From the black and white 60's episodes right up to its new incarnation in the early 2000's this has been a great show. It really peaked with David Tennant and Matt Smith and has really struggled to get back to that since. I tried but failed to enjoy Capaldi and Whittaker. So I was genuinely excited by the "reboot". And while disappointed in the casting of the doctor, Gatwa was great in Sex Education so was really wanting him to do well. While there is the occasional glimpse of him being quite good, it's less than 10% of the time. And I feel like it's not him, but the writing.
The Christmas return had again glimpses of the old doctor who, but fell very flat overall. One of the episodes I would say was good, the other rubbish.
But this full return. Man. It's bad. The babies in space episode has to be one of the worst ever. Then half way through the Beatles episode I gave up. Jinx again, I love. But this just isn't getting there. It's like it had a budget cut. The music seems like stock music, the other actors are all pretty wooden or cheesy and the writing is like it's from kids tv. Very young kids TV. Which if that's what they were aiming for, great. But it's time we maybe let this franchise finally die. Which is sad.
The Christmas return had again glimpses of the old doctor who, but fell very flat overall. One of the episodes I would say was good, the other rubbish.
But this full return. Man. It's bad. The babies in space episode has to be one of the worst ever. Then half way through the Beatles episode I gave up. Jinx again, I love. But this just isn't getting there. It's like it had a budget cut. The music seems like stock music, the other actors are all pretty wooden or cheesy and the writing is like it's from kids tv. Very young kids TV. Which if that's what they were aiming for, great. But it's time we maybe let this franchise finally die. Which is sad.
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