The New Doctor Who Showrunner is a Hack Fraud (Chris Chibnall) - NitPix

I watched every Doctor Who episode written by the new head writer - Chris Chibnall. I did it so you don't have to. Let me know your thoughts on Chibby below!
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[@DikPix]

Fuck you and your shit videos. My content is much better than yours.

[@BigDylan66]

Shut up your content sucks P.s Yes I do know this guy owns both accounts

[@evelynlatella6717]

DikPix u suck

[@simsforever791]

DikPix you have no content

[@NovaSF13]

Batman Arkham Universe that’s the joke

[@pandamonkey3557]

I always thought you had better content, tbh.

[@TheLonelyGoomba]

You was right. He can't write a good script. He struggles with dialog and has a fetish for blatant exposition

[@vb8428]

For sure

[@kimberleymorris8052]

There’s no arc in this series which it had been in EVERY series from Davies’ era

[@TheRealUnkn0wn_289]

Yep

[@Tharries]

I didn't know Doctor Who was aired between two pipes.

[@Tharries]

@@OwainFrost Thanks glad someone got it.

[@clone10123]

Guess the cube lord had trouble thinking outside the box

[@Nitpix]

Joe Eden 10/10

[@ramfire98]

EPIC

[@clone10123]

Well I've peaked

[@sharkdentures3247]

[@The_Mighty_Fiction]

All that was missing was a sunglasses take and a Roger Daltrey 'YEAAAAAAH!' sting. !D Seriously, though, even I came up with a slightly more dramatic ending for the episode that fits in with its own theme -The Doctor pulls wires and sonics connections and frantically frenagles the second pulse synced with the end of the countdown to normalize the cube victim's heartbeats, the only problem being that he's had to guess which of the pulse emitters three frequency channels the first wave of cubes is locked to., and if he gets it wrong, he may just trigger the second wave. Doctor: So, crunch time. Fire the pulse, I risk killing another third of humanity. Don't fire the pulse, I let the first third die. What do I do? As his hand hovers over the big switch and the countdown ticks away, Rory and Amy place their hands over his in solidarity, a responsibility they will share, i.e, the Power of Three. Simple enough.

[@TheBaconlaser]

Chibnall spent a year studying Dr. Who in order to come up with the best plan to destroy it.

[@angelcintron2122]

And he Suck-Seed-ed. Chinballs is Lame.. pure Rubbish as they say in Great Britain. His secret weapon is Boring the audience, and he excels at it. That's why I call him Chinballs. Roflmao..

[@dr.davidwho4053]

😆👍

[@BoraCM]

6 years in his case.

[@angelcintron2122]

CHINBALLS almost did destroy Dr. Who.

[@BoraCM]

Boris Johnson spent 3 years studying British politics to come up with the best way to destroy it, and the British economy.

[@ajc4477]

Chibnall did his best to prove you so utterly correct.

[@JayExci]

how right you are

[@Fredsterface]

I love your videos!

[@tomfordgunningham465]

And it doesn't get better

[@ABC-is9zp]

Oh my god, it’s llama human

[@finn_underwood]

Oh how fun, I saw Jay's 5-hour-breakdown on why Chibnal Who is bad, and then come here to review why Chibnal Who always has been bad, to find Jay has left a comment. Lovely.

[@MichaelM28]

You're a man and always will be!

[@elennapointer701]

You left out the best part of Dinosaurs on a Spaceship - where the Doctor straight-up kills the bad guy. Talk about completely misunderstanding the main character.

[@ccateni28]

everyone: - looks at timeless children - yeah... But is it worse than fucking up canon?

[@michaelm5542]

Simply Danny Man I think it’s more about consistency, the character established after the time war.

[@SquoangleProductions]

JAMES WE'RE GOING TO BE KILLED Maybe it is consistent, maybe he is gradually becoming more ruthless... ...enter, cowardly, pixie doctor. Nvm 🤷‍♂️ Consistency of sick.

[@gladiator652004]

And the Timeless Child lark confirms that he misunderstands the main character!

[@nifralo2752]

The 5th Dr doss murder the cyberleader and the 6th poisons shockeye

[@KenPurchase]

I'd completely forgotten that Tesco Palpatine was the villain in The Power Of Three, so little impact did he actually have. All I remember is the Doctor literally hand-waving a solution out of thin air, and what an utterly stupid and deflating ending that was.

[@iceoriental123]

Actually this one isn't Chibbers' fault. The actor of Cube Man outright refused to cooperate and deliberately ruined takes, to the point where they had so little usable footage that they CGed him into a hologram and had the Doctor magic wand an ending. Chibbers is a terrible writer but this one really isn't his fault.

[@shahstormaggedoni5854]

I just want to say that I absolutely adore the term "Tesco Palpatine"

[@hardstuckbronze5880]

I actually liked the episode until the ending, the countdown was fine cause I expected it to pay off. But i guess a satisfying ending is too much too ask for.

[@zaknelthepony7124]

Weren't the people also under cardiac arrest for longer than 20 minutes, and should therefore be suffering from permanent damage, even if their hearts rebooted.

[@MaskedMan66]

More like Anakin Skywalker under the helmet.

[@LloydEWatson1983]

Now that series 11 is over I now have a whole new appreciation for this video.

[@CrystalWong]

You were right. The only episode that was decent was the one not written by Chibnall. the worst part is, people will blame having a female Doctor than because of his terrible scripts

[@MrSamMaloney]

Sadly, this seems to be what is happening.

[@elfiooh]

No, I think there are more people blaming the writing now... The "Female Doctor" haters didn't see that coming ^^'

[@concon09090]

@JoeRingo118 Except series 10 had Bill, who was supposedly an "agenda pushing" companion, and it ended up being one of the better new Who series, so really diversity has nothing to do with episode quality. Shit writing is shit writing, and series 11 would have been lacklustre trash if it had been four cishet white dudes in the TARDIS.

[@sociallyineptspider-man2366]

@JoeRingo118 it isn't though, there is nothing wrong with a female doctor, he's female because the doctor regenerated into a woman, now if the show was constantly going on about how great is is because the doctor doesn't have a dick, then you'd be right, but the show doesn't do that. Chibnall just can't write a good story but there's nothing bad about a female doctor

[@concon09090]

@JoeRingo118 Except that's not really the case? Hi, it's me, your local massive SJW, who thought the Ghostbusters 2016 trailers looked naff, and that the "It's About Time" marketing campaign for Series 11 was self congratulatory wank, and that the series itself was overall wank. Just because I'm a hardcore feminist doesn't mean I excuse shitty writing in progressive media, in fact I'm much more likely to be critical of it because, in my opinion, there's a shortage of media that represents women and minorities well. Blatant tokenism and corporations trying to look progressive really pisses me off, because it's taking up space in the cultural zeitgeist that could be used for actually well written stuff like the She-Ra reboot. Basically, people you disagree with aren't predisposed to be mindless drones who like whatever media pays lip service to their values /rant

[@alexrobertssings]

So far in series 11 we've had all the bad Chibnall tropes... Arbitrary countdowns. Overuse of the sonic. Confused themes. Bad dialogue. Shit antagonists Jodie's performances have been great but I have a feeling all her best episodes will be written by the guest writers.

[@CCrohny]

Jodie's performance has hardly been great, you can see through her "acting"

[@AndrewLuke]

Jodie hasn't impressed me. The doctor is safe, unchallenging, her dialogue and actions have been dull and a bit of a dim blonde stereotype. Jodie is playing that and I feel she is as uncertain as her doctor about it. The anger is wooden and the timing feels scripted, two drafts. I don't understand the loyalty to the Chib because her chance for a meaty role is shallow, by numbers disappointment. I wish I didn't have this opinion, this feeling.

