Is Doctor Who Series 11 Bad?

2018 marked the exit of Steven Moffat and the introduction of Jodie Whittaker to Doctor Who. With stories like Rosa and the New Years Special, one has to ask, was Series 11 good or bad?
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[@r.graves5531]

"only idiots carry knives" LITERALLY THE NEXT EPISODE *saves a man's life with a knife* ... Both episodes were written by the same guy

[@lesigh1749]

Leela needs to come back and punch her in the face.

[@britanimations2002]

You get the implication tho, right? Knives are usually used by people in harmful ways. The Doctor didn't kill anyone with the knife, (in fact I'd have to go back and check but was it the Doctor that actually used the knife? I'm starting to think not) rather sshe just saved someone with it, showing that they are good, but not often

[@crossface5710]

yup the consistency in the writing would give jj abrahams a run for his money. dw s11 is rise of skywalker level bad

[@bloodyneptune]

@@britanimations2002 To pull one out to save someone, she had to be CARRYING one. Which is what she specifically said a person was an idiot for doing, she said nothing about the knife carriers intentions with said knife.

[@theMoporter]

I have to assume the BBC didn't want The Doctor contradicting "no knives better lives".

[@latesummerlife]

"Shes the only person in the friend group who has a car" shutup! That's how I made friends in high school

[@carealoo744]

Good For You! Have A Cookie! :)

[@joebiologyuni]

And as an adult 😆

[@raggletaggle8827]

*Laugh Reacts*

[@THIZZAVELI]

Bruh, that shit made me choke on my orange juice. He said if ryan and grahm had the car they wouldn't invite her lol.

[@ojigbo]

@@Jon_M_Carro Actually, if you don't mind, it's just 'the doctor'.

[@phossu3110]

The biggest problem for me was that it wasn't fun. Sure doctor who had its writing inconsistencies, but there was never a season that was completely B O R I N G, until there was. Nearing the last episodes of season 11, I wasn't thinking "oooh let's see what's happening this week" but rather "let's get this over with". It makes me sad.

[@pinkimietz3243]

Exactly!

[@stromagedon]

i would argue that some where after the first reboot season it got boring but thats just me. i think that some where along the line ( it was mat smith for me ) fans get disillusioned with the show it probably has to do with when the viewer originally started watching.

[@bZman]

I agree entirely, and Whitaker never solidified herself as the Doctor in my opinion. She was fine but too fluid a character to have any real traits. You need to COMMIT to YOUR Doctor. Thats what makes the different performances so good

[@HereComesPopoBawa]

IMO NuWho has been "fun" - in quotes, meaning that it elbows me in the ribs with cues to how exciting and whimsical it is supposed to be. The quick editing, flashy visuals, overbearing adventure-serial score, annoying catchphrases, fanwank myth-spinning. I LOVE that series 11 has dispensed with all of those things. But unfortunately, that step in the right direction is undermined by the stories and writing we got being rather half-baked.

[@bZman]

Popo Bawa i personally love most of NuWho. To me it gets iffy when it goes to Moffat. Its a slow drain but a significant one.

[@emmittmorgans8076]

It's evil to kill spiders, but then there's 'Kerblam!'... where it's okay to kill a kid. I really don't understand Thirteen yet and I don't think the writers do either.

[@thatjedifromgallifrey6663]

to be fair, she did try to convince Charlie to get out of there and he just stared sadly back and let himself get exploded.

[@iaminevitable7221]

Either lazy writing or trying to make her have questionable morals, probably the former.

[@thatjedifromgallifrey6663]

@@FluffyBunniesOnFire understandable. i actually enjoyed that episode so i did watch it a couple times, so it makes sense i would remember a detail like that.

[@robbiefl2001]

@PikaCinema problem is nobody remembers because the episode was shit

[@DominoMarama]

@PikaCinema There was no reason to tell them to open the parcels in the first place. Once the deliveries were redirected, the parcels could have been collected and disposed of safely. The robots were just doing their programmed job and didn't need to be destroyed. Considering the robophobia accusation the Doctor threw out earlier in the episode, it seemed a particularly awful resolution to me. She might have tried to call Charlie to safety, but considering the only reason to have an explosion was the episode title, I think attributing his death to her (via poor writing) is totally fair.

[@ianmcintire6696]

Kerblam! came pretty close to being a true high point for the season, something like a modern-day Sunmakers or Happiness Patrol... but it totally flubbed the landing by taking the position that capitalism is an unqualified good thing. It spends its first two acts highlighting all of the questionable ways Kerblam! treats its workers, only to spend its final act effectively saying, "Nah, it's fine - oh, hey, look, we managed to monsterize bubble wrap as a tribute to the classic series!" Doctor Who is a series that needs to be better than "Well, at least it didn't embarrass itself." I felt like I was watching a season full of "proof-of-concept" pieces - the bulk of which worked, but didn't go anywhere beyond that. Jodie Whittaker is a great actress (and the concept of a female Doctor is one that is frankly overdue), but Chibnall really needs to get someone on board behind the scenes to do some serious script editing for him, someone with vision and bravery... because that was sorely lacking in this most recent season.

[@joshopoke]

The spider episode especially felt they were trying to force familiarity with the character of the Doctor, i.e. no killing, no guns; however it was just so forced as well as completely missing the mark in terms of being humane.

[@Mgooy]

Yeah the doctor was going to give a mercy lobotomy to that space whale in series 5

[@ecmelton8633]

She also could have just saved the spiders, like, they were made by normal earth scientists and the Doctor is an alien with a time machine that can also teleport. Figure out how to correct the genes, and then drop them off on another planet where giant spiders are normal. You know like he did in "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship."

[@monkeydude952]

My problem with series 11 is that it was so boring. The Doctor is just nebulously good, her companions are just nebulously good. Everyone who disagrees with the Doctor is bad. There's no interesting moral conflicts between the characters or in general. When the show does get close to having one they ultimately ruin it by either just cutting it off or having something that just makes no sense. Kerblam is decent up until the ending where it just trips over itself by having a character turn out to be a mad terrorist who wants to kill people and then doesn't, then does again because robots have almost entirely replaced human workforces, and his plan to fix it is to blow up customers with explosive bubble wrap. That's right, bubble wrap. The only other remotely interesting conflict is where Graham wants to kill blue tooth face man for killing Grace, he confides in the Doctor that he wants to do this and feels like he needs to, she then tell him no, don't do that or you can't fly in my box any more. So he doesn't. He 'almost' does but the show has been so bland up to that point that Graham deciding not to kill him is so predictable it's not even funny. Another problem with series 11 is that the Doctor is a massive hypocrite and keeps changing her mind about what she should be doing. She rages at Ryan for picking up a gun and trying to shoot at some mindless, non-sapient, robots. But she has no problem using weapons herself later in the series. She also keeps flip flopping over whether she wants to mess around the timeline of events. It's at its worst in Demons, she takes the whole gang even though it's really only relevant to Jaz. The Doctor tells them they can't play around with time but changes her mind back and forth because her companions decide that they *do* want to mess with the timeline. At the end everything happens as it's supposed to anyway so wasn't even any point really, which describes the demons themselves whose only reason for being there is to watch people die. The only reason series 11 will be remembered is because of the gender swap, aside from that it is just sort of nothingy. It's not even worth getting angry over really. If I was jumping in for the first time, I probably wouldn't watch anymore of the show and I probably would have watched it to the conclusion only because I have nothing else better to do. That's probably the best way to describe series 11.

