Doctor Who Special just as bad as predicted
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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