[@arthurdent6256]

@@CCrohny she might be struggling under the lame script.

[@ninersix2790]

"Jodie's performances have been great" All I saw was this chick running around making faces, yelling incoherent nonsense and waiving her Harry potter wand around. Oh by the way I am an American I cannot understand 2/3 rds of what anybody is saying in this DR WHO thing, it might as well be French; no wait I speak French, scratch that ; I might as well be is Liverpool OUi oyu croui mou, oouut Scrou oooip noiret.

[@icemachine79]

You remember the opening scene from "It Takes You Away" where the Doctor picks up a pile of dirt and eats it? That frozen Norwegian dirt had more charisma than Jodie.

[@squatchfromearth4076]

Who's here in 2020, standing over the ashes of the Doctor?

[@MrMinevision1]

me :(

[@CraigTulloch]

At least Power of Three isn’t the very worst Nu Who anymore. You have a whole 2 seasons worth of shit to pick from.

[@ladyfoxwf1075]

@@CraigTulloch It wasn't the worst, Love & Monsters, and Kill the Moon were the worst... also Dinosaurs on a Spaceship Of course now the Timless Child is the worst by way too far. Ouch

[@CraigTulloch]

L̶a̶d̶y̶ Fox Ŵøłfæ Well Live and Monsters and Kill The Moon weren’t that bad. Neither one of them made me want to stop watching the show. 1 season of Chibnall stopped me watching a show I’ve watched since Pertwee’s debut.

[@ladyfoxwf1075]

@@CraigTulloch Yeah I know, season 11 and 12 are worse than those episodes

[@Ugramosch]

the moment when you realise: almost all episodes that you skip in a rewatch, are ALL chibnall episodes. for me the doctor ended with the 12th.

[@aizenirl]

omfg yes! I legit just rewatched doctor who from season 5 to season 8 and guess what? All the episodes that i skipped are in this video. : ^ )

[@SPM0717]

@VOLD GAMER The 12th Doctor, particular with Bill, had several "woke" episodes actually.

[@coralgem1]

agreed. anything else that happened after that isnt canon to me;( especially timeless child

[@johnlowe6611]

Lol so true

[@zaknelthepony7124]

IIRC, that Doctor wanted to just not regenerate, and simply die. Maybe, that's what he actually did!

[@RUClassicallyTrained]

Everything you said about 42 is EXACTLY what's wrong with The Ghost Monument!! I had to rewatch this video after seeing it. It would be awesome if you reviewed Chibnall's writing in Season 11.

[@Jimmy_Jones]

We can see all the Chibnal traits with this episode. Sonic is a smartphone, have to be inside by night (countdown timer, last episode had the DNA bombs), robots (why???). Plus I felt like the episode just got boring as barely anything happened. On another note: The intro is ok but it is very short. The TARDIS also seems very bland and not that exciting. It feels like a set. It dosen't feel like the Tardis.

[@RUClassicallyTrained]

@@Jimmy_Jones The saddest part is that the concept for the episode was actually good, the problem was the execution. The plot was all over the place: there was a race but nobody seemed to act like it was, there were too many threats solved in two seconds in a Deus Ex Machina sort of way, the scenes didn't feel like they had continuity at all, the dialogues were SO BAD (exposition after exposition without any subtlety whatsoever), there were too many themes/messages and none of them developed enough to be memorable... Also the ending didn't make any sense: - You can't both win! - What if we give you an empty, impossible-to-follow-through threat? - Sure, you can both win! - There is no hope whatsoever. The TARDIS is lost and we're doomed. - Cheer up, Doc! * TARDIS shows up out of nowhere * I LOVE Jodie and the character of Thirteen, I really like the companions, the music, the cinematography... but all those good elements aren't enough to distract from the bad writing. Good actors can only do so much with terrible lines. I hope next week is better since there's a different writer!

[@CraigTulloch]

Flor Pusnar the music!!! That weird ambient droning is not music. It’s as bland and forgettable as everything else in this series.

[@RUClassicallyTrained]

@@CraigTulloch I don't dislike the new music, but it's definitely very different from what we were used to. Murray Gold's music is very extra and I love it and I really miss it

[@CraigTulloch]

@@RUClassicallyTrained I love soundtracks and I have many favourites but when season 11 was being shown a few people were talking about how good the music was and I realised I hadn't't even registered that there was any. I listened to the soundtrack album on it's release and to say I was underwhelmed was an understatement. I should say that despite being lifelong fan of the show since Pertwee's debut episode I stopped watching. There is nothing in this show that brings me joy or excitement. Cant wait for Chibnall to go and hopefully they get someone who is competent to replace him.

[@LunamFlore]

Your meltdown over the cube episode KILLED me, that was amazing

[@tyrroo]

I think it's fucking annoying af, so much so that I've downvoted and unsubbed.

[@eamonnmoroney5963]

What was the music during that scene from

[@eamonnmoroney5963]

@XB950 That’s from the TV show Dark isn’t it?

[@ZoeEvansEliza]

It kills me every time 10/10 my fave parts of his vids

[@kaurii_3586]

@@tyrroo go back to reddit idiot

[@barp94]

3:24 "umm *EEOEOE* " 3:27 "umm *EEOEOE* " 3:32 "umm *EEOEOE* " *UMM EEOEOE*

[@uscman]

He says that as much as Aaron Taylor-Johnson says "Ya know". Ya know?

[@Evanz111]

This comment made me laugh so damn hard

[@ninersix2790]

@@Evanz111 I still do not get it?

[@genny1765]

I can never unhear this! Hahhaha

[@AH-be6bu]

That noise goes right through me.

[@Dissociare]

I did not expect Emperor Palpatine to be the lord of the cubes....

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Anyway: I just watched a Documentary about Doctor Whos 'Theme-Episodes'... ya know, like "Clima Change is bad, Guns are bad, the Cow makes Mooh, we Fans are idiots"... Maybe most 'mind-numbing' is the Tesla-Stuff; i think the 'Aiccidental Trump-Support', trying to be Anti-Trump already world-damaging (in real life!) enough, but the Message that Tesla is under-valued is so MIND NUMBINGLY obvious.

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

I suspect it was Moffat who added the part in "The Power of Three" that had the Cubes attack The Doctor's left heart immediately after he mentioned the Cubes only attack human hearts... That was the only good thing in that episode, and it was an Easter Egg that 99% of the viewers didn't even catch...

[@fireykitten9217]

What was zhe easter egg

[@Elyiscool]

@@fireykitten9217 since the doctor has two hearts on both sides, the cubes attacked his heart on the left side - as humans have hearts on their left side.

[@onyn3551]

In a movie the doctor says he is a human on his mother’s side

[@Elyiscool]

@@onyn3551 not canon

[@happyfullfridge]

@@Elyiscool it has never been officially retconed sooo

[@anabanana62787]

I personally liked 42 but you opened my eyes of how weak these storylines are by Chibnall. 😕 They weren't the worst episodes but if this is ALL he's done with DW so far...yikes!