[@voladisco]

I too, love to suffocate spiders HUMANELY in my spare time

[@vashna3799]

Couldn’t agree more

[@rattyfan3594]

This is the first series of Doctor Who that I haven't bought on DVD, and have no intention of doing. It wasn't Doctor Who. I don't know what it was, but it wasn't Doctor Who. The episode Rosa seemed like a mediocre episode of Timeless.

[@eliasbridgeman2780]

@@rattyfan3594 compared to season 10 season 11 feels like a completely different show, which would usually be a good thing for DW, but it isn't in this case. It wasn't fun for me; previously bad episodes were just dumb imo, but they were never boring like they were this season.

[@jamilasmith7306]

That's what happens when you focus on SJW crap. I personally don't agree with having a female doctor but, if you had to have one, I'd prefer one like River Song. I loved her character. Sassy and resourceful. In fact, they should have just spun her off as her own series instead of insisting that the next Doctor had to be female. Wokeness kills everything that's good.

[@zepar9837]

if a hot, cool, god-like being jumped into my life and whisked me off to whimsical adventures I'd probably fall in love.

[@alexlemonds2838]

If she looked like Jane Seymour in her prime I know I would! ;)

[@rosienelson1004]

Don’t forget that season 11 saw the exit of an amazing artist: Murray gold, who had been influencing the show’s tone with his music. Truly great stuff

[@cashomnitrix]

Oh yeah, Nitpix pointed that out in his video on Season 11. Even bringing up how Gold would recall certain themes in later seasons to fit at specific moments

[@moonlight-wz5rf]

This video is a breath of fresh air. I'm highkey tired of those "season 11 bad because WOMAN??" videos popping up in my recommended. I adore the effort you put into your videos Quinton, keep it up!

[@britanimations2002]

You're not the only one man. Wish more people on this platform would actually do their job properly as a critic instead of going, "oh worst than we thought, wasn't just women but BLACK PEOPLE. And worst of all... BLACK WOMEN!" Looking at you Nerdrotic

[@andrewdevine3920]

I don't think anyone is really saying that, though, except maybe that Irish guy, 'Computing Forever' or something. Most people disliked it because of how poorly written and acted it was, and how boring it was.

[@zachanikwano]

No one is saying that though. Unless they are actual manbabies. Most of it is “we don’t like how forced diversity is taking priority over good writing instead of it being woven in naturally.” Yeah the videos are still overly negative but still.

[@riley8385]

@@zachanikwano "No one is saying that though" Yeah, I remember when I was new to the internet, too.

[@simonking2869]

@@britanimations2002 Why are you looking at him? He isn't saying that. Nor are any other reviewers. They in fact go to great pains to point out they're not because some woketard with an agenda will immediately dismiss any criticism by falsely shouting sexism, raaaacism.

[@Agrellar]

I was kind of hoping 13 would be sort of a reverse 12. I feel like every next doctor is a reaction of the last in a major way, like 11 choosing to reject responsibilities and guilt after how unfairly 10 had to die, or how twelve doubled down on being pragmatic and cynical after centuries of being a buffoon before. I guess I was hoping that there would be a sort of double edged sword to 13's extremely fun and awkward personality. Like, if anything upset her bubbly perspective, then there would be a risk of her snapping and showing a side of herself protective of her companions and her own joy to dangerous degrees.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Jay Exci made an Essay about New-and-Bad Doctor Who that is so legendarily good that it’s the Top-Video that comes up when you google ‚Doctor Who’ without ANY other words added.

[@LampDoesVideogame]

Honestly, your last 2 sentences just described Matt Smith, to me.

[@tonoornottono]

@@LampDoesVideogame smith was always pulling punches, threatening things with gravitas instead of acting outright. even his anger was elevated and buffoonish. it would be interesting to see 13 have an anger that’s informed by capaldi. quiet, cold, snappy. no diatribes about why she’s hurt, just fierce protection.

[@SpookyTanukiGaming]

I'm fine with a female doctor and a diverse cast but season 11 is just poorly written. I want it to be good but I just found myself bored and engaged.

[@Kateiswriting]

I was rooting so hard for this season to succeed but it was just so mediocre and seemed aimed at a younger audience. What annoys me most is that the showrunner/writers' failures are being used by some fans as "proof" that you can have good writing *or* diversity but not both.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@Kateiswriting Jay Exci made an Essay about New-and-Bad Doctor Who that is so legendarily good that it’s the Top-Video that comes up when you google ‚Doctor Who’ without ANY other words added.

[@cenedra20]

"Also, Yaz is there" Feels to me like the new "what about Zoydberg?"

[@randomvids1231000]

The difference being Zoidberg's character is recognizable because the writing staff knew how to use him for situations where he would be relevant.

[@katiemartin6991]

"If Graham and Ryan had their own time machine they would stop hanging out with her" is even funnier given that Season 12 ended with them noping out with the psychic paper and having their own adventures without The Doctor lol

[@Digscomics]

I have to say, It Takes You Away bugged me because of the total non-twist (POSSIBLE SPOILERS) SHOW: Oh look it's people they loved who are dead. VIEWER: Okay they're not real though. SHOW: No, they totally are real! VIEWER: Interesting, what's the deal then? SHOW: Psych! They weren't real!

[@scottbuck1572]

My main issue with the 13th doctor is the whole "I'm-so-awkward-cause-Im-an-alien" bit. Like the doctor is like 1000+ years old at this point and has shown a level of basic understanding of basically everything. Like even when past doctors did find something new, they never have had a problem integrating fairly convincing. It makes a more interesting character with potentially infinite stories to tell. The new "humor" makes the doctor less interesting and overall makes the show boring

[@Halfendymion]

The show trying to tell us that the person with 2000 years of social interaction experience is completely socially inept

[@snooberoid]

oh shit i stumbled across an actually decent, balanced video on Dr who s11! I'd heard rumours but never believed them to be true.

