Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat and Chris Chibnall speak to Radio Times as the modern era of the sci-fi show celebrates a big anniversary.
They need to kill it again for a while. The last two doctors were poor and the writing even worse.
The last two doctors were poor and the writing even worse.
The actors were/are fine.
The writing/directing, not so much.
And this is coming from someone who thought Tom Baker’s first two seasons were the best Doctor Who ever.
I think Jodie Whittaker is amazing. Either the writing started going downhill with Peter Capaldi or I outgrew it. I haven’t even bothered watching Ncuti Gatwa yet because I want to get all caught up and just can’t be bothered yet.
Doctor Who Derangement Syndrome.
It’s the condition of watching an erzatz version of a much-loved tv show and, despite it being mind-meltingly awful, believe that it is always amazing. Where objectively it is cringingly shit, they see profound comments on the nature of life, the universe and everything.
Doctor Who (rightly) ended on 6th December 1989. There were three incidents of a brief, distorted achronologous reversed polarity event with an Eight Doctor on 12th, 14th and 27th 1996.
Everything after that has been an ongoing fanfiction written by soap opera writers who could vaguely remember a show about a time-traveller in a blue telephone box.