[@cromwellthesynth]

Yeah he did the majority of Torchwood episodes when it wasn't Americanised in the last two series, I believe. And that show was fantastic

[@alisonfool]

Hell yeah cube man is my daddy

[@Shrekfromthehitmovieshrek]

Ferret Unknown yes

[@hainsay]

I don't remember my cube man

[@TimothyPossible]

My cube said he was going out for a pack of tubes and never came back

[@andretahu1296]

1k like

[@tombullard123]

This has aged like fine wine

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Maybe most 'mind-numbing' is the Tesla-Stuff; i think the 'Aiccidental Trump-Support', trying to be Anti-Trump already world-damaging (in real life!) enough, but the Message that Tesla is under-valued is so MIND NUMBINGLY obvious. I dont just say 'It hurts my brain' as a Phrase, i swear! I can 'literally' (!!!) feel physical Pain while watching that Episode! I swear i mean it literally!

[@greenknight4062]

Just like how Rory was erased from history he’s death was erased from this video

[@laszlofoldi6030]

Green Knight I had to scroll so far for this comment, I considered posting it myself :D

[@Joyfk]

Yeah, he said everyone was fine at the end of the episode, and I was sat there wondering: "Uh, what about rory being erased from existence?"

[@cyberleadr]

To be fair, that was probably added by Moffat because it's part of the season arc. If Chibnall was left to his own devices it wouldn't have happened. It even felt like an afterthought tacked on at the last minute and somebody thought "Let's stick a scene of 2020 Amy and Rory in at the beginning so that it seems like we planned this the whole time, and do whatever the opposite of foreshadowing is." Oh yeah, the opposite of foreshadowing is screwing with the audience, by say, killing off a character and then say j/k. Something Moffat and Chibnall have in common.

[@sallyatticum]

Chibnall said Moffat told him to kill off Rory.

[@otakamerd1220]

Green Knight He shouldve been the protagonist. He's the only one with flaws and development. Eleven is just an egotistical asshole as if he forgot all the development of the precious seasons because they wanted to appeal to the tumblr fans that loved Ten's wacky side but forgot that Tennant was good as the Doctor because he was very two faced - he had a fun side but hes also very tired and lacks patience after all his negative experiences and loses. Rory was always the only one with an tolerable personality and character

[@samcorcoran8389]

Having watched the whole new season... you were so depressingly right.

[@HarrysMovingMedia]

Meant to comment on this ages ago but god damn this video is funny. Genuinely hilarious how you've pulled apart these episodes, looking forward to your next project bro!

[@Nitpix]

Harry's Moving Castle thanks man!

[@georgebellamy32]

Harry's Moving Castle I love your videos Harry! Your my favourite reviewer ever 😃

[@gwh3013]

I like both of you. I like Plinkett better though you HACK FRAUDS

[@chanceneck8072]

Well shit! I´ve watched this video before! I made comments! And now I´m watching and cherishing it again! How could I forget such an amazing and funny video in less than half a year time???

[@chanceneck8072]

Mocking Doctor Who can be just as much fun as loving Doctor Who. How is that not the best fucking show of all time???

[@isaacgraham5727]

The amazing thing about this video is that despite having seen all of these episodes, I had absolutely no memory whatsoever of these episodes except the first part of the cube one with Rory, Amy and the Doctor hanging out. But everything else? Blocked it out completely, even the latter part of the cube episode. It’s like my brain just self-protected and forgot all this lazy stupid shit.

[@wofi784]

Now that the series has started... Yep. Just as bland and boring as all the other Chibnall episodes. He seems to like making the Sonic Screwdriver capable of doing absolutely anything. He seems to love Deus Ex Machinas. He just can’t write a decent script.

[@roosterandguppy2373]

He can write an episode better than you!

[@icemachine79]

​@@roosterandguppy2373 A backed-up toilet could write a better episode than Chris Chibnall.

[@nencenedril7619]

i hope chibnall brings cubeman back

[@UkuleleAversion]

#bringcubemanback

[@diggergig6585]

Who was Cubeman?

[@UkuleleAversion]

11:51

[@ShamrockParticle]

Rjay_coral His best story, sure, but after the halfway mark... ("Resurrection of the Daleks" did not have as many flaws!!!)

[@DJIVision]

That bit about cubeman culminating in "when you have bloody laser eyes" was hilarious. I watched it several times.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Anyway: I just watched a Documentary about Doctor Whos 'Theme-Episodes'... ya know, like "Clima Change is bad, Guns are bad, the Cow makes Mooh, we Fans are idiots"... Maybe most 'mind-numbing' is the Tesla-Stuff; i think the 'Aiccidental Trump-Support', trying to be Anti-Trump already world-damaging (in real life!) enough, but the Message that Tesla is under-valued is so MIND NUMBINGLY obvious. I dont just say 'It hurts my brain' as a Phrase, i swear! I can 'literally' (!!!) feel physical Pain while watching that Episode! I swear i mean it literally!

[@billcox8870]

The Chibnal series of Doctor Who is just plain terrible. The wealthy industrialist villain of the 4th episode was an idiotic caricature of Donald Trump and was just terribly written. Each episode so far felt like a chore just to watch it. I don't see any of the characters growing like previous companions and Bradley Walsh's characters seems like it was written just to be inept. I hope they get a new showrunner very soon because if things don't get better I wouldn't be surprised if Doctor Who got cancelled.

[@icemachine79]

@Aunchient Pistol Wow, you sound like a complete douchebag. No wonder this abomination of a _Doctor Who_ series appealed to you.

[@DriscolDevil]

@@icemachine79 did his comment offend you? Maybe you should put it in your blog and get your buddies to harass him until you feel better.

[@icemachine79]

@@DriscolDevil Did it offend me? Nope. But maybe you should tell all your Twitter followers that I "harassed" him and get me fired from my job. Isn't that what people like you do to feel better?

[@DriscolDevil]

@@icemachine79 So to clarify, your response is "I do not do that thing, YOU DOOOO!" Wow, that is hardcore. Hey, everyone, don't get on this guy's bad side, he is fucking brutal. He is the master of roasting fools online.

[@icemachine79]

​@@DriscolDevil Nope, wrong again. But I'm not surprised you failed to recognize how incredibly hypocritical it is to call people "haters" while spewing random insults at anyone who disagrees with your opinion. That's a trait you share with Twitter mobs, hence the comparison.

[@thelivingsteel]

I think it's potentially worth noting that Moffat wrote easily some of the show's best episodes, but had no idea how to handle showrunning. So maybe this guy can't write his own episodes but will be able to give good general ideas and manage others.

[@leonreddick5289]

Yeah this guy seems like he can do character development ok, if nothing else

[@processred2858]

yeah moffat was good with one-off episodes (like blink and the empty child) but he cant handle a constant output of notable quality

[@neptuneplaneptune3367]

It actually IS löike this. Moffat can write single Episodes...but NOT a Hole Serie. The other Guy can writhe a hole Serie but NOT a Single Episode...especly when he has to work with Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.

[@streetroller1000]

It's also worth noting that Moffat ran Sherlock, which I think is great. Maybe he just couldn't handle the output demands?

[@hannahbuckley708]

Sherlock was good until series 3 and 4 aired, which were noticeably weaker that the first 2 series. in my mind that just shows how Moffat is good in small doses, but bad as a showrunner. Maybe Chibnall will turn out to be the exact opposite of Moffat haha

[@WinstonGuitar]

The episodes presented here are not the worst by a long shot. The one about Robin Hood made me despair for the future of Doctor Who in a big way, as did Sleep No More.

[@daffodil6458]

And the "moon is an egg" one, and that forest one with the kids. Ugh.

[@007robotchicken]

Yeah, Mark Gatiss' episodes have been consistently bad.

[@loggior.speedweed4345]

whose mark gatiss? did he make Kill The Moon?

