First of all, nothing at all went wrong under Davis, and the problem with Moffat wasn’t the character, it was inability to write a coherent story.
Second of all, I get what your’re saying, but they’re pushing it wayyy to far in the other direction. It’s like making an Indiana Jones movie and having it be about a high school teacher who likes to go antiquing on the weekends.
I’m … not watching it very closely, which may be part of the issue.
My fear is that in a few years people are going to look at this doctor as a failed doctor, and the counter will be, “You didn’t like it because the Doctor was a woman.” And that’s going to be far from the truth.
Just make sure to express it as an opinion instead of an objective truth. “I did not like this Doctor because reasons” is much better than “She’s crap and I hate her and the stupid way she holds the sonic.”
The “oncoming storm” was NuWho, not old-school, and agreed that that got tiresome. These complaints aren’t about that.
“Small” would be fine. Small can keep still keep the essential Doctor features. But most of all yes develop the dynamic. I’m missing the dynamic.
In addition, several of the pre-revival Doctors appeared harmless, diffident, and uncertain at times (see the Second Doctor, the Fifth Doctor and the Seventh in particular). On some days, the Doctor is a badass with a big gun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgC_XgL9LiA). Other days, the Doctor is a fool wandering around poking at things. On no day is it safe to disregard what the Doctor is doing…
Yeah, the thing is, I don’t care about the pre-revival Doctor Who. Never seen it, never plan to. Just doesn’t interest me. I came aboard with Tennant, and as far as I’m concerned, that’s what the character should be.
A problem is, correct me if I’m wrong, this whole season is in the can, and nothing fans and critics say can be reflected in course corrections.
Jodie’s West Yorkshire accent is priceless. Everything about her is good and sweet and ever so very hot that a bit of the Oncoming Storm would be powerful. She needs some arrogance on tap.
Didn’t recognize Lenny Henry. Miss Missy. Too soon for the return of the Master. Real sick of the Scoobie Gang; not one is interesting enough to save; kill them all.
I’m watching the first part now(I waited a few days, obviously).
Ugh, why does this Doctor need three freaking companions? It really is(as said above), The Companion Show feature The Doctor.
She is literally the secondary protagonist in her own show. This is about the other three way more than her and I hate it.
I saw both episodes earlier today, during a Fathom Events live broadcast. I liked how the second episode featured two women of the 19th and 20th centuries, both of whom should be better known.
Part two MUCH better. A lot of illogic to overlook but she felt more like The Doctor and the women of history were great. Pacing flowed and she had reasons other than to do the next set piece.
I had half expected her to reach out to 1942 Torchwood.
The Master’s return not being explained is almost as weak as the start of Star Wars … but fine. And a return to the hunted arc of timeless child.
Still lacking any chemistry between her Companions and either each other or her. Much better with her short term guests. Too bad he wasn’t right about them being replaced …
Forgot that they did sort of obliquely confirm that this Master is came before Missy with him asking The Doctor if he’d ever apologized for whatever and relieved that he had not.
I liked this one better than the last one - at least the Doctor got to be the Doctor this time. I liked Ada and the other woman whose name I can’t remember.
Still sick of the companions. And I really dislike this Master. He has no subtlety at all. But at least the Doctor seems to be back.
I’m liking the new Master. Not as good as Missy, but better than John Simm.
I found this iteration of the Master one of the worst. They turned him into a raving psychopath, when he always was cool and collected. He/she was never one to scream at people so now he’s become JABP.*
But the episode was a pretty good one. I guessed who Ada was as soon as her name was mentioned (the “Miss Gordon” was the second giveaway, though it was historically wrong). Still, the Doctor was able to do a lot of doctoring, which made everything pop.
*Just Another Boring Psychopath. <yawn>
Like others, I liked the second part much more that the first part, mostly because the companions had less to do. A time machine disguised as a house looked really cumbersome; a police call box is bad enough!
I’ve always liked Jodie Whitaker since her Broadchurch days, and was very pleased to see her get the role.
Did anyone catch who all the computer pioneers were? I recognized Turing, Bill Gates, and Grace Hopper. Who else was there? Does anyone have a good screen shot of that?
I only spotted Turing. I must have blinked.
The Doctor made me laugh when she criticized the Master for not bothering to change the appearance of his TARDIS.
The Master has been a psychopath quite a while - casually murdering people is his thing. The Master’s usual mode of operation is to find some phenomenon or group that seems important or powerful, and start fiddling with it/allying with them in the hopes that he ends up on top (see Logopolis, the Matrix, the Cybermen, etc.); in the old days, the Doctor didn’t even have to defeat him sometimes - instead, the Master’s plans would fall apart so badly that he’s have to call the Doctor for help.
Yeah, Ada was obvious.
Steve Jobs was in there too, I believe.
Again, the grandson companion is an utter moron and should be jettisoned. (There was a semi-good reason to leave the phones where they were. There were no good reasons for him to stop Yaz from calling her mother and to stomp on the phone. Their location was known. All of the data inside the phone was known. That phone call was totally safe as it conveyed no new information to the people who were trying to kill them. The later phone call from the public telephone box was the stupid one.)
I liked it well enough - has the Doctor always been able to wipe memories?