[@connorbeith3232]

What's this, a non-Bee Movie video? Unsubscribed.

[@WiloPolis03]

Good to see someone present a more neutral opinion towards the show, in a setting where you either have to love the show or absolutely hate it

[@timrob12]

I love your use of 'have to' as if we can't just be neutral about it, which is kinda what the fan base is losing.

[@WiloPolis03]

@timrob12 The internet doesn't pay attention to you if you have a neutral opinion :P I have just about the same thoughts as Quinton btw

[@timrob12]

@@WiloPolis03 That's what I like about Quinton and some other reviewers. They don't put the subject on one side. They talk about what's good about it and what's bad about it. I liked Quinton's video on change in Doctor Who and the one about Twice Upon a Time, an episode I really like but got a lot of backlash because of how Dr. 1 was written (while I actually found a sexist remark in An Unearthly Child - or more specific "The Forest of Fear"), while the episode is so much more than just those comments made by the First Doctor.

[@WiloPolis03]

To the last two repliers, I definitely agree that the internet has always been this way. But the Doctor Who fanbase used to be a bit less toxic than a lot of other fanbases. Not anymore sadly

[@WiloPolis03]

@timrob12 I agree 100%

[@Stubagful]

The whole thing felt cobbled together at last minute to me - I quite like Jodie and the wider cast and there's bits and pieces of good ideas in there - centring a series around Ryan and Graham grieving over Grace's death and growing closer - but the interesting ideas are so underdeveloped that I never felt like I was going on any kind of journey with these people. Ryan and Graham's growing closer only really happens in a handful of token scenes when the writers remember 'shit we're supposed to be engineering a character arc here' - the most baffling decision of all was putting the episode where they both come to terms with Grace's death and Ryan starts calling Graham Granddad BEFORE the episode where they confront Tim Shaw again and Graham goes 'right I wanna kill him for revenge' - those two episodes needed to go the other way around. it just didn't feel like anyone really thought the structure of this grief arc through

[@anierrn6935]

Hey Stubagful! Nice to see you here!

[@siborgproductions2422]

Good to see you stubagful. I do like it takes you away I think it's quite underrated in my opinion but I do agree with you I'm not a fan of the Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos though resolution is the true finalie in my eyes P. S I like your reviews

[@GhostLightPhilosophy]

Here’s a note Hartnell made us understand his character within his first 20 minutes. Troughten took one serial to show us that regeneration can work. Pertwee made his impression in 1 episode. Baker managed it within a 5 minute introduction scene. Davison took a while but you always knew where you stood with him. C.Baker did it in his first serial (for better or for worse). McCoy in his first season showed the direction he was going to take his character. McGann has many distinct personas and all feel familiar to me. Eccleston took half an episode and you knew he was wounded. Tennant did it in one monologue after being asleep for the whole episode. Smith again did it in 5 minutes. Capaldi nailed it in the first episode. After 10 episodes, I still do not feel like I understand who she is as the doctor and where her morals truly are.

[@Ben-vf5gk]

I only disagree with Davison, they did the same thing with him that is being done with Whittaker aka seemingly a nicer Dr but making him really trigger happy and grouchy at times. 5, and 13 actually have a lot in common when you think about it

[@CYBERDOODY]

Capaldi nailed it; but 12 as a character was a bit all over the place until series 10

[@CynicalHistorian]

I find the concept of "history too close to comfort" fairly interesting. Like what is the cut off? Why is WWII always that? It reveals a dynamic introduced by periodization that affects our everyday thoughts. It also shows that 'safe' history is automatically devalued as a result. Not that this is a bad thing, but it has consequences. Historiography can get weird

[@KotoCrash]

Some people would say that covering a historic event that was so recent that survivors still live to this day, and adding stupid aliens, is too much. I agree.

[@hq4287]

Interesting

[@Blakbox92]

I think WWII is the cutoff because a most of the people who were adults at the time are dead, and culurally speaking, at least in terms of the West (particularly the UK) it's easy to make it a fairly black and white conflict. Additionally we're so used to WWII in media and it offers a wealth of different scenarios for a science fiction show, that it's a must-do setting. While the Partition of India happened only a couple years after the Second World War, the effects have been felt very directly for generations, it's a historical event where the viewer's home country (at least if you're in the UK) is the villain, and people are oppressed for colonialist reasons, it led to violence killing thousands, and the displacement of millions. I don't think New Who has done too much with the second half of the 20th century up to this season, there was a story revolving around Rose's father in the 80s, and a story that had the Queen's coronation in the 50s as a backdrop, but outside of that, nothing AFAIR.

[@theMoporter]

I would like to point out that Rosa doesn't feel too close to home and is much more recent.

[@jimbogreen7029]

Well in a time travel show you run into the problem that the Doctor has the capability to stop the Holocaust but decided not to. Which obviously would radically alter history and it wouldn't be connected to our world anymore. The Doctor is not real so she can't take down the British Empire or the Transatlantic slave trade but he can free the Ood and take down space colonialism, and big historical injustices call uncomfortable attention to this.

[@MrVreyes20]

2:34 dude I wish that were case my mom is always on my ass for getting a C on any of my tests

[@biffman6]

if you're in college a C is totally fine though

[@MrVreyes20]

@@biffman6 I wish that were true with my mom

[@archer1949]

I stopped caring about Doctor Who after that awful “the moon is an egg” episode from a couple years ago.

[@hmsljj]

Know what you mean. That was bad. And yet the next two episodes after were very good. You should give them a shot .....

[@bucwhovian8305]

Yeah "Kill the Moon" was awful. But it got better.

[@CountScarlioni]

Kill The Moon is an utter disgrace of an episode on many levels. My least favourite story of all time. However it's in the same season as Mummy on the Orient Express and Flatline, both of which I'd rate as absolutely superb.

[@johntate6537]

But you didn't stop caring enough not to comment on it five years later.

[@outlander1998]

season 9 was arguably the best season of modern Who along with season 4

[@MrTheevilmage]

John Nathan Turner was basically 50% cocaine 40%Hawaiian shirts and 10% Doctor who showwriter

[@MrTheevilmage]

@@gorillazremix7446 Granted season 11 had its faults I personally enjoyed it overall but I do think Chibbers could do with some cocaine himself, might work for season 12

[@bhind45]

Well technically he was 0% showwriter, he never wrote a single episode.

[@MrTheevilmage]

@@bhind45 weird, I could have sworn he did

[@zakjaggs9761]

@@bhind45 he unofficially edited stories at times

[@davescomics4824]

@@MrTheevilmage The position of "show runner" didn't exist back then. There were strong union regulations about who did what eg A script editor couldn't write a script (although sometimes that happened under pseudonym.