[@007robotchicken]

+Logan R. He was the villain in The Lazarus Experiment in Series 3, and he wrote The Unquiet Dead in Series 1, The Idiot's Lantern in Series 2, Victory of the Daleks in Series 5, Night Terrors in Series 6, Cold War and The Crimson Horror in Series 7, Robot of Sherwood in Series 8, Sleep No More in Series 9, and Empress of Mars in Series 10.

[@WinstonGuitar]

If a single person was responsible for Robot of Sherwood, Sleep no More and Empress of Mars, he must be a descendant of Typhoid Mary.

[@thehighwaystar1339]

Russel T. Davies, please come back, the world is falling apart without you.

[@wetsox278]

Russel T Davies, please go away, you have killed dead what Chibnall started.

[@viewtifulmikeholmes425]

Chibnall: Don't challenge me, fans, because I'm a completely new showrunner. I could bring down your "Doctor Who" with a single word. Fans: You're the worst writer and showrunner we've ever met, but we don't think you're quite capable of that. Chibnall: No, you're right. Not a single word, just six. Fans: We don't think so. Chibnall: Six words. Fans: Stop it! Chibnall: Six. Chibnall goes over to BBC and shows this: Chibnal: The Doctor is the timeless child! Fans: What did he say? BBC: Oh, well, nothing, really. Fans: What did he say? BBC: Nothing. I don't know. Fans: Chibnall, Chibnall, what did you? What was that? What did he do? What did you say, Chibnall? Chibnall! You stupid...

[@Ryusuta]

Oh god. This was brilliant. XD

[@kylepeters8690]

painfully accurate

[@alonk1060]

Underrated comment. I remember how after that last season I had given up on the show. But I was told that I'd love timeless child, so I gave it one last shot. Afterwards, I told them that they were without any competition the two worst episodes i had ever seen, and had permanently ruined doctor who for me.

[@anthonysteer4798]

Better writing then anything Chibnall has come up with and it's a rip off from the RTD era

[@helpmeiamtrapped]

Personally was hoping for Toby Whithouse as the new Showrunner, his episodes have ranged from Average to Excellent, probably the most consistently decent writer on the show.

[@Istius]

Thats why he should stay a writer.

[@majorcviklje2631]

Tario True. Moffat was also consistent.... with excellent. Also a showrunner doesn't need to be a head writer.

[@RhysClark97]

moffat was a shit showrunner that insisted on having convoluted and awful foreshadowing to future episodes that made no sense existing in some episodes, like the whole river song bullshit that should have not gone on as nearly as long as it did or the whole amy having flash forward to the woman in the hatch in the wall and i dont know it just fucking sucks i hate moffat

[@GregoriusTheBrown]

"...insisted on having convoluted and awful foreshadowing to future episodes..." You mean "Bad Wolf," "Torchwood," "YANA," and the "Four Knocks"? Because when I hear people talk about awful foreshadowing, that's all that really comes to mind for me.

[@Istius]

these ones werent bad...

[@IggyStardust1967]

Anyone else think "Cube Man" looks like Darth Vader as he was unmasked in Return of the Jedi?

[@crazyiananderson6676]

John Linde Yeah!

[@MrShedinthepeg]

I was thinking the same thing

[@mattduncil]

I thought that was supposed to be an Easter egg

[@JackDanyaKemplin]

Now saying that is going mustafar!

[@thepoppets1052]

Honestly thought he looked a bit like an unhooded Palpatine

[@AcrimoniousMirth]

Honestly in my opinion Doctor Who has been getting worse and worse since Tenant left. It’s not the actors, it’s the writers.

[@TheAztecGamer123]

Acrimonious Mirth I agree

[@Supersurfer12]

I really felt that exhilaration of being an adventuring time traveler with Tenant and I felt a lot less gloom in his episodes. Maybe in the distant future, we will get that feeling again?

[@TechTehScience]

I was a big fan of Matt Smith, not all his episodes were good (then again, Tenant had some really shit episodes) and I found Matt's doctor to be the most interesting out of the modern iterations.

[@Astandane]

An unfortunate truth :(

[@jesussaldana4558]

Davies was a great writer, moffat doesn't get anywhere near Davies and Chippendale is a step too low even for moffat. You want female doctor to succeed, bring Russell T Davies to do her first season. He made nine, ten and influenced 11.

[@ElderSnake90]

Here from 2020, yo. This video has only aged even better. Cuck Chibnall is the worst thing that could have happened to the series.

[@wweltz]

Wow, I had no idea this guy was responsible for those horrible episodes but each one you mentioned I distinctly remembered ... not because they were good but because it was seared into my brain how terrible they were. I mean, poor 11 had a lot of bad episodes so those didn't stand out as much but that fucking episode with 10 was so stupid!!!! Ugh, why is this guy head writer!?!?

[@blizzard4224]

The cube episode's third act hurt me.

[@blastfromthepast8344]

I had genuinely forgotten how appalling Chibnall's Who episodes were until I watched this. Then all the pain, misery and, er, boredom came flooding back! And, as far as I can tell (I didn't watch it), Broadchurch series 2 was terrible. And even if it was all good, it has Sweet F.A. to do with Doctor Who. You may as well make the producer of Midsomer Murders the new showrunner. Anyway, Doctor Who is dead. R.I.P. .

[@Allulathepoodle]

Desperation....

[@shrisja8914]

Tbh, I always skipped these episodes because of how terrible they were, but now knowing that he is headwriter im scared that he will screw up the whole show.

[@blastfromthepast8344]

He will.

[@s2doni821]

THIS AGED WELL!! 2020 HERE

[@MeBeMat]

Episode in which Rory dies: "All the characters end up exactly the same at the end as they were in the beginning." Um...what?

[@rocketcon]

Potatro tatro No, the two scientist characters in that episode had their lives changed forever.

[@KoffingOnion]

who's Rory? I just remember the doctor looking at a crack at the end of the episode and pulling out a piece of the tardis. seriously though, I'm pretty sure that bit was written by Moffat.

[@ojwh1933]

+rocketcon Plus a mother has to live with the fact that she killed someone and there's set up for a potential sequel story (set in 1000 years time)

[@TheWeepingDalek]

thats moffat who brought him back. not chibnall

[@alphs2673]

I'm absolutely sure Rory's death was phoned in by Moffat and had no place at all on Chibnall's original script.

[@KiloOneThree]

Chibnall should be removed as show-runner/writer. I came to that conclusion part way through the first new Doctor episode.

[@BoraCM]

The other writers should be able to vote him out and install their own showrunner. Right now it isn't democratic enough. The last person who was showrunner picks the next one and he has absolutely no way to be removed unless he wants to resign himself.

[@WittyMick03]

This video prepared me for disappointment in 2017 so I've come back 5 and a half years later to say thank you.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

he told the fans to "shut up" never forget

[@jamesduffy7549]

nah thats a good thing, shows that listen to fans i.e sherlock get shitter the more they listen to them. being a commited fan doesnt make you a skilled screenwriter

[@TheConfessionDial]

I think the problem with judging Chris Chibnall purely on his 'Doctor Who' episodes is that we don't know how much of the writing was him and how much of it was Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat stepping in. Most of the episodes he wrote for the show were ideas given to him by the showrunner, in which he had to follow a set of guidelines. Even though the first two 'Torchwood' episodes he wrote, 'Day One' and 'Cyberwoman' are pretty dreadful, they were written at a time when the producers hadn't really figured out what the show was yet. And every other episode of Torchwood he wrote after those is pretty great in my opinion, 'Countrycide', 'End of Days', 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang', 'Adrift', 'Fragments' and 'Exit Wounds'. Plus, 'Broadchurch' shows his greatest strength I think, which is characterisation. He's pretty good at creating fairly compelling characters and structuring an overall story. If anything, I trust him more as a SHOWRUNNER than I should have done with Steven Moffat. Moffat is a great ideas man , whereas I feel Chibnall will be better at overseeing the series, rather than coming up with cool sci-fi ideas which try to impress you by being "clever" rather than consistent. Plus, he's using a writer's room for his era which I think is a good idea for 'Doctor Who' in the 21st century, as he can use the strengths of other writers to create a more concise and coherent show. I honestly think he's a pretty good choice really, but each to their own. At the end of the day, we'll just have to wait and see.

