I’m not a ‘fan’ of Doctor Who, a Whovian of any kind, but I have watched a number of episodes under duress, and each time I reach the same conclusion:
babies’ telly.
I grew up with McCoy and yes, found certain episodes scary as a child, but then the BBC cancelled it and Star Trek spin offs, Babylon 5, X Files really took over in the minds of British Schoolchildren.
By the time Russell T. Davies brought it back, I was too old to take it seriously as the reimagined Battlestar Galactica had left such family friendly fantasy in its dust, conceptually and dramatically.
If we accept that Doctor Who is family-orientated, that would be fine, but it isn’t, is it; lately, the BBC seems to have forgotten what Doctor Who is -escapist entertainment- not a lecture in Diversity and the struggles of wahmen.
This is the reason the series now struggles to get 5 million viewers, although looking back, i can’t understand why so many adults enjoyed it, even during the Tennant years, as the sophistication of the Sci-fantasy concepts is at the level of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, with its space hotel and Vermicous Knids
Compared to contemporary science fiction shows from the States, Who has always looked the poorer relation, especially during the eighties in the post-Star Wars boom, but at least the writing and performances had charm. Lately the Doctor has become a ranting, arrogant egomaniac.
Moffat has him telling the audience how clever he is rather than showing or, more recently, he is demoted to the default woke position of a guilty white bloke,, even though he is an alien who keeps regenerating into one, as Jodie Whittaker’s run was about as well-received as a punch in the throat.
As for the aliens, the new ones are all a bit Teletubbies’, apart from the Weeping Angels and Silence, both based on shitty gimmicks. Then you have John Simm, an otherwise decent actor, mugging and prancing like a tit, while the eorld is destroyed to a song more suited to a fucking Renault advert.
I think the writing in the Russel T. Davies era tried to copy the tone of Buffy and I don’t think it works. The Doctor has a too human sensibility, his dialogue is too matey and familiar and the characters voices are too similar. When this approach was married to the Moffat egomania it makes some of his lines absolutely excrutiating to the point that, quite often, I’ve found The Doctor is the least likeable character in his own show.
Lately the idea of of endless regenerations for The Doctor has been introduced, but all it does is cheapen the death of every incarnation, lowering the dramatic stakes to nil, all for the sake of diversity.
As others have also pointed out, this and other story developments knock the Doctor into the tired ‘Chosen One’ archetype.
It’s sad how this beloved show has been ruined by both the egomaniacal indulgence of Moffat and the woke posturing of Chibnall and Russel T. Davies, no doubt encouraged by BBC apparatchiks.
All three claim to be fans, but they all seem intent on cheapening and mocking both the character and his programme’s history. He seems to resemble a silly old uncle trying to join in with the kids.
While the rebirth of the series in 2005 can’t be likened to the disaster that’s befallen Star Wars, the myopic decision to pander to fringe identity politics and radical activists at the expense of a core audience can.
Even the Gonad thinks it’s had its day);
Nominated by Cuntamus Prime.
And on a similar theme, this time about Ncuti Gatwa, courtesy of Norman
Ncuti Gatwa is a cunt.
Now, there were Doctor Who fans (those ones with their brains removed) who were willing to give this one the benefit of the doubt.
‘But… But he might be good.’ ‘He might not go along with this woke stuff.’
Be fucking serious.
Gatwa was on BBC’s breakfast programme today. The fact that he got the role after only one meeting with Russel .T. Davies (cough) could be a great big can of worms. But he also played the black archetype. ‘I felt like an alien, growing up in Scotland’. Is there not one of them who doesn’t do the victim routine? Always something to whine about, isn’t there?
But that wasn’t the worst bit. That was when the servile Beeb lackey asked him about how it felt to be the (wait for it) first black personage to play the Doctor. Gatwa’s reply was uppity in the extreme. ‘We’re not going anywhere!’ is what he said. He also said that Doctor Who reflected British society. Since when was an alien travelling around space and time in a phone box any sort of social commentary?
But back to his ‘Not going anywhere’ remark. What does he mean? Blacks, Poofs, Africans (which is what he is)? He obviously means ‘diversity’ and
how ‘proud’ he is of being black. Had he said his colour was irrelevant, and that he just hoped to be a success at the role and appeal to all fans, I would have respected him for that. But not a bit of it. Just the same old uppity ”us and them’ shit. But, what did people expect?
