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Season 11 has a lot more fans than you want to believe, somehow you are under the illusion you are right in thinking that everybody dislikes the new Doctor or season. And you'd be wrong.
As for the Doctor Who fandom they are far more rabid than the average 007 fan, and they are pretty outspoken, the website Graigisnotbond happened once but is kinda tame compared to the Whovians. I remember a female writer in one of the earlier seasons of New Who got buckets of bile dropped om her head and it was very personal as well. the website Gallifrey actually banned some of these clowns and took the threads down because of the vitriol it contained.
With the Doctor Who fans you got avid defenders of their Doctor so don't be so surprised to find them defending their Doctor.
As for Jodie her latest episode was great and can be listed as one of the better episodes of New Who. Her two historicals are about great moments where they chose to be respectful instead of the Doctor saving the day, which made a change in style less testosterone-like solutions, more like a mirror which somehow reflects to our modern day. Overall she has had a decent to great run in her first season with decent enough ratings in these changing TV watching times.
A lot of complaining started when she was announced and to many have found to their satisfaction that they can now say it is about the quality in the new series, which is rubbish most New Who and classic who series had episodes where not that great. And she is no different than any Doctor before her, except she is a girl. Which actually is what most of the Nay-sayers have against their "favorite" show.
And not unlike the 007 series after Craig we can expect Sunshine again, or so one can hope.
But thinking back it took me half a season to warm to Matt Smith, simply because he had taken over from David Tennant who I had enjoyed so much.
As for Jodie I had reservations when I realised she was the girl with no personality from Broadchurch. And sure enough, in Dr Who I found that far from looking at the Doctor (as everyone should be doing), I was watching Bradley Walsh.
So, yes I was dead against a female DW, BUT more than willing to be won over. I just can't be doing with an uncharismatic Doctor.
I hope she does ok though, she's clearly a lovely person. But, I'm out.
I am under no illusions and I am aware some people like season 11 which I clearly wrote.
The same applies to the 007 fandom how many Bond fans have not been accused by other fans for not being a 007 fan because they are not a fan of say the Craig era. Which is really rubbish in my view. You can be a fan in so many aspects and accusing people of not being a fan because they honestly are being open about their taste generally is stupid.
Well said,i cant fault that post at all,my view entirely.
Personally I have nothing against Jodie,just the writing and the PC brigade attitude.
If it was just Jodie and Brad I think it would be better as well,as they would have more time for banter with eachother etc.
But I realise that they need young blood in the show for the younger audience.
I have stopped watching the series after episode 3 but I will tune in again next series,once they have learned from their mistakes.
Though there is a rumour going around that Chibnall & Whittaker might go after series 12. According to the rumour, Chibnall never wanted the job, and Whittaker wont continue without him.
Good point Major...IF.
Well if both go then I think its for the best anyway,its an experiment that's not working for me,personally.
Also, happy Doctor Who day everyone. The show turns 55 today.
Happy Birthday Doctor Who...
It really is a timeless theme, pun not intended :)
I own them arguably one of the best periods of DW.
Also that Tarantino bit was the best line of the series imo. Bradley Walsh is great and I've really warmed to Ryan as well, I like both of them a lot. Yaz feels pointless though. If he wanted a bigger cast I don't get why Chibnall didn't keep Pearl Mackie or Matt Lucas on? They were great and wouldn't need as much development because we already got to know them last series. Introducing so many new characters all at once (new doctor and three new companions) was a mistake imo.
Capaldi is certainly a Doctor that has improved for me with repeated viewings, I rewatched his era recently. Capaldi's second season is mixed though I liked the second two parter and 2 of the last 3 episodes I thought were very good without spoiling anything.
Regarding this season I think the writers are really struggling to give the companions anything to do, Graham for me is the only one that has got any kind of development and he gets some decent dialog.
Keeping Lucas and Mackie would certainly have helped the new Doctor transition, though the BBC were adamant it was a clean slate right across the board if my memory serves me correctly.
I do like Jodie and is starting to develop her own Doctor, I just think the writing really has let her down. With 2 episodes to go we will see if they can finish on a high, though I have heard there is going to be a huge change to the Doctors back story which is worrying.
To be honest that sounds exciting to me because at least they're doing something different. Taking a risk. Moffat was hit and miss but he always did his best to keep the show fresh and his run was full of mad ideas. I just don't see that same level of imagination and boldness in the new series imo. It's all so bland and safe and dumbed down. I'd like them to take more risks, that's really what they need to do at the minute imo.
Do you have a source for this btw? My enthusiasm is too low for me to be bothered about spoiling it for myself at this point.
It was from several weeks off the top of my head I cant remember the link, ill see if I can find it.
I hope any changes are positive, I am a fan who likes episodes that are about DW lore, this season so far has not had much Lore.
I have never been a fan of blatant Doctor Who costumes, I prefer the Doctor wearing outfits that pass as real looking clothes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?147=&v=WqgaRb3Le5Q
https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2018/11/28/season-18-coming-to-blu-ray-as-part-of-doctor-who-the-collection-range/
Out in february. Prepare your wallets !
Great art work again though I do have an issue with the pricing of these boxsets, now I know the price will likely drop though its currently listed at £56 on Amazon.
I do think it's slowly got better over the last few weeks. But the finale is Chibnall again so I'm expecting it to be crap. Also think how stand alone the episodes have been have hurt this series. Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat would have given us a mental cliffhanger at this point, something to get us excited at how they're going to wrap things up. But there's really nothing to wrap up. There doesn't seem to be any overarching story at all apart from Ryan warming to Graham (odds on Graham dying in the next one now that they've bonded? Can't see Bradley Walsh doing more than one series). I guess maybe the bad guys from the first episode will pop up again in the finale since they got a mention in the second one? Yay.