Why Chibnall Doesn't Work - PART 1: The Doctor 

I'll forever know Chibnall as the writer who managed to make CAPTAIN JACK characterless and boring.

The way 13 literally had to say "I'm still a bit socially awkward" is quite possibly the most awkward clunky case of tell dont show I've ever seen

I’ll always find it funny how he went on tv to criticise the writing yet he’s 100% the worst showrunner and writer the shows had so far.

Wait wait wait. Chibnall said to her "dont watch past episodes" How on earth do you expect her to understand the complexities and layers of the character then. Better yet, try writing them in.

Her not watching previous episodes was a big, big mistake

It speaks volumes that a lot of people experienced Paul McGann as the Doctor for the first time with Night of the Doctor and how in just under 7 minutes he seals himself as The Doctor and leaves you wanting more of him. 8 still deserves his own TV series.

Chris Chibnall is the kind of individual who I truly believe is evidence that not all writers can do scifi.

Those scenes of Christopher Eccleston brought more emotion and character than the whole 12th season

11 comforting Amy after finding out Vincent still ended his life: “The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and...bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant. And I think we definitely added to his pile of good things” If 13 had to comfort Amy in the same way: “lmao idk have you tried not being sad? social awkwardness go brrrrrr”

God I really hope Doctor Who can find it’s footing again some day :(

Can you imagine how interesting it would be if the companions within the show pointed out 13’s hand-wave dismissals and hypocrisies? Make that the core of her character: “Who is the Doctor without her regret?”DAMN I’d love that!!! The concept of a Doctor that on the surface appears to embody the best parts of the character being challenged by the fact that without acknowledging her dark side she’s actually more dangerous than the other Doctors would be such a fresh, interesting take on the Doctor.

Moffat got a lot of hate near the end of his run, but now looking back, I think it was astounding the work both he and Davies did and we were incredibly lucky to get them. I mean really, after Davies, it would be hard to find a show runner that could do anything better than he did, but Moffat took to the challenge. He brought in season long storylines in at _full force,_ introduced a classic-like doctor (Capaldi) to the new generation, and even did a revival of longer two part stories for season nine. Some things ended up not panning out great during Moffat's run (the season 6 storyline comes to mind) but it's almost always because he went to large in the build up and couldn't deliver a finale that could top those.

Honestly the timeless child is the worst thing to happen to the doctor. Making her another obvious chosen one was just so obvious but also lazy but ALSO wrong. If the doctor had been the doctor who did the experiments on the child then that wouldn’t worked better. The title the doctor would make sense. And it would’ve given the doctor even more internal struggle after so long of trying to fully come to terms with her role in the time war, throwing another horrific act that the doctor does on top just muddies the doctors morals even more, making the character even more complex. It just would’ve worked better

My god, seeing clips of Eccleston Doctor Who when you talk about the 9th Doctor, it was like having a can of classic Coke after having shop soda.

“It was poorly written, felt cliche, just running up and down corridors and silly monsters!... could’ve been better” Ironic... he criticises a writers work... but not his own... shows how arrogant he is

This doctor never breathes. There's never that moment when it's just quiet and we see the doctor having some moment. It's always "talk talk talk, see how much of my personality is in the things I say". It's mentally exhausting and it's much easier to understand and love a character because of their actions or lack thereof, rather than just what they say.

You can say Moffat had his up and downs as a writer all you want, but in my opinion you CAN'T say that his last seasons with Capaldi were a let down. The show really did a great comeback with Season 9 and Season 10 for me. Some of the best moments in the revival. Heaven Sent, World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls, Extremis, Oxygen, Face the Raven, The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar, The Husbands of River Song.... so much good stuff.

Missy was the perfect way to re-introduce a main character with a gender swap, the actress is great as the master but her character is developed further than John Simm's when she is being guarded by capaldi. I really didn't like Jodi's acting and take on the character and feel there were lots of better choices for the re-cast. Tbf though the awful writing for the script and supporting characters doesn't help

I’m convinced if Jodie had played another younger timelord trying to be like the Doctor she’d have been a fan favorite

Basically, she needs a personality. She needs to be herself.

Not to mention in season 12 she literally brings the companions into a war zone (comparable to the situation in which 9th sent Rose home) and then sends them off on their own. I always got them impressions that the Doctor and companion(s) travel all over, most of the time uneventfully and just the few times there's a danger are the ones we see, the Doctor never intentionally brings the companion(s) into danger. Whereas with 13, it's not just that she doesn't care about the companions, she actively endangers them.

