Doctor Who - 2022/2023

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Ooh, that's great news. We used to watch Doctor Who regularly, but during the Capaldi run, Dish couldn't decide whether or not our package got BBC America and kept pulling it, then bringing it back. We then dropped cable and went to streaming only, so I've been out of the loop with Who for years.

[Bruce Banner]

And Disney + will be the exclusive home for the new seasons outside of the UK and Ireland.
(Also nice to see the BBC giving one of the classic DW logos some love. (My favourite of all the DW logos, too.)

https://thathashtagshow.com/2022/10/25/disney-to-become-the-new-global-home-for-doctor-who-outside-of-the-uk-and-ireland/

[palitoy]

Boy howdy, IMO that was a shining example of what this era has become. It was bloated, derivative of past seasons, and full of padding with some genuinely sweet and sincere moments. I won't go into the effects (yikes!). I had a big smile on my face when Jody regenerated because it meant getting rid of Chibnall, but I really felt bad for Whittaker. She got the wrong showrunner. I truly feel she got cheated in some respects by sloppy writing, weird music choices and ugly design.

[Bruce Banner]

And that's it. Jodie Whittaker, the first female Doctor, has regenerated.

Appearances from past Doctors and companions at least made "The Power of the Doctor" somewhat watchable.

Whether RTD can reverse the decline of the show when it returns next year remains to be seen. However, it's unlikely after Chibnall's vandalism of almost 60 years of DW continuity with his "The Timeless Children" debacle.