[@TheCrippledEgg]

true

[@MrPaulmorris7777]

Yes but, his name is still on the screen!

[@Finians_Mancave]

+The Confession Dial Both RTD and Moffat have written brilliant, exciting episodes. Many times over, in fact. Even on their worst days, their scripts have never fallen to the level of Chibnall's work for DW. IOW, it's incredibly unlikely that either writer took a great Chibnall script and turned into something inferior.

[@MrPaulmorris7777]

Poor Finian But, They were good enough for both Producers to make. Fault lies with both Producers. And RTD and Moffat wrote some stinkers!

[@Freshie207]

Yeah but that's how most episodes are written. Very few episode are wholly the idea of the writers and separate from the show-runner, otherwise it'd be hard to plan ahead for the budget of sets and costuming. So why do other writers have greater track records?

[@cristalat101]

But if people's hearts stop and they go without oxygen for that long... they'll be brain dead 😂

[@willlexie]

Did Chris Chibnall really write Broadchurch? Or is he Gilderoy Lockhart in real life?

[@marxistlynchist]

The Power of Three is an interesting one. Apparently the script was solid throughout with an ending that worked fine, but the production was a nightmare. The actor who played Cube Guy just refused to co-operate with the production team which meant the episode had to be hastily improvised and reworked, then "saved" in the edit. Hence, we were left with that ending. Ultimately, the flaws of this episode weren't down to Chibnall- at least when it came to the pacing of the last fifteen minutes.

[@peterthosegriffins666]

I'd be really interested to find out more about the production. Do you have any recommendations for where I could find out more about the episode?

[@camerondekruif7479]

This aged really well sadly. lol

[@luke-alex]

Apart from the bit about 2020 having kindles

[@Mawfu]

Just came back to this to say you nailed this....

[@BigDylan66]

The screaming about kindles cracked me up you’ve gained a new subscriber

[@ccateni28]

I come from the future, and you were 100% right. Doctor Who is dead.

[@thedeutschman9905]

Chibnall has been a fan of doctor who his whole life? That is a lie. If he was really a fan he would have made something a million times better than this.

[@deathsheir2035]

Yeah. Doctor Who isn't going down hill because of a female doctor. Female Doctor I can live with. Chris Chibnall taking charge? It's going down hill

[@satan1149]

well, broadchurch was pretty good, lets give him a chance. I would say "he can't be worse than Moffat, can he?" but i don't wanna tempt fate. inb4 the series arc is a countdown

[@meurer13daniel]

Mark Gatiss as a showrunner would be worse

[@xxxthestuffxxx]

I've just got round to watching the first episode of Broadchurch. It wasn't good.

[@fahadus]

@The Stuff... yes, first episode is not good at all. Irritatingly unnatural. He doesn't know how to do a proper set up. But Broadchurch does get better as it moves on. This could be a problem, since with so many different stories to tell over a season, he'll have to set up characters and plot many times and that's where he really lacks as a writer.

[@xxxthestuffxxx]

I did get around to watching the rest of Broadchurch too. It remained not good.

[@fahadus]

The Stuff... Well, now you know for sure.

[@trashmammal9430]

this video aged so well. I'm impressed

[@riddersjc]

"Just because something looks interesting, that doesn't mean it's actually interesting" - pretty much nailed everything wrong with Chiball's era. RTD - Great Characters Moff - Great Plot Chibs - Good Cinematographer

[@BarioIDL]

not really, i'd take any heaven sent's scene instead of chibnal's cinematography

[@riddersjc]

@@BarioIDL oh I didn't mean to imply that good cinematography in any way makes up for lack of decent plot or characters. It's an unfortunate trend in a lot of modern sci-fi, in many ways the genre is a victim of its own success. A franchise grows a large dedicated fanbase, the show is then seen as a commodity by tv and film studios that don't understand the idiosyncrasies that developed that fanbase to begin with, then produces some lowest common denominator product with an enormous vfx budget but no real story.

[@BarioIDL]

@@riddersjc pretty sure they can pay a good writer with that money

[@riddersjc]

@@BarioIDL they could indeed.

[@ItsCamille735]

In my opinion you can't judge a showrunner by the things they wrote under other showrunners. By that logic Steven Moffat would be a great showrunner and we all know how that went don't we?

[@ItsCamille735]

Theodor George Stevan Moffat didn’t write those episodes. Russell T. Davis did.

[@ItsCamille735]

Wan Haqeem Well Broadchurch. We have a very good example of him running a show well. Granted, coupling was apparently pretty good so. I’m doing my best to go into the new series with healthy skepticism. I’m being cautious but I’m not gonna write off a series that isn’t out yet.

[@JPKloess]

I still love Moffat. Not for season 7 or 8 really. But for the Matt Smith era.

[@ItsCamille735]

Shoot, you're right I completely forgot about Torchwood he wrote some good episodes for it and he also wrote the Pond Life short which was very fun.

[@rigsby1454]

Moff can still write great ep he's just shite at long arcs. Chibnall is just shite

[@DigiZees]

Having just finished season 12, I can say this video has aged like a fine wine. I look forward to tasting the sequel vintage

[@Will-qv6es]

They just don't understand what makes a good show. Character development. People are much more likely to forgive a weaker plot, if it has good character development. That's why the first two new Doctors were so good. Eccleston was bitter and angry about the time war, but slowly began to overcome those feelings with the help of Rose. When Tennant took over, he was over the time war, and fell for Rose, and she did him. They were ripped apart and that threw the doctor back a few steps. Now the doctor is a gazillion years old and doesn't care about anything other than Earth, because reasons.

[@SeriouslyNotNormal]

Will Jenks moffat for you

[@majorcviklje2631]

What is wrong with you? Moffat had far more character development than RTD. RTD's characters were almost always the same, with an exception of Mickey and Donna. 9th Doctor was bitter and angry about the time war, he didn't overcome those feeling with the help of Rose. He was very bitter about Time War until the finale. There's not a single scene that proves your theory, if not The Doctor showed his anger about the Time War in the 2nd part of the series even more, in episodes like Dalek and the finale. Also "and doesn't care about anything other than Earth" obviously shows that you stopped watching the show and don't know what happens. I mean, World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls, Oxygen, Empress of Mars. It's just that the series was more Earth bound, just like series 1 was!!

[@Timon-IrishFolk]

MajorCvikljee so.. many... exclamation.. marks.. just step back.

[@majorcviklje2631]

Primo Zerajo there's two... two... only two

[@turquoiseapple57]

Not a single scene to support his theory? How about the guilt ridden, self hating doctor ending his tenure with the words "You were fantastic, absolutely fantastic... and you know what? So was I" This is literally explicitly stating his development! He's come to accept himself as a good person again due to Rose's help. I'm not a huge fan of the RTD era, but in terms of consistent character development he was a billion times better than "Change this characters motivations every episode for a funny joke or stunning twist" Moffat.