I completely agree with everything you've said, I just wish this was any other iteration than our first female Doctor. Because everywhere I go, I've seen people equate these points to "female Doctor = Bad", even though Missy was such a fantastic example of how different things could've been with a different actress and different writing. It's just really unfortunate timing, and all it did was feed the trolls.

The Doctor supposedly loves her TARDIS family, yet she doesnt give 2 cents when one of her companions reveals his cancer fears. I cant imagine any of the previous Doctors reacting like this, even if they werent going to go in for a hug. Jodie's Doc was like "oh well...."

"Show , don't tell." Went from a diehard fan to never watching it. Can't wait for a new 'showrunner' and cast.

Surprised you didn't mention the timeless child reveal, the worst thing chibnall has done that completely ruins the character of the doctor since the show began. Hopefully in a future part?

I'm rewatching the early seasons of new Who and they are so engaging - quality actors, great characters, clever stories, believable and consistent events. The Doctor may change but the personality and psychology is still there. Introducing a female Doctor was a huge opportunity and a massive challenge - it would take a strong writer and an equally strong actor to make it successful. Instead they ticked a few boxes and then shat all over everything that came before it. And 3 weak companions? What a great way to utterly dilute their new Doctor. They never connected with each other or with the Doctor, they were just tools to create stories with social statements. I didn't watch the last season at all. Summary: This doctor is not part of New Who. It's New New Who (Dork).

I know each doctor has different personalities but they still felt like underneath they were the same person. 13th feels completely different.

That's what Horrible writing does. Creates a one dimensional character.

I think the big problem with the Doctor's characterisation comes down to the kind of writer than Chibnall is. Chibnall is essentially a contractor. You give him a brief to work with and he'll produce something that's safe, competently made and generally pretty entertaining (e.g. "Hey Chris, I have two weeks free in my plan, and I want to bring back a monster from the classic show for my first series. Can you do a two-parter about the Silurians?" "Sure thing Steven!") This method works well for the odd throwaway episode, but actually running the show needs a lot of imagination, big ideas and a clear vision for the show. Davies and Moffat clearly had these, but a writer-for-hire will inevitably struggle when it comes to writing an entire series of this show and coming up with characters from scratch, then developing them. I think this is why the Thirteenth Doctor feels like a very generic Doctor template, and why her character doesn't undergo much development over series 11 and 12

One of the many things I found interesting about your take, was that Jodie didn't grow up watching Doctor Who. Compare with Matt Smith, who because the show wasn't aired when he was a child, also didn't grow up watching the show. Look at the difference - while Matt impressively researched and was given room to develop his character, Jodie was actively discouraged from doing the same. While Jodie is a phenomenal actor, she hasn't been given the time or space (no pun intended) to develop her role. As the face of the role, she is the one being heavily criticised, but I don't believe she is at fault. Chibnall's vision of the show, as shown in your video, contrasts from the majority of the fan base. His 'fam' isn't a real family, but a thrown together group, trying to form a DW fan club, but without the resources to do so successfully. While I welcome the diversity (at long last), the way the characters are written subtlety, but most definitely panders to stale stereotypical troupes. The show comes across as a group of hired mouthpieces, spouting out Chibnall's personal vision. By actively discouraging Jodie, and the others their unique input into the show, Chibnall is imposing his own will. A will that seems to be fundamentally flawed. Chibnall appears to celebrate diversity on the surface, but in reality attacks it. In short, if Chibnall is replaced with a show runner that can develop great story arcs, bring in interesting and original character development, challenges the viewers perspectives, and encourages Jodie and the rest of the cast (those at are left at any rate) to develop their characters, then the fortunes of the show will improve. If Chibnall stays, the show will die.

I feel like the writers and Jodie have a big disconnect on the dialogue delivery. Sometimes Jodie delivers lines like the Doctor's just figuring something out when it's meant to be her explaining to the companions. Or at 4:33 for example, I could see this being one of Tennant's Doctor's tangents where he speaks really fast and then goes _"wellllll"_ at the end. But Jodie delivers it like it's meant to be an explanation to the companions and so it's really drawn out and slow.

Chibnal is proof that being a big fan of something doesn't mean you could make it better than anyone else

No offence but Joanna Lumley played a 100x better female doctor in 2 minutes in the parody

I couldn't stand her "out of breath" highly-strung way of speaking. I get it was supposed to sound "energetic", but instead it just sounds like I do when I lack confidence and am trying to rush explaining something to someone because I *really* want them to understand. I dunno if this was the character or just the actress.

