time as show-runner has been catastrophic. The writing for Whittaker's run was absolutely terrible, by far the worst in the show's history.
Bringing Tennant back for a limited run before Gatwa takes over is an attempt to rekindle interest in the show, but unless RTD erases the nonsensical garbage of "The Timeless Children" (which is unlikely), things don't look good for DW.

[Liu Bei]

I’m surprised anyone is still watching this. To be fair to Jodie, who is the worst doctor ever and never should have been cast, this franchise was going downhill long before she came on the scene. Capaldi’s run was hardly any better. The only reason it doesn’t get crapped on as badly as Jodie’s is because he was a better, more charismatic actor, and because Moffat wasn’t narcissistic enough to flush 60 years worth of history down the toilet.