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?
