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Doctor Who (2005)
10 Stars for seasons 1-9
Zero for Chibnall era. The worst Doctor Ever. Not one redeeming quality of this or the previous season. I watch out of a sense of duty and longing for the Doctor. What I get however is Bad Casting, Bad Writing, Bad Acting. Oh, and I have not laughed once with this cast, the jokes are HORRIBLE. I loved broadchurch but that can no longer mask the obvious, Jodie can NOT pull off the doctor. Why do they insist on writing her with no authority or any idea what is going on. You wanted to be where the Doctor was because the Doctor had a plan, a brain, thousands of years of knowledge and a personality! This one just runs around pulling dumbfounded faces constantly dressing and acting like a fool. The companions are not likeable at all, I don't even know there names. I miss being truly immersed in the Doctor Who world and being mesmerized and invested in the characters. Doctor Who would weave a story through time and space surprising and new yet familiar and loved, pulling together story lines from the present and past in clever and pleasing ways. Doctor Who the show should be smart, funny, exciting, creepy, endearing, satisfying. *Sigh I hope there is a regeneration and at least one more Doctor that brings those feelings back so a beloved show doesn't have to go out like this dying a horrible imposters death.
Doctor Who: It Takes You Away (2018)
Wish this season could be taken away.
This episode wasn't awful compared to the season. I mean there was some nice scenery, a cool cabin in the woods well I guess that's about it because the story starts to unravel pretty quickly. The suspense of the threat in the woods is snuffed out rather quickly and you find out the real threat is actually in the house. But sadly that only turns out to be Killer Moths and a lonely Universe who just wants a friend hah! Of course, because no one is actually bad just misunderstood. pfft.
The Doctor is still the same scattered poor imitation and Ryan was kind of a jerk in this episode most of the season he pretty much stands around with a blank look on his face so having him be mean to a kid made him even more unlikable. I wish they would dump two of the companions 'cough ..Yaz..'cough Ryan.., reverse the polarity...really.
The worst is how this miserable season could impact the future of Doctor Who.
7 grandmothers?!?! Really that is so dumb, how would that work exactly? At the beginning of the season it bothered me when the Doctor was basically begging to be asked to Tea. He has always shirked invites like this, very hard to pin down to tea or dinner. I hope these writers don't do anything to drastically alter the Whoverse.
Whitaker has zero depth as the Doctor and they write her not nearly intelligent as she should be. I really do not think Chibnall knows Doctor Who at all. It is such a poor imitation you can see he pulls a few things from the Doctor and jams them in there randomly to try connect this Doctor to past regeneration's but misses the mark on so many other important factors they just ring hollow. It just feels like he hates everything about the old Doctor Who and is using the name only with a cookie cutter format. Doctor time traveler check. Tardis check. Companions Check. Heart and soul, all the work and build up of the Doctor through all the past regeneration's, history and memories of past relationships, travels, wars won...non-existent.
Now I am actually glad they are making these all stand alone episodes and not bringing any old enemies into the season these can just be stricken from memory and forgotten when this nightmare is over.
Doctor Who: Demons of the Punjab (2018)
Best of the season
It was visually beautiful and started out strong. The Assassin Aliens who were menacing and scary turned out to be reformed assassins bwahaha! Now they only observe humanity. What a PC joke. Chibnall cant even let an evil made up alien be bad he has to make it a misunderstood being.
I really had given up but I love Doctor Who sooo much I couldn't stay away! It was the best of a bad bunch and the first I have rated over 1 star. I hope they kick Chibnall and regenerate at the end of this season. No Christmas special?! I don't even celebrate Christmas but love the specials!! What a let down this team is on so many levels.
Doctor Who: The Tsuranga Conundrum (2018)
R.I.P DR
Jodie still doesn't seem like she even knows who she is and what happened to Doctor Who being smart so sick of her dumb act! It feels like this season hasn't started yet still seems like they all just met and we are on episode 5. I have watched each week this far hoping it would improve but even though I actually felt this was one of the better episodes so far (which isn't saying much) I did not even finish watching it. I cant believe after all the episodes I greedily indulged in, escaping to far off galaxies and the ends of time, my favorite show cannot even hold my interest anymore. :(
Please save Doctor Who this whole season needs a regeneration! The writing, directing, acting and production. I really can not think of one redeeming quality.
Doctor Who: Rosa (2018)
Unbearable...
This was so bad, really really bad. I was not happy The Doctor would be a woman but I love Doctor Who so eventually I came around and was excited and thought this could be fun! After a year of waiting and giving every excuse I could come up with for the first two episodes. I thought well usually it takes a minute to warm up to a new Doctor, we need more time to get to know her companions, the baddies are so awful and couldn't scare a fly but it will hit its stride, the second episode- every season has its stinker maybe this is it... the writing ugh the writing well it will get better? The Tardis is absolutely hideous but it wont kill me, her androgynous outfit ehh.... come in Mork idk.
But this third episode is so boring and so badly written, acted, delivered. I don't know what it is but its not Doctor Who. An educational school special? You all remember how awful those were. I am not supposed to be able to criticize this episode because it is about Rosa Parks and that is fine but its definitely not Doctor Who. I really thought Jodie could be good as The Doctor but this is so flat and she is missing the mark entirely. It is mostly the script and directing I mean what can you do, this is not The Doctor not by a long shot.
They are killing, killing a beloved show. I just cant believe it. I am afraid this will be it if not for the show, for me.