[@RavensEye10]

I’m so sad cause I totally feel like they wasted Whitaker. She is a genuinely good actress and if they hadn’t of been so scared for her to express her femininity, or play on the fact that maybe she herself is having a hard time comprehending that she’s a woman now (that would have made a really good first episode) it may have been the best season of doctor who. She’s already proved her acting chops in black mirror, she’s got the talent. Ugh. I hope they do her better next season. One more thing, if they had only focused on historical references in Rosa and demons instead of throwing in sci-fi randomly they would have done much better. Just my opinion.

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

Not to mention Broadchurch. Whitaker outshines both Olivia Colman and David Tennant (both of whom have been in Doctor Who) in that show

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Agreed. Wouldn't be the first waste of talent, either. Ever since l saw Matt Lucas in literally anything other than DW, l felt like they didn't give him enough jokes. "The Doctor's Butler" can only carry you so far, comedy-wise, imo.

[@KotoCrash]

I doubt it'd be the best season considering the quality of the plots we got, they need better writers.

[@Yetaxa]

I agree with the last comment It felt like they were trying to bring back the classic pure historical, but weren't allowed so had aliens from the future shoehorned in So close, yet so far

[@einezcrespo2107]

@@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786 Olivia Colman outshined both Tennant and Whittaker.

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

I was legitimately startled by your outro. I was expecting to hear “And that’s all you bee.”

[@Ocsttiac]

I feel like the mark of a good Doctor is when you can gather their new persona from just their first season, and an excellent Doctor from their first episode/story... and an outstanding Doctor from their first few scenes, case in point, Tom Baker. Unfortunately for me, the Thirteenth Doctor is still a vague mishmash of Ten and Eleven with all quirks from either ironed away and with no real points of interest to herself... in a sense, she's sorta like the Fifth Doctor, but even the Fifth Doctor had his moments of unique character and had an impressive send-off in The Caves of Androzani, though I hope Whittaker will get a good episode before her regeneration story. Maybe her tenure will mirror McCoy's, with the tepid first season and then a more engaging run for the remainder of her time. Or maybe I'm just being hopeful.

[@TannovandeKamp]

To be fair, Capaldi's first season was absolutely terrible and his character was incredibly inconsistent in it. Only in Series 9 did he get into it and he ended up being an absolutely amazing Doctor.

[@highvoltage7797]

Tanno van Doorn Hmm personally I would say series 10 is his only true good series. Still my favourite modern Doctor.

[@HootingLance]

"they turn off the gene that limits the spiders growth. So they keep growing forever." But.... That's dumb though....

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Jay Exci made an Essay about New-and-Bad Doctor Who that is so legendarily good that it’s the Top-Video that comes up when you google ‚Doctor Who’ without ANY other words added.

[@highvoltage7797]

The twist in Kerblam isn’t good. It’s a shame because the rest of the episode was great.

[@abduthegreat7865]

That episode had honestly one of the weakest critiques of Amazon I've ever seen. There's a super evil megacorporation that treats its employees like shit, and people are working these shit jobs to send their shit pay to their families so they can live shit lives, but the Doctor is perfectly fine with that because she's too busy trying to stop the radical worker by BLOWING HIM TO FUCKING SMITHEREENS. Seriously, Kerblam gave the Doctor the most shit moral compass, and I honestly think it's because Chib was too worried that by taking an actually anti-Amazon position the season would be seen as 'too left-wing,' which is fucking pathetic.

[@Jimmy_Jones]

Honestly I would flip you on that. I thought it was the only half decent episode. Most of the time I just sat in confusion as to what I was actually watching. It didn't feel like Who.

[@DeplorableMinecrafter]

The part where A WOMAN DIES IN FRONT OF THEM and they barely flinch was I thought a microcosm of how boring series 11 was.

[@josephe4766]

0:39 quinton phases out of existence

[@Guruc13]

Deepest lore

[@joebiologyuni]

Whoaaaaaa you're right

[@lostuser1094]

Joseph E Quinton B. Reviews

[@aaronzoom479]

Aaaaaaa

[@expendableindigo9639]

What am I missing?

[@zoetyler2313]

Quinton I love you so much. You always put so much heart into your work. I look forward to every one of your videos. Keep up the great work!!

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Jay Exci made an Essay about New-and-Bad Doctor Who that is so legendarily good that it’s the Top-Video that comes up when you google ‚Doctor Who’ without ANY other words added.

[@AdrieSteia]

Finally a new Quimbus video

[@Ms.gnomer]

Simon EF a new quimbly revolts video is always welcome

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@Ms.gnomer Jay Exci made an Essay about New-and-Bad Doctor Who that is so legendarily good that it’s the Top-Video that comes up when you google ‚Doctor Who’ without ANY other words added.

[@petrino]

imo kill the moon is the worst... except maybe love and monsters.

[@BenS-dy9eq]

Wow. This is the best analysis of this season I’ve seen. As you said, “worthless” is the most accurate way to describe most of the episodes. They’re not insulting. They are just worthless.

[@oldschool3424]

Did anyone else expect River to be in the mirror world in It takes you away? To be it seemed that all the stars were aligned for it. Alex Kingston said she wanted to come back to the show, the premise of the episode itself, etc.

[@ShadowKamehameha32]

Problem is I think that people would've compared it to The Name of The Doctor, despite the differences that would have been there. Mind you I think it would've been a great character moment for Whittaker's Doctor. Just enough of a call back to the old whilst still having the core concept of the show being somewhat new

[@TomBerryBW]

i loved jodie whittakers performance and the more cinematic aesthetic of the show , the tone was a little off and there were moments of god damn terrible writing, its not the renaissance of doctor who i was hoping would come about when the reign of moffat ended and i think chibnall needs a writing partner, but as you said change is part of the show, i preferred the newyears special to most of the episodes this season so i'm hoping more like that as time goes on

[@dannybuchanan3661]

This season Chibnall actually had many writing partners. It was the first Doctor Who season to utilise a writers room.

[@britanimations2002]

And ok I get your point about the Pting, but it being cute and looking harmless was the point, if it just looked like a stereotypical scary monster with the features that it's practically invincible, it will kill you and eat everrything in sight, it would be boring. But adding those characteristics to a thing that is cuter than the Adipose, and then playing it straight faced is the best way to go and I had a dumb grin on my face from beginning until the end

[@gallohalt]

For me the main problem was the writing, i mean non of the writers had experience writing sci fi shows and it clearly shows

[@matthewnevin9156]

I agree. They were all hired based solely on their SJW works. S11 was Doctor who in name only.

