Dr Who 2020

[NotAllThere]

Currently my offspring are insisting on watching Trolls. Threats of disinheritance are failing.

[BrilloPad]

Tell them if they don't behave you will send WTFH round to sing to them.

[NotAllThere]

Turned out to be quite subversive and enjoyable - in a toe-curling way.

[technobabble]

Doc Who

I am quite enjoying the new Doctor, like others here I don't like the Beebs very thinly disguised attempts at pushing their PC message - reminds me a little of the original star trek which always tried to deal with the great social issues of the time.

That said it is fun enough to watch and the kid in me likes it still.

[Zigenare]

Masterful.

It went to rattulip when a woman got the role.

[NotAllThere]

No, it went downhill when Jenna Coleman overstayed her welcome, combined with poor scripts that even a great actor such as Capaldi couldn't do much with, and reached it's nadir with the representation of a dim student snowflake assistant with no redeeming features. Since Whittaker has assumed the role, it's definitely improved. Her character is definitely the Doctor, as opposed to Missy who never really was the Master (too needy).

I understand that wokeness is a trigger for you. For me it's just a mild irritant that I can largely ignore. It too will pass.

[Zigenare]

No, it went downhill when Jenna Coleman overstayed her welcome, combined with poor scripts that even a great actor such as Capaldi couldn't do much with, and reached it's nadir with the representation of a dim student snowflake assistant with no redeeming features. Since Whittaker has assumed the role, it's definitely improved. Her character is definitely the Doctor, as opposed to Missy who never really was the Master (too needy).

I understand that wokeness is a trigger for you. For me it's just a mild irritant that I can largely ignore. It too will pass.

Not a trigger at all, pandering to the snowflakes is destroying a lot of what used to be excellent viewing.

[DoctorStrangelove]

It's pissing off the Daleks too, which is A Bad Move.

Watched the Kylie Xmas ep last year & was surprised at how poorly it had aged.

[Dark Black]

Golden age of Dr Who for me was the period from Ecclestone up to and including Matt Smith.

Capaldi might have been good, but the poor stories let him down initially (I gather they got better but I'd stopped watching by then).

As for the latest incarnation... Sorry, but for me the Dr has to be male. And why not? Not everything on the planet has to be gender neutral surely?

[WTFH]

Turned out to be quite subversive and enjoyable - in a toe-curling way.

Are you talking about The Trolls or my singing?