The Christmas Day episode is going to be a ‘musical’.
Doctor Who does a piss poor Muppet Show, with singing dancing monsters. Words fail me…
And the blackphag mentions that he is a turd burglar almost immediately after the opening titles have finished. And I have no doubts whatsoever that filthy depraved cunt, Russell T will shoehorn bummery into every episode. Guaranteed.
And Ncunti got the part for two reasons. He is a doughnut puncher and he is a sambeau.
Sorry, three reasons… Russell T wants (and has probably had) his chocolate arse.
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And that woke luvvie scenery chewing cunt Tennant has totally destroyed whatever standing he had with longstanding fans.
Mincing about, playing second fiddle to that trans abomination, and saying he wants to chutney chug a Daki version of Isaac Newton turned his rep as the Doctor into dust in minutes. And the ‘double regeneration’ so he could ogle the blackphag Doctor was sickeningly bad. Eccleston and Piper are stars for refusing to to take part in this woke deviant shitshow. But Tennant (a notorious woke turd) and Tate are a disgrace, for taking the Beeb’s money and turning their former characters into pathetic figures who were just there to worship a trannie creature and a black chutney ferret.
Oh, and the Celestial Toymaker was also played by a raging woofter. Fucking hell, Russel T must have an arsehole the size of the Hoover Dam.
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Of the few episodes I have seen, the amount of ham delivered by Tennant, Simm and Barrowman would need off-setting with several catering tubs-worth of mustard.
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Agree with this nom. The new WHO has become a woke plague carrier, ejecting the BBC woke virus into unsuspecting viewers via the beloved franchise.
As a child I loved Who and still have affection for it. I loved the Pertwee and Baker years as they were the doctors when I was growing up and hiding behind the sofa. Troughton was great as well, but before my time. After Baker it went down hill. Peter Davidson was uninspiring and I could never take Sylvester McCoy seriously. Colin Baker could have made an interesting doctor but they cut his run short before he had a chance to develop the character. Of the present lot, the only one that’s made the grade is Peter Capaldi who had something of the eccentricity and look of past doctors. The rest are shite.
Now there have been so many doctors I have lost count and lost interest. Dr Who regenerations are ten a penny now.
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Not Eccleston? I thought he was okay. Never saw any of either Capaldi or Whittaker. You’d think the character going from Capaldi to Whittaker would result in an episode of The Doctor just playing with herself.
It’s the only way I would’ve watched it.
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Dr Who Cares? Even as a 10 year old I thought it was shite.
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Ncunti revels in his gayblack status, and his favoured child standing with the BBC.
Any normal and prrofessional actor would want to get a role because of their ability. But this cunt has got the Doctor Whoke part because he is a chocolate MacDuff. And he knows it and he doesn’t give a shit. His smugness and uppity attitude stinks as bad as his him getting the role. People thought Chibnall and Whittaker were bad (and they were). But Russel T and Ncunti will spell the show’s total destruction. Because of their sacred cow untouchable status at the BBC, they will let these doughnut punchers run the series into the ground. Totally insane logic from the Beeb. Lose viewers in droves, alienate fans, massive decline in ratings. But as long as pooves are employed, they are happy, even if 60 year old institutions die because of it.
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Seems like a nasty little clique of cunts.
A mate of mine explained the current crop of writers and producers come from a bunch of self-deifying Whovian nerds with friends/in-laws moderately high up in the beeb who all used to drink in the Fitzroy Tavern back in the nineties, and anyone whose woke credentials aren’t up to snuff or have said ‘-phobic’ things have been ejected from this little network.
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The new doctor should be a tranny complete with meat and two veg diversity must take priority at a pinch a peaceful in a wheel chair Trannies are higher up the victim pole now so it has to be a chick with a dick (rather a man with tits)
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There hasn’t really been a good Dr WHO since Jon Pertwee, really. Tom Baker wasn’t too bad, same with David Tennant but the rest have been a complete load of wank!! I never watched the female Dr and I certainly won’t be watching some arrogant n*gnog Marmite Badger bum his way across the galaxies! The thing that makes these shows is usually the assistant, and there has been a good one since Sarah-Jane Smith! There, I’ve said it!
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