[@avantgarde4206]

it's about 2 get chibby in this hibby

[@dwightk.schrute6743]

"The women who fell to earth" and "the ghost monument" were awful. Bland story, dumb villains and poor character development. And what was with the Doctor giving up at the end of ep 2? The doctor doesn't give up! "Rosa" was an improvement, but that song at the end made me cringe. Overall, it just doesn't feel like Doctor Who. Jodie is a great actress, but she just doesn't come across as the Doctor. Let's be honest. The 12th doctor would have had a field day in 1950's southern America. Insults and ass kicking would have been prevalent.

[@hugorichardsflanagan8294]

I don’t think “Rosa” was an improvement at all. The main threat was literally a space racist and it felt more like a history lesson, not a doctor who episode

[@Mypetdalek]

Rosa was an improvement because it was the first episode this series not to be written by Chibnall.

[@osere6432]

It's great to hear from someone who is right Whittakers 13th has potential to be good, but her delivery is shit and the script is littered with a leftist agenda

[@theillusionist1494]

"Poor character development"?! Did we WATCH the same show? They made me care about the characters I'd known for a grand total of 30 seconds, and made it clear that I should be worried about who would live and die by the end of the first episode. I don't know where you're coming from with "poor character development," but I'd love to hear your justification.

[@dwightk.schrute6743]

@@theillusionist1494 The characters don't really have strong motivations for their actions and their lines really haven't given much insight into who they are. With Rose we knew who she was within 2 episodes. Caring, Has a boyfriend and mom, working class but dreams of adventure. Martha was pretty well fleshed out on her first episode. Smart, hardworking Medical student who has a crush on the doctor. Weird family life with bickering parents etc. We knew everything we needed about Donna and Jack in the first five minutes so I'm not going to go into it. Amy was shown in her first episode as the first person the 11th doctor met who helped him to adjust to his new body, is engaged, brave, and doesn't take crap from anyone. I still don't really know anything about these new companions. I know Yaz is a cop, but her high intelligence wasn't shown until ep 3. Ryan is extremely monotone and even the death of his grandma didn't seem to affect him that much. I like his step grandfather(can't remember his name). He was written well. We know about his background, how he and Ryan's grandmother met, and that he's extremely loving and protective. Hopefully they will be more fleshed out. New showrunners and actors take time to adjust.

[@ginsengaddict]

Well shit. I was really looking forward to Moffat's exit. Don't get me wrong, the Moff has written some excellent Who (Blink, anyone?), but his approach as SR has turned the Doc into a dull Mary Sue. I was hoping for an improvement on that front. Guess that's too much to hope for.

[@rockysandman5489]

If only Mark Gatiss became showrunner. That would've been the safest bet.

[@rocketcon]

Stillborn Rock I found Gatiss to be a worse writer than Chibnall.

[@rockysandman5489]

rocketcon Well that's unheard of. Usually Gatiss is a bit more praised than that. Personally I quite liked his Doctor Who work.

[@TheDragonHistorian]

+Stillborn Rock Eh, I didn't really like any of his episodes. The Unquiet Dead, Night Terrors, Cold War, The Crimson Horror, and the Empress of Mars I found to be quite forgettable, and The Idiot's Lantern and Sleep No More were just stupid. I like Victory of the Daleks and Robot of Sherwood better than most, though. I would have preferred him over Chibnall at the least, but he's no RTD or Moffat.

[@akaakaakaak5779]

Blink is awful

[@raayaswidler1049]

Little did they know that lizard people crawling out of the earth wouldn't be the weirdest thing to happen in 2020...

[@xxxthestuffxxx]

NO CHIBNALL. BAD CHIBNALL. GO TO YOUR ROOM.

[@archiedonnelly2948]

Well he's coming out tomorrow

[@armosamarosso]

This video just came up in my feed....has to be one of the best aged videos I've seen...Chibs the ha k has actually surpassed our worst expectations...RIP Doctor Who.

[@azraiel1984]

So far I'm not impressed with this chibnall guy.

[@dancingdjdarcy]

D Jay Adrmu you mean chitball?

[@enorth7301]

No, Chinballs. (how many ways can we cannibalize his name?)

[@invinciblereason1618]

Piss Libnall? Idk, i aren't very good at these things.

[@MrMinevision1]

how about now ?

[@mr.fandango6223]

On the upside he wrote some awesome Torchwood episodes- Countrycide, Adrift, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Fragments and Exit Wounds!

[@TheCrippledEgg]

tbh none of those I thought were bad (at least to my memory). I'm hoping that he goes for a more serious tone for his run.

[@chazhinkley6602]

*looks at cyberwoman* Really?

[@mr.fandango6223]

Chaz Hinkley yeah I purposely didn't mention Cyberwoman or Day One lol they weren't so great

[@chazhinkley6602]

cyberwoman is especially worrying considering the guy who thought that costume was okay is going to be writing for a female doctor.

[@TheCrippledEgg]

Chaz Hinkley I'm pretty sure Whittaker will decide her outfit. Though, I wonder what they were thinking when they gave Lisa a steel bra. Did it occur to them that Cybermen wouldn't prioritise breastal support?

[@ryancarrick3585]

They shouldn't get a showrunner. They'll run out of ideas after like 2 years like RTD and Moffat. They should get a writers room (but they won't because they don't want to spend more money) or get a script editor and producer who pick the writers with the script editor penning an episode every series

[@IDidntSetAHandle]

They are getting a writers room.

[@lancegrabow9432]

Commenting Commenter isn't that what they did before the hiatus?

[@ryancarrick3585]

Lance Grabow yea and it worked up until the BBC appointed a useless producer who even his friend Peter Davison admitted wasn't suitable for the job (or something along those lines) and the BBC gave up on the show.

[@ryancarrick3585]

Richard I heard that but wasn't 100% sure it was true

[@A11sopp]

You do realize that shows with a writer's room still have showrunners, right?

[@SirChrisJames]

I’m so sorry that I didn’t believe you.

[@nonstickpansexual4540]

This aged like wine.

[@Groundsey]

Ironic you forgot about Rory from the Silurian Two parter.

[@TimeSmashaPeril]

who

[@AndrewLuke]

That's a Moffat script that bit?

[@andymccurdy5029]

this video after series 12 has aged like a fine wine i love it

[@noah_pedersen]

Spoiler alert, even 42 is a great episode compared to literally any new episode from season 11 or 12

[@cAPSLOCKcHRIS]

Best aged video ever.

[@chrislongstay]

Looking back from 2019, you were sooo right. Thank you veeeery much.

[@Ella-li3pp]

This made my day, this is brilliant! The humour is amazing

[@Ritchietheblackman]

I might not agree with all your points but Jesus you're a funny man

[@NickName183]

This video needs a follow up once Series 11 finishes. There’s so much to dig into I believe

[@G.reviewz]

Chris chinballs. Ok...5:01 almost killed me from laughter.

[@edvickery958]

You were right. Chibnall has destroyed Dr.Who

[@nifralo2752]

No mention of his work on Torchwood? "We woke up and a dog was pissing on our tent".

[@emilycopper2712]

Don't forgot the cyber women who looks like a sex robot

[@nifralo2752]

Emily Copper and they squirt barbecue sauce on her and she punches a dinosaur.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

He wrote some of the worst Torchwood episodes as well. Like Day One and Countrycide. Jesus...

[@nifralo2752]

@@TheSmart-CasualGamer oh yeah the Sex Gas and cannibals where they all split up and get ambushed rather than you know strength in numbers. Seriously early torchwood was like an edge Lord high schoolers fan fiction

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Countrycide doesn't even make sense. At the start, they can move really quickly. But later they show they are just Humans. No alien interference. If this was the case, how did they move like that?