[@Dappis]

@@matthewnevin9156 Muh esjaydoublewoo 2: electric jewgaloo

[@iplayeddishonored2475]

To all the people who said the new series had forced diversity. England is an extremely culturally diverse country, seeing a Muslim, or a black guy isn't actually uncommon

[@jaycorbin6145]

But the people who complain aren’t British. They are Americans who either deny or wish those people aren’t around.

[@iplayeddishonored2475]

@@jaycorbin6145 the very point I was making

[@a_cats]

@@iplayeddishonored2475 No. the BBC have said that they try to get the diversity accurately matching the public. This could impact which actors get in the episodes and because I am against selecting actors based on race/gender and not acting ability, I disagree with this.

[@iplayeddishonored2475]

a cats I’m not saying it’s right man, just that it’s accurate

[@a_cats]

@@iplayeddishonored2475 "To all the people who said the new series had forced diversity. " You phrased it like you where arguing against these people, and I am saying that they are partially right though I agree with what you said and it isn't as bad as they think.

[@sori_osori_]

9:05, 12:21, 17:56 subliminal image of Quinton actually holding a cat

[@kelanianwesterndayser112]

Oh thank you! Now I know why I suddenly feel like buying a cat!

[@rat-of-pain]

I mostly agree but come on Kerblam was NOT good commentary on Amazon. The good guy WAS Amazon in the episode!

[@jmorales09]

I'm not into Doctor Who whatsoever, just watching to support my favorite breadtuber

[@tzengtm]

The problem with the casting of whoever the fuck her name was, is the fact that they hyped it up as "it's the first female doctor!!!!!!". Doing that is a surefire sign that they have nothing else to advertise, or at least it has been a pretty reliable sign.

[@vanslickereviews8435]

It was mediocre!

[@5Detective]

I'd personally say the best episodes were mediocre. A lot were just really bad.

[@meris8486]

@Zach Arbogast Season 7 and 8 were mediocre Season 11 was bad

[@SpectrumStorms]

@@meris8486 Series 7 and 11 are bad Series 8's underrated.

[@TheRealUnkn0wn_289]

Peter Capaldi's and Colin Baker's eras were mediocre, this was just horrible and terrible

[@vanslickereviews8435]

@@TheRealUnkn0wn_289 Your just mediocre!

[@videobeetle8]

My issue is the Rosa Parks episode is that it plays into the shitty narrative that Rosa was a passive and tired worker who just wanted to get home, and that by missing the bus she would never have done her protest. Rosa Parks was a very involved activist who planned out her protest. She was a pivotal part of the Civil Rights movement and removing her agency in it and pretending it wasn’t 100% her plan to do this from the start makes it feel like they’re taking away a lot of what made Rosa Parks so brave- she planned weeks ahead of time to go to jail for her cause.

[@Tilted_Krow]

Each new showrunner brings a completely different language to the way they present doctor who. For me at least this season didn't do it for me. I like the characters but the stories just felt blah

[@kitbrown3895]

Same

[@SomeKindaSpy]

I loved what Jodie could've been. But it seems like her director doesn't know how to direct *ANY* of the actors.

[@SomeKindaSpy]

@Zach Arbogast I hated her character. The actress is fine, but good god Rose was the worst.

[@merpo2806]

Wouldn't shooting the spiders be more humane because your killing them quickly and (relatively) painlessly, instead of locking them in a room making them die a slow and painful death. (this comment feels redundant)

[@legomoviesstudios8822]

The most boring experience I had sense Attack of the Clones

[@chubledoobles4257]

Remember Harriet Jones? How she represented views opposing the doctor? Without being an evil cartoon character? Good times

[@CarrieArt7]

"It seemed like a magical school bus episode," that was hilarious.

[@qw000pz]

Cpncentra

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Jay Exci made an Essay about New-and-Bad Doctor Who that is so legendarily good that it’s the Top-Video that comes up when you google ‚Doctor Who’ without ANY other words added.

[@PaperRabbitsArts]

Big fan of your videos like this! (This being dissecting and more camera based) Also thank you for saying Jodie's last name correctly lmao. Personally I like Jodie's portrayal of the doctor. She's like all my fave parts of 9, 10 and 11.

[@andrewlaporte5477]

I like her Pertwee traits myself (builds things, the aikido, opposition to authority but close inner circle), but to each their own.

[@ChannelPup]

Just to address something that's going on in the comment section. When Quinton makes a mockery of people that are acting as though diversity is the problem with Doctor Who, why are people taking it so personally? I mean, if the boot fits, right? I know not everybody that disliked the series is a racist, he knows that so if that doesn't apply to you, and you're not crying over the diversity of the program, then it doesn't apply to you, so why get heated? He goes on to criticize the show himself. Be real here, if you change Ryan and Yaz to white characters, does it fix the show? No. Does the quality increase even a little? No. So to act as though THAT is the problem is senseless. So really, if you're getting offended by Quinton's rant about those kinds of reviews (And yes, they do exist if you simply wake up and look for them), well, if the boot fits, it fits. I think the most absurd criticisms I've seen leveled against this video have been people now trying to say that Quinton and people like him are racists that are just in denial. What's the logic behind that? So EVERYONE is racist and those who say otherwise are just in denial? Speak for yourselves, guys, really, speak for yourselves. Honestly, if someone criticising those who think diversity is the issue with Doctor Who, gets you all defensive, then it does go to show that there are people who do find issue with it, and if the diversity is the issue...well...you clearly weren't as bored as I was by Series 11.

[@gwenwalravens8030]

People take it seriously because they feel connected to the franchise and to its fan group. No matter what sub group you mock, fans will always feel attacked by proxy bc that group is part of the overall group. It is much like the Gillette commercial. I shouldn't feel offended at all as I do nothing that's 'bad' behaviour but it is still attacking the overal behaviour of a group I belong to so it does rub me the wrong way. This is a well known subject in psychology. "I know not everybody that disliked the series is a racist" Great. Think hard and long about what a blanket statement this is. Not everyone in the fanclub is a racist... Thanks, I guess? Are you the judge? "I mean, if the boot fits, right?" when has this ever been the case in your life? It is logically a wrong statement. "Be real here, if you change Ryan and Yaz to white characters, does it fix the show? No. Does the quality increase even a little? No. So to act as though THAT is the problem is senseless." Making Yaz and Ryan white has a serious impact on Rosa and Demons. Throwing Yaz out would probably increase the quality tbh. But it is not due to diversity but due to terrible writing. "I think the most absurd criticisms I've seen leveled against this video have been people now trying to say that Quinton and people like him are racists that are just in denial. What's the logic behind that? So EVERYONE is racist and those who say otherwise are just in denial? Speak for yourselves, guys, really, speak for yourselves. " Or no-one is racist. People blaming diversity may have their own reasons for doing so. It didn't add to the quality either. I'd go even further: it didn't live up to the hype that was created around the Dr being female. What exactly was the point? I thought it could be great storytelling and change the interactions with the companions but they just didn't do anything with it which is said and wasted potential. Imo a terrible decision because it was changed "just 'cause". "Honestly, if someone criticising those who think diversity is the issue with Doctor Who, gets you all defensive, then it does go to show that there are people who do find issue with it, and if the diversity is the issue...well...you clearly weren't as bored as I was by Series 11." Great conclusion. Imho storytelling is the main issue along with pacing. Any diverse cast can work. There are plenty of examples of that. However the 1st female doctor created a lot of hype and mixed opinions. They ended up doing nothing with it in the show. Awful storytelling.

