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The irony
Ha, that did half make me chuckle!
You just could not write that lol
At first I was against casting an actress as the Doctor, but on reflection, I actually would have given the series more of a chance, if they had cast an actress with the right quirky-ness. Maxine Peake would have been my #1 choice, I also would have been open to seeing Tamsin Greig and Olivia Colman as the Doctor.
Of course, that doesn't take into account the attitudes that are fueling the current series, and the writing.
You couldn’t pay me to watch this shit.
The spider episode was okay but I didn't get how locking them in a room to suffocate was better than shooting them? Last week was dire. I think Rosa, while not amazing, was by far the best one so far, so I'm interested in the next few that aren't written by Chibnall. He's the worst thing about the new series imo. Has really made me realise how much I took Moffat for granted.
That's it!! That's exactly it!! A kids TV presenter. Making me roll my eyes to every single line delivered.
Edit: also saw a glimmer of what Whittaker’s Doctor could be during that scene where she confronts the whatever-they’re-called aliens in the ship-thing.
Bradley Walsh is okay-ish, hardly a great thespian (!) he does a few good emotional scenes but I find him mostly flat. I think the show would work better with the Doctor and just Yaz.
On the plus side, I think Jodie Whittaker has a warm persona and brings something different to the role. With a slightly different approach to the show she could have more potential. However, what made me quit the series was the forced, political correctness agenda. I'm not that interested in Rosa sitting on a bus seat or Yaz's grandma marrying or not marring the right man during the partition of India. I don't want to see pregnant men give birth!
The final "I've had enough" moment was
- the Doctor's preachy "love is the best weapon" speech during the wedding (spread love, not war, kids!) :P
- and the end theme of Demons of the Punjab. It sounded like an opera singer with tooth ache. It's like when Eon messed about with the gun barrel. It's change for change's sake and it's not for me. I know life is about change, but if the change is not to your liking or you're not enjoying the change then it's better to quit the show than watch it and moan about it! I quit the second series of Capaldi's run (found him too miserable) - but came back so I'm sure I'll come back to the show in the future.
http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-11-2018-uk-ratings-accumulator-88397.htm
That's the thing it's us paying for this tripe.
So the consolidated will be, what... around 6-7 million?
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who/feature/a870425/doctor-who-series-11-ratings-down-success-decline-jodie-whittaker/
Clutching enough straws there, Digital Spy?
doctorwhotv.co.uk/rumour-series-12-in-2019-chibnall-whittaker-leaving-after-89504.htm
Can't help being surprised as to Chibnall saying that doing a full series a year is unsustainable". Well, how did the other showrunners managed to do it, then? And in the days of the classic series, it was worse.
Now, I'll have a few episodes to catch back on, given that I was on vacations, and doing other things, when the last four episodes were airing (either in Great Britain or in France), but so far, I liked what I saw (especially "Rosa"). We'll see if the rest is good.
Hope this is true. I'm sure there are so many more talented writers who'd love the job. I'm in two minds about Jodie Whittaker. On the one hand I'd like to see if she'd improve without Chibnall because I've liked her in other stuff. On the other hand though that's a risk because would she improve with better writing? I'm not sure. She still hasn't done much to impress me and I think a good actor can elevate a bad script. Bradley Walsh is still shining for example despite the majority of the episodes being poor.
On balance I think I'd like her to go as well. It's getting better at the minute but I feel like as soon as we get to the next Chibnall written episode it'll be back to square one. The doctor seems miscast, two out of three of the other regulars are forgettable and the worst writer working on the show currently is the showrunner. The next fresh start can't come soon enough imo.
To be fair is this still not higher than the last couple of seasons with Capaldi? And the show definitely seems to be reaching more people again as well. Even if we all hate it I can't imagine the BBC aren't happy.
Sadly, there are two more Chibnall episodes for this series if we count the New Year's special.
It is, but not by much, and considering this was a desperate attempt to change the falling ratings, they are already falling again. Series opened at 10 million, and the overnight has sunk down to bellow 6 million. Episode 7 had 5.93 (consolidated will be around 7-8, closer to 8), which is up slightly over the previous episodes 5.77 million.
Ahahahahaha. Very good.
Strange attitude and a shame to see it creep in to the Dr Who discourse.
The people who say these things are oblivious to the fact they are being discriminative, I am English and did not feel the need to tell them as nationality is totally irrelevant.
I love Star Trek and know all the shows and movies inside out, because I am not American in no way devalues my love or knowledge of the shows.