Indeed. Thing is, you can tell the BBC have given up too, since they leave promoting the actual ongoing series as an afterthought and instead promote the 2023 60th anniversary special and Russell T Davies' return (and other niche things like audio releases).
On that note actually, the Big Finish audio releases can be absolutely top-quality, and for the most part are completely free of political drum banging of any kind. If you like Doctor Who and need a new fix, then there are some really excellent things in there to try.
I love classic who and the new stuff up to second capaldi season. I’ll check it out. Will Davies be able to rescue the show? I remember he said once that Dr Who is for everyone, whether you voted for Brexit or not.
If you love classic Who you're very much in luck. The audio stuff started in 1999 to keep Who going so they've been putting out stuff with classic Doctors every month since then. Doctors 5-8 get the most releases but they do bring back some of the new ones, as well as some of the older ones (where possible due to the actors being alive, anyway). They're far enough divorced from the BBC that they even managed to persuade Tom Baker and Christopher Eccleston to come back and since it's an audio-only drama without infinite BBC backing, they live and die on the quality of the writing.
Like classic Who, you could just start at the beginning and work your way through if you really wanted to, but (at least to start) you may be better off switching between releases you like the look of and go from there. I can provide recommendations if you like. There are still a few arcs and ongoing stories (even among the releases linked below) but for the most part the stories are standalone.
There's also a couple hundred hours of stuff uploaded for free on Spotify. If you're so inclined, here's a list with links
No worries. In the spirit of the OP, I'll recommend Spare Parts - an excellent fifth Doctor story about the genesis of the cybermen, and is able to be darker and more grisly than the BBC's kid-friendly rating would allow.
Indeed. Thing is, you can tell the BBC have given up too, since they leave promoting the actual ongoing series as an afterthought and instead promote the 2023 60th anniversary special and Russell T Davies' return (and other niche things like audio releases).
On that note actually, the Big Finish audio releases can be absolutely top-quality, and for the most part are completely free of political drum banging of any kind. If you like Doctor Who and need a new fix, then there are some really excellent things in there to try.
I love classic who and the new stuff up to second capaldi season. I’ll check it out. Will Davies be able to rescue the show? I remember he said once that Dr Who is for everyone, whether you voted for Brexit or not.
If you love classic Who you're very much in luck. The audio stuff started in 1999 to keep Who going so they've been putting out stuff with classic Doctors every month since then. Doctors 5-8 get the most releases but they do bring back some of the new ones, as well as some of the older ones (where possible due to the actors being alive, anyway). They're far enough divorced from the BBC that they even managed to persuade Tom Baker and Christopher Eccleston to come back and since it's an audio-only drama without infinite BBC backing, they live and die on the quality of the writing.
Like classic Who, you could just start at the beginning and work your way through if you really wanted to, but (at least to start) you may be better off switching between releases you like the look of and go from there. I can provide recommendations if you like. There are still a few arcs and ongoing stories (even among the releases linked below) but for the most part the stories are standalone.
There's also a couple hundred hours of stuff uploaded for free on Spotify. If you're so inclined, here's a list with links
Cool! Thanks!
No worries. In the spirit of the OP, I'll recommend Spare Parts - an excellent fifth Doctor story about the genesis of the cybermen, and is able to be darker and more grisly than the BBC's kid-friendly rating would allow.