[@ChannelPup]

@@gwenwalravens8030 Well worded. And evidence that you are not one of the people my comment was aimed at at all. Nice psychoanalysis of the fanbase overall. I do think there are some folks though who legitimately are against the diversity for legitimately racist reasons though.

[@gwenwalravens8030]

@@ChannelPup I don't doubt that there are some racists (or sexists) in most groups of this magnitude.

[@matty.r23]

Also whats ur favourite episode in season 2 btw... not that i would know

[@richardroberson2564]

I forgot this season was on.

[@jameshughes7946]

You're lucky

[@GhostLightPhilosophy]

Rosa and Demons of the Punjab would have worked better as pure historicals. Kraskow feels like a late addition that had little impact other than to give the Doctor a reason to be in the setting. Punjab had some great character moments that felt dampened in the first half by the aliens that had no part in the story.

[@Zeturic]

I haven't personally watched much of series 11, but from what I have seen, it mostly feels like filler (kind of boring, but not bad). Also, with regards to the Doctor and Yaz not getting much personality/development, I do wonder how much of that comes from a fear of being insensitive. Bland and nice isn't going to win you any fans, but at least it's not going to inspire think pieces calling everyone involved "problematic".

[@prisonmike6886]

As a woman, I genuinely hated the idea of the Doctor being a woman and the series has not only confirmed my thoughts, but the writing is awful

[@kiwi__1011]

I used to love Doctor Who as a kid, I had all the annuals, comics and everything. Hardly ever watch it anymore though

[@Mental_Warlock]

Its like how everone hated David Tennant, but then, they loves him, and then hated capaldi, rhen loved him, then hated all of the companions, then loved them, then everyone hated Jodie, she becomes more popular than David Wow

[@Eroxi3]

27:46 "the final good: the shows future" *Cries in 2021*

[@mahfuzurchowdhury2765]

I mean this new series ain't too bad so far

[@whom382]

@@mahfuzurchowdhury2765 Did you opinion change after that finale??? Sure did for me.

[@Spike-Prime]

I was so ready to enjoy this series. Casting Whittaker and the three companions looked like something exciting and new, and I was happy for Moffat to finally leave. His final season was overall great but I truly disliked most of his run for its shallowness, overstretched plots, and general laziness. But, Chibnall's run has been severely lacking in characterisation and any semblance of good plotting. I really expected better from Chibnall than this after Boradchurch, and after his Silurians stories. But these last couple series, IMHO, are the worst, most shallow, meaningless and lifeless that the show has been since its revival of 2005. My hopes for it have been massively slashed, and that's really sad.

[@dotangoldberg8111]

i don't understand don't you have to have a Benis in order to become a doctor? but on a more serious note i enjoy your content Quinton yet when trying to distance yourself from the "toxic" doctor who community you should show comments made by them and point out examples of it so there wouldn't be a reason for someone to argue you are misrepresenting people's opinions

[@MattMcIrvin]

I really, really like Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor. I really, really don't like Chris Chibnall. His writing for the show has mostly been bad and he's not good as a showrunner. My impression of Chibnall-era Who is that... well, at least it's not as obnoxiously EDGY!! as his Torchwood was, and it's well-meaning, but that well-meaning quality drives it into excessive didacticism. Some element of joy has been lost. Whittaker deserves better. I'd love to see her with someone with, say, more of Russell T Davies' sensibility running the show.

[@craigargh]

A bit of a minor point: the BBC isn't part of the British Government. The government has no control over the organisation and it is funded through a license fee instead of taxation. Based on its charter, the BBC also has an obligation to "inform, educate and entertain", which is part of the reason it includes historical stories as they're seen as educational.

[@dameonwalker8994]

Well said. In recent times there seems to be a growing resentment of the BBC based on misinformation, largely seeded by individuals and entities from outside of the UK. It's a worrying situation when legitimate media channels, governed by strict laws regarding accountability and impartiality, are constantly hammered by unaccountable individuals and organizations who bow to no such constraints. "Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it" 𝘑𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵

[@jaycorbin6145]

So is it the British equivalent of PBS then?

[@craigargh]

@@jaycorbin6145 I think that's a good enough analogy. I'm not too familiar with PBS, but I get the impression they're similar.

[@Klutzybear]

I didn't like the "Rosa" episode. Not because of it's message or anything, but the villain was SUPER lame. It was basically a white supremacist from the 52nd century that wanted to ruin the civil rights union. The fact that white supremacy still exists in the far future, where a universe full of aliens has already made contact with humanity at that point, completely dumbfounds me. Like, who wrote this boring garbage? Where the hell is my dangerous alien? Just give me something fun and new to explore, not a boring history lesson. If I wanted that, I'd watch the history channel.

[@YaBoiMidget]

It’s a shame because Jodie Whittaker is a great actor, just watch Black Mirror EHOY, she just felt weird and felt through the whole season

[@DoctorWhovianDW]

I have higher hopes for future Doctor who than the way Chibnall writes now, I didn’t mind season 11, it was alright, but I didn’t finish season 12 or Flux, kind of went down hill with a few good moments. And Flux season, seemed slightly forced with some lines, the best thing that came out of Flux is Dan/ Evil Dan

[@djadj_]

The reason you were struggling so much with the word punjab is that American English has more of a tendency to trochees, where the stressed pattern of a word is stressed, unstressed. Punjab is actually pronounced as an iamb rather than a trochee, so the stress pattern is the exact opposite of what you are used to due to the whole way your dialect of the language works.

[@tamerofthewilds9987]

Season 11 isn’t bad because of forced diversity or anything, the Doctor being awkward and saying she’s socially awkward? That’s not the doctor. The doctor isn’t hyper preachy and a good person, they remove the depth for what appears to just be something rushed out, and not to mention the backstory rewrite is bullshit cause no, the time lords being made out of one species found a long time ago is...eh. It kinda steps on the past set up by others which merely let us know that the time lords are genuises, and pretty much the highest threat out there among others because of their capabilities. But this? It’s boring. It’s not the doctor, It’s lame and preachy about whatever theme it’s chosen, and it’s just lame because there’s a lot of expectable moments. There’s nothing that you can’t really expect here. The spider episode? Predictable. That’s one good one to point at. And there’s a few social justice themes forced in there for certain, it’s plain to see that they’re forcing themes in and half ass them too. They’re bad when forced in cause it doesn’t feel natural, you wanna show how men high up on the corporate ladder are weak? Don’t just have a woman talk down to them, that’s the lame and easy one.