[@austinwoods466]

Spot fucking on.

[@23imansaray]

Any way to bring Russel T. Davis back? Please!

[@Kuypers125]

Of please fuck No! Let the grunge era Doctor stay dead

[@downtownpinata4140]

@@Kuypers125 he was Chibnall before Chibnall was Chibnall.

[@Kuypers125]

@@HOTD108_ Series 9-10? You mean the 9th and 10th Doctors? I've loved all the NewWho Doctors during their time as the 'current' Doctor And when I want to revisit them That is what Netflix and cindication is for

[@concon09090]

I've been baying for Moffat's blood ever since Day of the Doctor, but I'd gladly have him back now tbh.

[@PureGoldNeverCorrodes]

Russel T Davies wasn't the best, but I'll take him over Chibnall any day.

[@shaunbarbee2087]

This was the first argument against the new series that was intelligible. Every other one is something against feminism or something against a female doctor or blah blah blah. But you made some extremely good points in this video. While I like the cube episode aside from the ending I often skip the other three episodes that you mentioned. I had no idea they were connected by Chris chibnall. Now that I know that I definitely feel a little wary of these new episodes. Thanks for the insight.

[@coolpeopleit]

I get what you are saying, and it is very easy to fall into a trap that a female Doctor is bad because its a her, but there are good reasons why introducing a female doctor makes me, and other uneasy. The doctor has always been a guy, and in a show where everything changes that was a nice constant, but maybe thats just the autist in me. Secondly the character of the doctor has masculine characteristics but not in the alpha lumberjack body builder kind of way, more in the Clarkson era top gear kind of way. Through this he became a role model for men who wanted to be smart and weird, now its a girl its kinda sad to lose yet another one, the BBC has lost a fair few. Thirdly there are some vague references to the doctor having 2 parents, that they were different genders and that time lords were actually very similar physiologically to humans despite an increased IQ and an extra heart. The regenerative powers were actually a side effect of experimenting with time travel. This let us relate to him despite him being very alien. Now he's gender fluid across lifetimes and has more than thirteen lives, something that pisses me off more. Finally the conclusive point is that the Doctor was supposed to die, they set him up as being a finite creature that can live for thirteen lifetimes (around 1000 years), but they couldn't let him die so now they are going to find new ways to milk him for everything he's worth and that's not actually progressive. When they get bored of female doctors, the next one will be hermaphroditic, then it will be whatever minority is edgy enough to keep the show alive. The doctor will slowly become a messy pathwork of identities, until the original content no longer makes sense. Another 50 years of this to go...

[@gayfeeshgaming]

@@coolpeopleit you do know timelords have always been able to regenerate into females too? like the master into missy?

[@coolpeopleit]

Hey Erick :) Yes I am the most entitled brat you have come across, because I called hermaphrodites a minority, I didn't specify women were, I'm not retarded! I complained about declining representation of positive masculine figures in the BBC, your response is to criticize my complaints about representation, then complain about representation... pick one of those arguments carefully. Yeah there are a lot of guys in media, not all of them are positive masculine role models, there are increasing amounts of feminine role models, good for them I hope that continues. I would also like to keep some of my role models please, you can always make more characters, like River Song. I liked River Song, she wasn't the Doctor, she added a lot to his world and his character. My main point is that they aren't really doing this for the representation of minorities at all, so they will advertise the fuck out of it without actually coming up with a more clever character like Song. Doctor Who has had a ton of essential strong female characters recently, every companion has been fiercely independent and strong willed. You don't need to give the Doctor a sex change to better represent women, they are already 50% of the two main characters! Thanks for your comment Erik, always a pleasure Scarly 'Always' ? Missy is series 7, Late Matt Smith Era, part of this video is about how that writer wasn't as effective. I don't really count that as always, unless you have a better example, please don't count the comic relief Doctor Who by Rowan Atkinson as one that was oddly appropriate satire! Sorry you don't get a separate comment, all the Best

[@gayfeeshgaming]

@@coolpeopleit yeah but your comment was about how having a female doctor is bad? so ok

[@coolpeopleit]

No my comment was on how losing a male role model for weak narrative reasons and a need to rekindle interest in a dying show was a poor decision, and doesn't improve the representation of women in media. You need well written characters to do that.

[@noamjen]

"this episode takes place in the future - 2020" I literally had to rewind just that one little bit like 5092 times. This is a very painful "Shit I am old" millennial moment

[@KindaKhul0205]

This Video aged very well. It predicted exactly what Chibnall’s Dr Who would be like. It was a 100% accurate. The ticking down clock and the Doctor using the Sonic as a magic wand. It can do everything now. It was all there to see. The guy was indeed a hack. Moffat had written great stories before getting the Show Runners job but Chibnall? What made Moffat and the BBC think this was the guy to takeover? There isn’t anything in his 4 episodes that suggest any great talent. All his episodes are mid season filler. Functionary at best. Taking up space but that’s it. Ah well, it’s almost over now. Jodie’s last episode will feature the Daleks, Cybermen, The Master, two very old companions( female of course) Kate Stewart, Unit. The kitchen sink approach. Another mystery box with everything going at a hundred miles a hour to stop people thinking about the plot. It’s worked so far so why not again. And of course, the ticking down Clock. 5 years and thirty + most forgettable episodes in Dr Who history. It only there was a way of knowing how terrible it was going to be. The Power of Three😂 Well done Sir/ Madam, He/She, Her/ Him, They/ Them, Ze/ Ve.

[@reflex9238]

Chances are they didn't want to take their chances on another writer and thought Chibnall was a safe choice. Though I do agree considering he's made some of the worst Doctor Who episodes he should've been pasted over, and let go right off the bat after his first or second episode of Doctor Who.

[@bicokun]

I actually rather liked 42. "Burn with me." Classic!

[@modbz]

I liked it better when it called The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit.

[@chrishansen4418]

Michael Brew BURN

[@MattsAttack9]

Russell T. Davies = Christopher Nolan Steven Moffat = M. Night Shymalan Chris Chiball = Michael Bay

[@MattsAttack9]

Joe Taylor Yes, good answer, I did not think of Paul Feig until now

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Russell T Davies - Peter Jackson. Steven Moffatt - The guy who directed Justice League. Chris Chibnall - Goodtimes Entertainment.

[@flavourlessjosephus2910]

Russell T Davies - Sad silver lutes. Steven Moffat - Fame soften TV Chris Chiball - Barn-chic shill I like anagrams when you can actually make them about the person or their output. :)

[@henkman00]

Russell T Davies - Cared Steven Moffat - phoned it in Chris Chiball - Rian Johnson-ed it.

[@Alpenmilch]

Chris Chiball...oh god no not the gus behind Torchwood and Broadchurch. Both were horrible IMO, no why doesn't someone buy off the doctor who license from BBC. Or just let it sleep and leave it at the current state.

[@ratkinzluver33]

I still come back to this every now and then and nod at how prophetic it was. Let's hope RTD can salvage this. Again.

[@walkerthehat]

It's so fun looking back on this. I thoroughly enjoyed it and agreed with it when it was first uploaded, and shared it around. I now think back on it every time I see a comment about doctor who and chibnall's time as showrunner. Thankfully their era will end soon and hopefully I can return to being excited about the show once more

[@julenliantrehe6780]

Why does BBC want Dr.Who cancelled? Why can't they hire a writer half as good Russel T. Davis?