Glad to see criticism of Chibnall and Jodie that’s actually in good faith.

She looked amazing in Capaldi's clothes. Women in suits.

I feel like Jodie's doctor is a bad take on Tennant's. Like an impression that hits some of the notes but none of the spirit of the doctor

As far as I’m concerned, Capaldi’s last episode was the series finale. I may watch the show again if they do something cool for the 60th anniversary (if the show doesn’t get canceled by then,) but as long as Chibnal is in charge, I’m done with Doctor Who.

People: *die* Thirteen: "oh rip" *ok sad moment over haha lol back to normal* Companions: "ok"

1. If someone thinks Tennant and Smith are similar, they either haven't seen enough Tennant or seen enough Smith. 2. Whittaker's Tuxedo should be her main costume, it looks great and weirdly suits her forgetful, curious and awkward characterization that prefers merangue restaurants to stuff like meeting Agatha Christie. 3. What's weird about the "Will the Doctor press the button that kills everyone?" thing from Series 1, is that it's been reused before. In Series 4, where we get the ultimate bait-and-switch and we have a duplicate of the Doctor press the button where the real one refuses. Fantastic character stuff for the Doctor!

this is really a perfect explanation of how shallow chibnall’s writing is

Chibnall writes Doctor Who like he would write a fan fiction of a genderbent 11.

Just about every scene with Graham and The Doctor dealing with sensitive issues has bugged me, both because she never addresses any concerns in an adult way and because no one who identifies as socially awkward tends to say that to people that make them feel awkward. They would want to be separate from the source of their anxiety and leave the scene to find a place to retreat. Hell, a doctor that doesn't want to deal with companions personal issues but can't travel without them would have been an interesting character arc. A Doctor searching for an identity after the 12th Doctor struggled to decide if he even wanted to go on would be really interesting. But nobody in this entire run has had a consistent motivation for anything that isn't contradicted by something a few shows later. But there is no arc for this era of Who. Season 11 is a mess of singular episodes with barely a link between them much less the rest of the series. Season 12 brings back old characters and enemies but the doctor herself has no internal conflict to resolve. Everything that's interesting about the character hinges on the Timeless Child nonsense, which when it is revealed, doesn't even register as significant to the character beyond a tantrum with the Master and a chat with the Jo Martin Doctor. Too many basic writing deficiencies and bad plot devices and development hinder every part of Chibnall's run as showrunner. His best episodes with previous showrunners were never great but because he was working in the wheelhouse of their plot ideas they were never as bad as these seasons have been. No one has established the parameters of the characters, plots or the world for him, so his writing seems to constantly flail about with ideas that are never properly realized and characters that never feel three dimensional. It's a mess.

it's amazing how poor the Chibnall era grows with every new piece of information fans discover. To learn that Jodie did zero research into the this character is just shocking to me. I find it absolutely daunting and baffling that Chibnall (a man who claims to be a massive Doctor Who fan) discouraged her from watching any of the previous 13 Doctors (and I'm including John Hurt's brief but enthralling time as The War Doctor). Hell she spent 3 years working with David Tennant (A Man whose portrayal of The 10th Doctor is put on Par with Tom Baker's 7 year run as The 4th Doctor) on the set of Broadchurch. Even Matt Smith (Who hadn't watched the show (mostly due to Who being off air during his childhood) prior to accepting the role) went back and thoroughly researched to a point that he found inspiration in Patrick Troughton'. Honestly the Chibnall Era is one that gruesomely falls on the sword Chibnall used once to criticise the John Nathan Turner/Colin Baker Era of who as Chibnall describes (From 0:00 - 0:11 of this very video) yet his own writing is filled with poorly constructed exposition fuelled verbal diarrhea which Jodie (although a talented actress as seen when she is on stage or even in the Chibnall run Broadchurch) Blindly follows these lacklustre scripts cobbled together by Chibs and his circus of genre inexperienced writers resulting in this Satirical Doctor Caricature which seems like an BBC Funded fan film series rather than gripping Sci-Fi Fantasy drama. For me when it comes to Modern Who it's like making a sandwich with Russell T Davies Era seems to be like fresh bakery bread it's new yet is made with an old, well balanced tried and tested formula that tastes familiar and homely, Moffat's Era is the filling which tries to be sophisticated & over the top but to also be familiar as well, like adding parmesan cheese and spicy pepperoni whilst Chibnall's Era is like adding Marmite/ Vegemite an experimental decision that you either love or hate. A poorly executed decision when knowing there are other safer and more appealing relish/sauce options available.