[@UberDr009]

Personally, I think one of the best things in Doctor Who is the Regeneration. cycle. 1: New Doctor shows up: Oh I hate him, he will never be the doctor 2: Oh, a different take on the previous Doctor(S) ok, thats kinda cool 3:OMG I love him. 4: BBC spoils something major, like the Doctor is going to regenerate 5: NO, You cant go. How will this show survive without this actor. 6: New Doctor shows up: Oh I hate him, he will never be the doctor Regeneration can be a reward 3rd: Faced his fears: 5th: Saved Peri 6( audio story) saved everyone by basically killing himself. 9th Saved Rose, who saved the day. 10th: fell out of plane and survived on ly to die saving wilfred. 11th a thousand year exile when it was established that he hated being in the same place for too long. It can also be a "twist" at the end 2nd: executed then exiled 8th: died but was given the choice to go on by regenerating/ magic life potion or something instead, its mostly 1: Too old ( cant blame him, te actor was really ill.) 4th: fell to his death ( less high than a moving spaceship/plane) 6th ( Tv show) had to make a decision between doing his regeneration scene or working that year. He chose the one that pays. warrior: Too old 12: hugged by a cyberman Season 11 has some terrible writing ( looking at you, Guy who fires girl only to bring her up to a room at gun point, to then fire her again, *looks at watch* "15 minute potty break, when we come back, KEvin will escort you off the grounds permanently. " ) But season 10 was a mess. They shoved Capaldis regeneration down your throat, ( Let's have bill shoot the doctor, she dosen't know what regeneration is but at least it will be cool in the trailers) BBC spoiled the return of a character and basically the twist. Bill had the potential to be sooo much more than " Im a black and gay woman" I like matt luccas but he's only in season 10 because he asked. Knowing that BBC dosent pay for re writes it sometimes feels like they just erased a few pages so that they could give Nardole something funny to do. I don't know everything about Doctor who, but it feels like something is missing between S10 and S11. " I am the Doctor, I am over two thousand years old " "You're a woman:" "oh, ok" Man, thats some good character growth. Good thing we were given 10-15 minutes of exposition to tell us about Yazz being a cop ( even though She dosent really act like one. ) Ryan has an illness that is forgotten and Bradley Walsh's character apparently just flips his motivation for dramatic reasons in the last episode which makes no sense. ( havent made it that far yet,) Anyways, Doctor Who is a Reboot in tv form. I hope Season 12 can bring back the fans they lost from the previous season. One day, I honestly hope they kill the Doctor, mid season without it being over the top obvious. Then have the rest of the season adapting to their new body/personality.

[@DeplorableMinecrafter]

'One day, I honestly hope they kill the Doctor, mid season without it being over the top obvious. Then have the rest of the season adapting to their new body/personality.' I have thought about that too. Or perhaps go the opposite route and introduce a future Doctor without specifying when he/she regenerates. Either way, a subversion of the typical new-season new-Doctor trope.

[@NickoftheCosmos]

Season 11 of Doctor Who felt okay to me. Not because Dr Who is a woman now but the writing just felt okay and bland. It’s just a bit disappointing since Doctor Who was more about the writing like in the original Star Trek. It was about substance over style and it just feels like this PC stuff is just an excuse not to try as hard sometimes.

[@bavks-vsjdo-skkfk]

C+ is barely passing? Whats the point of getting an E then?

[@XamiNaxamis]

College grades be strict, mang.

[@yourXface1000]

in American grading, C is the lowest passing grade

[@jeremybot1]

E for educated

[@WarKeineAbsicht]

Im pretty sure D is the lowest passing grade there @@yourXface1000

[@HazmanFTW]

Here in New Zealand, E is for when you get between 1 and 39%, D for 40-49% F for 0. C- is the lowest passing grade at University, 50-54% C is 55-59% and C+ is 60-65% etc. You really want to be getting B's

[@DHRbarnett]

The End of Time makes me cry every time I watch it I love the campiness

[@hansypants]

If you ask me, it doesn't have the Doctor Who 'vibe' that the first iconic 3 seasons had.

[@LPTV84]

Do you mean series 1-3 of the new series from 2005 to today.

[@TheRealUnkn0wn_289]

Yeah William Hartnell was the best and actually cared about the show and character

[@HereComesPopoBawa]

That's IMO A Good Thing - the NuWho vibe has been something I merely tolerated (most of the time) and am delighted that it's finally gone/changed.

[@NZBigfoot]

@@HereComesPopoBawa Ditto... series 11 felt alot more old school to this 40 year old watcher of the show. I didnt mind most of Nu Who, Capaldi was fine but went down hill and Matt Smiths first season was top notch, but most of Nu Who just didnt feel like the show i grew up with but i watched it simply because it was DW and we hadnt had that for over a decade outside of the movie.

[@vashna3799]

Boring plots, bad writing, personality free main characters, shit villains, stand up Chris Chibnall, you’ve made Moffat’s run, and Nathan-Turners run look like golden ages

[@zackjenkin252]

Hi Quinton, I love you and your beard but you forgot the talking frog

[@hmsljj]

It was probably intentional. I've never been taken out of enjoying an episode so quickly as it did when Kermit came out.

[@Jimmy_Jones]

@@hmsljj Also the witch one (I can't be asked to look up the name). When it was revealed it was aliens I actually felt myself being pulled out of the episode and being put on a different story. Never had that happen before. Didn't realise it was actually possible.

[@soltandvinegar]

“It feels like set-up for something much more promising.” Oh poor Quinton. Poor 2019 Quinton. That poor innocent soul.

[@lordbritannic]

Jodie Whittaker feels like a bad impression of matt smith

[@bucwhovian8305]

Well, they are playing the same character. But she felt like Jodie Whittaker to me.

[@lordbritannic]

@@bucwhovian8305 no each version is there own doctor. Why do you think they always fight when they meet each other.

[@bucwhovian8305]

lordbritannic they are their own version of the same character. Think of them as like a film remake.