[@Alpha121198]

I can’t help but feel that you have some sort of delusional view of RTD. He’s a fine writer, but so are Stephen Moffat and Chris Chibnall. Across all of their works, not just Doctor Who, they’ve all written some atrocious narratives.

[@iwastherain]

Omg seriously, the end of Love and Monsters is one of the most disturbing things ever

[@otakamerd1220]

Julen Lian Trehe All three of these writers are good but only when they have someone else around with enough common sense to tell them that their idea is really fucking stupid and to tone it down

[@obiwankenobi687]

Love and monsters is the only bad RTD episode whereas I could name countless bad moffat era episodes they’d take too long to write down

[@obiwankenobi687]

Henry Wells I meant RTD era and Moffat Era not just RTD episodes. love and monsters is the only bad episode of the RTD era. Whereas for moffat I don’t even know where to start on the ones I don’t really like. With the 9th and 10th Doctor I could watch all of those episodes back to back apart from love and monsters. With the Moffatt era however, I’d skip eleventh hour, vampires of Venice, Amy choice, Hungry earth/cold blood, the lodger, doctors wife, let’s kill hitler, the Doctor, the widow and the wardrobe, asylum of the Daleks, dinosaurs on a spaceship,a town called mercy, the power of three, the snowmen, bells of St. John, rings of Akhaten, Cold War, Hide, journey to the centre of the TARDIS, nightmare in silver, time heist and kill the moon possibly, in the forest of the night obviously, dark water, I’d watch death in heaven but skip all the terrible cringy parts like permission to squee and the child coming out of that portal at the end, the girl who died, sleep no more, the return of dr mysterio, the pilot, smile, knock knock, extremis and the eaters of light.

[@JohnSmith-iu3jg]

Yeah Jodie has done a great job not just with her acting in general, but with her imitation of the Doctor's style and mannerisms. The plots and dialogue are extremely toxic though.

[@CrystalWong]

the worst thing is that people not on board with the female doctor will blame her and not the shit plots..

[@markantony12]

Her acting is shit, the script is worse. :)

[@icemachine79]

If by "great" you mean not completely horrible then I suppose. But she has zero charisma and no stage presence. Also, the fact that she has to copy so many previous actors' interpretations of the role is very telling about hew own limited range.

[@concon09090]

@ Yes, and it's absolutely the actor's fault that she's doing it this way. It has absolutely nothing to do with the writers who were shitting themselves about having a female Doctor and decided to just play it safe. No, you're right, actors are exclusively responsible for how their characters come across.

[@concon09090]

@ "They don't control her performance or her *lines*." What are you talking about? The writers write the lines! They're writers! That's their *job!* Not only that, but they are responsible for her delivery! It will literally say in the script how an actor is supposed to say a line, so it hardly seems fair to pin that on her either! And yes, I'm aware that David Tennant masked his accent, I have no idea what that has to do with anything tho, since Capaldi turned in a fantastic performance while keeping his Scottish accent. The Doctor doesn't have to speak in the Queen's English, in fact they rarely do. Pinning the poor quality of S11 exclusively on the lead actor isn't just mistaken, it's wilfully, bafflingly ignorant. I havent a clue how you've come to the conclusion that Jodie is the showrunner, and responsible for every single aspect of the show and character, but I'd encourage you to re-examine whatever hare-brained assumptions lead to that.

[@bmvthemoviefanatic7282]

Almost *4 YEARS* after this video, the era of the "Hack Fraud" of Doctor Who is over! Say what you will about his era, but it's over. Bring on the next showrunner...

[@garym6315]

I gave up on the show after Clara left. I had lost all enthusiasm for it. It wasn't completely against it, it just wasn't worth my time anymore. When I heard Chibnall had the showrunner job I gave up on any thoughts of ever returning to the show. He's such a bad writer and I can't help but wonder if his casting of a woman is a VERY clever plan to distract people from his own shortcomings.

[@leacwm]

Gary M shame you missed bill she was good

[@Ragamucky]

God I hated Clara so much.

[@gryotharian]

Season 10 was pretty good. Season 11 is not particularly worth it.

[@zybch]

@@gryotharian 11 and 12 were when the man hating really began. Every episode had a line here, a joke there about how terrible men are. It was a shame Capaldi had those kinds of scripts to work with, all identity politics and mary sue female characters. And now look at it, ALL of the non-Chibs writers are 'political activist playwrights' with only one of them having genre TV experience, the rest being almost entirely ultra lefties using the show to signal how woke they are for digital back pats. Its such a shame.

[@invinciblereason1618]

Mikey is right. It started with moffat. The master: "is the future going to be all girl?" The doctor: "we can only hope" That's just one example although I'm sure there are many more. I don't think it was AS bad as when chibnall took over though. I think moffat had some good episodes under his belt to balance it out but chibnall has got nothing, he's running on empty. He's got one or two decent episodes to his name and one of them isn't even from season 11. It all started when moffat took over with 11 and that's where it slowly started to go down hill. 11 and 12 had some fantastic episodes though, even during their first seasons. Jodie has had arguably one decent episode which was resolution and that's about it. And most of that is down to the fact that they brought a single dalek back and made it scary again, the characters were still dreadful and the story wasn't exactly that mindblowing. It was just fun to see a powerful dalek again. That's the only decent episode she's got in her whole season. 11 and 12 at least had good episodes ranging from ok to fantastic. OP is right. I think chibnall is using the doctor's gender change so he doesn't have to put as much effort in by making the next male doctor stand out. He can just claim boobs and diversity and it will get him in the good books of the far left. Hiding his inability to write good characters behind a virtue signalling checklist. Bad characters thrown in for the sake of ticking the boxes. Characters like martha jones were good characters and that's where diversity worked, chibnall is just throwing stuff in there for the sake of it without putting any quality in.

[@thanos8496]

Chris’ son is my friend at school lmaoo

[@MichaelM28]

Try and talk some sense into his hack fraud father. Make him realise the damage he's done to the show

[@theblackneon5396]

Ah, how right you were. Also turned out JW would just be a hyperactive tennant/smith imposter.

[@Pissoff80]

This is just as relevant today as it was then. Chibs has destroyed Doctor Who.

[@Br00c]

When you five minutes into doctor and chill and he says “burn with me”

[@fahadus]

You forgot why the Silurians went into hiding in the ground. Because another planet was on collision course to Earth. Turns out... it was the mooooooooooooooooooooon. (or was it an EGG!? ... that episode never happened!) These creatures intelligent enough to create hibernation that could run for millions of years, thought it was a good idea to create a cave and live in it to survive a COLLISION FROM A PLANET! Chibnal has no idea how to write SciFi. Plus, the whole woman doctor thing is a gimmick at this point. SciFi is suppose to lead the way, not follow! The time for a woman doctor was 10 years ago. Right now, it's just a really lazy. It's a shame Jodie would have deal with all those stupid countdowns lol

[@hariman7727]

You know... I think that they should have had the Time Lock placed on Gallifrey both get reinforced, but also become a little porous, so Daleks, other monsters, and Time Lords start to slowly leak out. That way, you have other Time Lords to match wits with, help, and sometimes hinder The Doctor. You can also have other Time Lords swap genders, species, and even more, without mucking with The Doctor, who has a very consistent male character. Er, title based pun not intended. But, you know, Social Cause Messaging, and DRAMATIC IMPORTANT ISSUES, and "WOO! All female!" struck hard. I think it's a symptom of television writers losing their courage to actually write good stuff while ignoring the Self Appointed Dictators Of Morality, resulting in a lot of garbage.

[@tnndll4294]

2 years later.... you were right. Chibnall was a disaster!.