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Dr Who: Season 15
Dr Who isn't getting a lot of love these days. Viewing figures keep hitting an all time low and the racists and misogynists and homophobes are all over it, landing low blows and hoping for it to be cancelled. It's all rather sad.
I have opinions.
1. I don't see that hooking up with Disney did the show much good. The special effects are supposedly a bit blingier and bangier- but I can't say I see much difference. Nor do I really care about that sort of thing.
2. It would have been adventurous to hire an entirely new creative team. Bringing back Russell T Davies insured that things would feel a bit samey.
3. The Chibnall era was pretty dire. There was no sparkle, no magic. RTD has restored some of the old glamour. The current season isn't fantabulous, but neither is it rubbish. There have been some silly episodes and some really quite good ones. Sometimes it even makes you think. The most recent episode featuring the interstellar song contest was big fun- and featured the return of an actor from way way back- which was rather wonderful.
4. Ncuti Gatwa is charming. I find him a bit lightweight. And I'm not sensing much chemistry between him and his current companion.
And the future? I understand that another season is in the works and that Ncuti Gatwa is stepping down. New Doctor, new opportunities. I ask myself whether the basic concept is a bit old-fash and reply, "Nah, a quirky person in a magic box that can go anywhere in time and space, how could that ever get old?"
I have opinions.
1. I don't see that hooking up with Disney did the show much good. The special effects are supposedly a bit blingier and bangier- but I can't say I see much difference. Nor do I really care about that sort of thing.
2. It would have been adventurous to hire an entirely new creative team. Bringing back Russell T Davies insured that things would feel a bit samey.
3. The Chibnall era was pretty dire. There was no sparkle, no magic. RTD has restored some of the old glamour. The current season isn't fantabulous, but neither is it rubbish. There have been some silly episodes and some really quite good ones. Sometimes it even makes you think. The most recent episode featuring the interstellar song contest was big fun- and featured the return of an actor from way way back- which was rather wonderful.
4. Ncuti Gatwa is charming. I find him a bit lightweight. And I'm not sensing much chemistry between him and his current companion.
And the future? I understand that another season is in the works and that Ncuti Gatwa is stepping down. New Doctor, new opportunities. I ask myself whether the basic concept is a bit old-fash and reply, "Nah, a quirky person in a magic box that can go anywhere in time and space, how could that ever get old?"
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I would add that the Doctor has now morphed from cleverest person in the room to superhero. Like you I find it tiresome that the stakes are always so high- with the universe regularly imperilled. Do RTD and his writers not realise just how BIG the universe is? Adversaries are currently being characterised as "gods"- and if the Doctor defeats them- as of course he does- what exactly does that make him?
I liked the old serial format. It allowed for character development and the proper exploration of ideas. These days episodes feel over-stuffed and I often find myself to having recourse to the plot synopses on wikipedia to find out what the hell was supposed to be going on.
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