[@lordbritannic]

@@bucwhovian8305 sorry but remakes and regenaration are completely different. Back to my point shes not made it her own in fact she seems of seen a couple matt smith episodes and "I'll just do that". Its not all her fault the writers have also not really given her much to stand out either

[@bucwhovian8305]

@@lordbritannic I think they are a fair comparison, they have the same basic elements to them in thems of what they do, it's just how they do them that is different. I've often felt like some doctors feel similar to others. Every Doctor from Tom Baker onwards has felt like they were trying to copy him. So I don't think it's too surprising that Jodie Whittaker feels a little similar to other Doctors, and maybe that's not such a bad thing. They have played it a little safer with this like series, but they will let rip a bit more next year, I'm sure of it.

[@GammasGrim]

Im so glad youre still doing dw content, this is how I originally found you, solid video man

[@rekaadang]

13 has finally moved on, unlike 9 who was damaged from Time War, 10 who was romantic, 11 who lived fairy tales, or grumpy 12. The Doctor finnaly become mature, which makes her boring.

[@BM.Brandon]

The spiders will kill and eat each other to live longer and then the last one alive has nothing else to eat besides the dead remains of its brother and sisters it will die all alone

[@A23Channel1]

Dude, something keeps flickering in your footage.

[@jaywingate187]

The hologram emitters need to be calibrated, dont worry about it 😉

[@crossface5710]

s12 took it to new levels of shite they ruined the master they ruined captain jack they ruined the timelord lore i dont think theres anything that wasnt ruined.

[@meephen]

Why did you buy a pez when you could have bought another Walugi Amiibo

[@user-qb7sb7by5v]

Season 11 was trash. It's doesn't have the thing that makes doctor who likable. And it stopped having it since season 6.

[@VitasVarnas]

Resolution felt very similar to the 10th Doctor novel I Am Dalek by Gareth Roberts. Most likely just a huge coincidence, but I just couldn't help thinking about it throughout watching the episode.

[@Mgooy]

Oh shit you're the other person who read that that book

[@siborgproductions2422]

@@Mgooy I’ve read it also

[@ItsDangerX]

The writing was mostly bad (at least to me), and the acting was ok. Theres stupid stuff like them travelling back in time without even dressing up to fit the theme, and other characters not noticing things that wouldn’t have fit in at the time (not being racist on this point but it is true): In the middle ages people with brown/black skin were looked down upon and disliked. While when our cast goes to such, nobody notices or cares about this. But the more annoying thing is that they literally never change outfits to match the historical time periods, and nobody bats an eye. They don’t make any effort to make the characters seem unsuspicious to random people from those older time periods. And the episodes do seem to have a shallow plot or low quality fairly often

[@ObeseLeprechaun]

For me Whittaker simply never felt like the Doctor.

[@GoodVolition]

Hahahahahahahha I missed the spider episode oh my god that scene can't be real. Who made that? Don't kill the spider suffering to death. Jesus christ I already thought the season was rubbish but that really takes the cake.

[@austinpoudrette1574]

You feel way too defensive my dude. I’m not a doctor who fan (tried watching years ago should probably give it another chance), so I can’t really comment on the specifics. But it sounds like they under wrote all the female characters and you don’t really want to criticize and pile on with the assholes. But shitty underwritten characters are just that. Doesn’t matter what gender or race they are. You’re a commentary channel, being critical of shitty things is your entire wheelhouse. Embrace it!

[@virginloser4850]

.

[@gracekim25]

Charlotte Marshall don’t be rude

[@minam8022]

i died at "i bought a pez dispenser for jodie whittaker but instead it just looks like uhh..... hillary clinton." i disagree with rosa though. for me it was the high point of the season and the only episode i watched twice. it was also the hardest i've ever cried in a doctor who episode, except for maybe vincent and the doctor. i honestly didn't think doctor who was capable of making me cry like that again. the ending was definitely cathartic for a ton of doctor who fans as i'm not the only one with this reaction, and malorie blackman really understands her target audience, which is a fucking prize for this season to be honest.

[@dbkwk9]

I only liked the episode with the mirror dimension. The other episodes felt like they had a forced message and much more bad. The way they got rid of UNIT winded me up so much. Edit: WHY DID JOURNALISTS THINK THE SCARF HAD A GAY MEANING?!?! IT IS CALLED A REFERENCE!

[@unassumingaccount395]

If you are arguing about diversity id think this is the channel where you would be talking about that.

[@andrewlaporte5477]

Honestly, when I saw revolution I thought that because it was foreign funding and U.N.I.T. was around the world that it was a sting on America wanting to pull out of N.A.T.O, but I am American, so I could very well be wrong.

[@cvrc11]

I'm glad to see a nuanced take on the season that's relatively close to my own (although my overall opinion is maybe a bit more positive than yours, and I have wildly different opinions about the specifics - Tsuranga and Ghost Monument are two of my favorite episodes in the entire season and I think the Tsuranga monster looking like it does makes that episode a hundred times better, I liked Rosa a lot better than Demons, and I think Kerblam is one of the most terribly written and morally reprehensible episodes of Doctor Who I've ever seen with it's overt apologia of neoliberal capitalism), and I'm also glad that you're optimistic about the future, because I also think the next season looks like it might be a lot better.

[@boxedset]

While I did enjoy this season, not enough to keep up week to week. When I did, I found the characters, and the move to more historical stories very endearing even if it never fully clicked together for me. This seems like the type of season that'll be looked back on with nostalgia in a few years for setting up the tone and presentation for what is to come, and hopefully more people come to appreciate it a little more.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Jay Exci made an Essay about New-and-Bad Doctor Who that is so legendarily good that it’s the Top-Video that comes up when you google ‚Doctor Who’ without ANY other words added.

[@spinningninja2]

As a new-who watcher who may have just been spoiled by the writing of Davies and Moffat, the thing with this season that got me was that I spent a lot of it waiting for Thirteen to just have a... Doctor moment. A moment where she gets super serious, makes a big speech and saves the day. A moment you see quoted throughout the fandom and stuff. And like, she did have * some * sorta good moments, like when she remembered herself or when she threatened that one gut in Kerblam, but nothing really too noteworthy. Was waiting for something like that in the Dalek episode, the one where she faces an enemy with literal CENTURIES of emotional baggage with it, and, again, she delivers * something *, but nothing really too memorable

[@jamesesw]

This season and for the first time in a really long time, the Doctor didn't feel like a god-like Space Jesus who saves Earth every other week and everyone has to either be scared of or admire and look up at in awe. Just the space hobo helping people any way she can, and to me that felt much more interesting.

[@joelmole3157]

Okay, I'm one of the first to comment but I know it's gonna be messy so please scroll up! It's not worth it! Series 11 really has brought the worst out of the fandom, regardless on whether or not they liked it.

[@omegafilming]

26:57 Quinton, I hate to break it to you, but uh... that's literally the plot of Solaris. They copied the plot of Solaris.

[@Dorian_sapiens]

That glitchy frame is Quinton's o-face.