63
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2025
63 points (100.0% liked)
Television
2406 readers
375 users here now
Welcome to Television
This community is for discussion of anything related to television or streaming.
Other Communities
- !casualconversation@piefed.social
- !movies@piefed.social
- !animation@piefed.social
- !trailers@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Television Communities
A community for discussion of anything related to Television via broadcast or streaming.
Rules:
- Be respectful and courteous to all members.
- Avoid offensive or discriminatory remarks.
- Avoid spamming or promoting unrelated products/services.
- Avoid personal attacks or engaging in heated arguments.
- Do not engage in any form of illegal activity or promote illegal content.
- Please mask any and all spoilers with spoiler tags.
List of Best Rated TV Series as voted by the Fediverse
founded 7 months ago
MODERATORS
Doctor who. Every decision after Capaldi.
What do you mean? Capaldi is still the Doctor and no one will convince me otherwise.
๐
My problems with the show started earlier, still during Tennant's run. They kept writing scenes where his companion would gush about how great he is, and The Doctor would brag about himself in a way that didn't feel like a character flaw. I preferred the writing when he would make a good Dalek, when Rose had the realization she'd been kidnapped by a fae creature. Everything's gotten so chipper and quirky, and I don't feel like the writing is thought about very deeply.
The thing is, I love Jodie Whittaker and was so excited for her Doctor. But her companions were so bland. Ugh just super boring. And I couldn't keep up with the lore for some reason. It just didn't hold my interest and I was so sad about it. :(
That's when they brought on the showrunner for Torchwood. Was it any wonder it got less fanciful and more melodramatic?
I can pinpoint the moment, it was "solitract." Like, lonely intestines? I think I finished out that season, but haven't watched any Doctor Who since then. It was just so hand-wavey with a ridiculously dumb name that it demolished my ability to suspend disbelief.