Doctor Who Special just as bad as predicted
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What, both of them?
This was probably their last chance to get the audience back by bringing back Tennant but this story probably burned that remaining bridge.
Just put it back on hiatus for a few years, bring it back after the cultural purges are done though who knows if the BBC will still exist after that time.
I think that's why Disney is grabbing it now.
So out of the building on fire, into Pompeii during the eruption!
And then into the volcano to join the rock monsters.
Because they unironically enjoy burning their own money and public good will.
Ahh, but it's not their money, it's only shareholder money!
Take that, you filthy capitalist pigs!
He didn't lie, he just doesn't think this is political. The progs and their useful idiots have moved on to believe DIE is a given.
Remember, to this lot, their politics aren't politics, they're human rights.
Corollary: To them, your human rights aren't human rights, they're just politics...
Progs aren't human so human rights don't apply
Capaldi is pretty much the last real Doctor. The episode where he fights off cybermen with cunning and a willingness to be destroyed to save the day was a perfect end.
Delusional hope. For a quick history, the revival (2005, starting with Eccleston as the 9th Doctor) was started by Russell T Davies, who continued as showrunner all the way through the Tennant years. From there it was Stephen Moffat who took over, who was okay but you really saw the SocJus creep in. Which isn't to say RTD didn't have some, but it was at least reasonably subtle and not repeatedly bashing you around the head with it. Moffat stuck around through both Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi, but from then on there was Chris Chibnall, showrunner for the Jodie Whittaker years, and was only really defended by the most delusional out there. A significant portion walked away midway through Moffat's run, but Chibnall doubled down in all the worst ways and people left en masse.
So why does this matter? Because the BBC, in their desperation, brought back RTD in the hopes he'd bring it back. And a lot of fans bought the hope that he would bring it back. Not going to lie, at the first news I was hopeful too, and then there was news like the casting, and certain characters, I saw RTD's history since Dr Who, and every piece of news was revealing that it would be going all in on The Message.
I don't blame long time fans for having hope for RTD. Most people don't pay attention to the finer details, even if they know that something is turning bad. But this just wasn't going to be it. Delusion, yes, but hopefully this will be a lesson to some fans that it's time to move on, to build up new IPs that aren't filled with this crap.
Besides river being a Mary sue and Rory being a punching bag for Amy , I can’t remember much sjw during Matt smith. What am I not remembering
The Matt Smith era was more a Canary in Coal Mine situation. Nothing too terrible, but there were small signs here and there. The biggest sign though is by far Clara, and her entire story that spans across both Smith and Capaldi.
I don't really have too much time at the moment, but if I remember later, I could go more into detail if you'd like me to.
I fell off a bit during capaldi. I felt like he had some really bad shows and some good ones
That actress is what I think is the ideal beauty for a woman, so I’m a little bias. Brunette. No tattoos. Natural look
But her story was forgettable. Something like she jumped into the time stream and saved the doctor at every turn?
Retarded
That was just her story with Smith. Her story with Capaldi was far worse. Spoilers for anyone stupid enough to care: Her story ends with her being pretty much on par with the Doctor (in terms of determination and wit, not so much raw intelligence), and she steals her own Tardis to go on adventures with. It's really bad.
Jenna Coleman might be rather pretty (and she's not too bad in my opinion either), but Clara was a massive Mary Sue and it's insane how many people defend her character.
Wow I must have blocked that out entirely
Thanks for the recap
May as well call it Doctor Gay now.
ngl that sounds like a gay porno title...
I had a brief moment of hope when they announced they were bringing Tennant back but it looks like he was just there to officiate the funeral.
/stopped watching about half way through cranky geriatric Doctor and his preachy Lesbian of Color companion.
There should be a list of good episodes for Capaldi's last stand. Ignore the rest though.
I just saw this clip -
https://x.com/christo08679133/status/1728510717014298713
This made me cringe and mourn for the young men in the UK
This feels like a parody of terrible modern writing. If you put this scene, unaltered, into South Park, people would take it as a mean-spirited dig at identity politics and genderspecial propaganda. They'd probably even think it's a bit over the top.
The worst part of the show is how bad the writing is once you take out the sjw bs. The doctor can suddenly make computer screens with his screwdriver, then transports enemies, and tons of needed shots or explanations are not given to give time for the sjw stuff. It's just badly written.
Please tell me someone used an AI to alter the dialogue on that. I have no idea what the context was, but I'm sick of having all of my favorite shows from my youth taken over by FemDom fetishists.
THIS explains why there are so many “trans” in big tech.
You hear this bigotry against you a thousand times a day.
And you can avoid it all by “putting a bow in your hair” - “wearing a dress” and choosing female pronouns.
Trans Rose is supposed to be 15.
Transing kids under the age of 16 is illegal in the UK.
Well... For crying out loud this show went dumb at every angle except the extra money to make it look nice.
The BBC really are the ultimate far-leftists.
Faced with criticism, they double down.
Faced with criticism, dropping viewers and loss of revenue (record numbers not paying license fee) they triple down.
it's not political, it's called being 👏 a 👏 decent 👏 human 👏 being 👏!
The thing that really annoys me is that people seem to have short memories.
In 2005 NuWho immediately split the fanbase by being woke. “That’ll never work, he’s gay and she’s an alien” and the word “gay” being in every single one of Davies’ scripts led to the mocking label of his “gay agenda.” He even acknowledged it!
Every critic these days, from Critical Drinker to Geeks & Gamers, talks about how NuWho is now a woke abomination but forget it eagerly adopted it from the FIRST STORY.
I don’t remember this. Is this the first episode or something
Yep, Rose in 2005. From then on, all Davies’ scripts had the word “gay” in them. There were rumours of a gay agenda, to which Davies replied ‘If there is a gay agenda it is to remind the world that gay people exist.”
Before the show started Davies declared “No I will not make the Doctor gay” (he has now in 2024 NuWho).
That's why I prefer Matt Smith era more.