There just isn't a single risk taken. Say what you want about Davies or Moffat, but both of them took huge risks and whilst it was often half and half whether they paid off, you miss 100% of the time if you don't even take a shot.

I have a bunch of half completed or abandoned projects, would anyone wanna see them? Edit: I'm afraid my next videos will be a bit late as I'm in the hospital

6:00. That’s probably what niggles me about the costume; over engineered, it *feels* like a costume, rather than a mish-mash of eccentric clothing. I do prefer the 'tomboy take' and think going for a Missy look would have been a mistake ‘oh look she’s a woman now, let’s stick her in a dress’ 🙄- although the characterisation of Missy’s ‘alien masquerading as a woman’ certainly wouldn’t go amiss. However, Thirteen definitely looks much better in Capaldi’s tattered suit and even in Spyfall with the tux. I really wish they had gone for something more like that, or at the very least, changed it up a bit over the two series. I don’t mind the coat or even the braces but the stupidly short trousers are goofy and at best just incredibly impractical - I always get a pang of sympathy when its winter outdoors scenes, man she must get cold shins! 🥶 Imagine going to a snow planet wearing that! 😲

Biggest issue for me is the lack of chemistry between the doctor and companion. That was the glue that held the whole story together.

Chibnall decided that any story the show had up until now was his to change. So he retcons Gallifrey actually still being there after it was saved by having the Master destroy it and then theres the Master he just completely dismisses the entire arc the character had as Missy with Capaldi. The stories he's written for Dr Who beforehand have been some of the worst in any given series. He wrote broad church to a good amount of success but he has never been able to write for Dr Who well. I enjoyed a few of the stories of 13 but as Jack said she never clicked for me, she hasn't had a moment where I've gone "That's the doctor" Like in Matt Smith's 1st Ep at the end when he's sending the atraxi away, and his second ep with Clara with his speech to the sun. Finding out that Jodie hasn't seen much (if any) episodes of Dr Who made me realise why she feels so stale as the doctor, not that the writing helps most of the time anyway. Another thing that I feel does not help these episodes is the lack-luster music that is just kind of an ambient thing with a few beeps and whooshes and the constant whine it sounds horrible and just ruins the atmosphere of the show (I understand that because Murray Gold left his place needed to be filled and that the feel of the show musically wouldn't be the same I was prepared for that as sad as it was just not the Ambient Meh that we got that just does not fit Dr Who). The companions are just not explored at all and I feel if they just started the first series off with one maybe two companions it would have made it easier to develop them into... actual characters instead of Yes people for the doctor, Like again look toward previous doctors we had rose for Eccleston's doctor but they picked up Capatain Jack and then actually intergrated him into the tardis crew or another good example is Amy and Rory, they took the time to develop Amy alongside Matt Smiths initial episodes and then Rory was added to great success because they allowed The doctor and Amy to make a dynamic before adding him. And one last thing it annoys me that the doctor just seemingly knows what everything is and what it's being used for just by looking at it, there's no moments where the doctor is up a creek having to invent ways out of a situation that nobody else could there's no tense decisions being made she just points her screwdriver at it and the problem is exposited or fixed.

I’m sorry to say it but she is utterly miscast. She mugs and overplays it.

Thank you for giving us a critical breakdown of the doctor's current lack of character without filling the video with hate or toxicity. We need more reviews like these.

When she said she had never seen any of Doctor Who and said the show celebrated the "white male gaze" I pretty much knew this was going downhill from there. Superb video and I can't wait for more. This was well put on the Doctor's character being all over the place. So much for future videos such as the dreadful music, TWO MANY COMPANIONS, the awful TARDIS interior and just blowing up canon for the sake of making fans argue instead of just having great stories.

I still believe that Jodie Whittaker is playing an imposter Doctor and the real one is trapped in the time vortex by the "Big Bad Creature".

Really hit the nail on the head there with why 13 isn’t as good as a character as previous doctors. How many parts are they’re gonna be?

She's disastrous. I wasn't happy when she was announced and nothing has changed that. ChibbyWho isn't Doctor Who.

Something I have said since Chibnall was announced as the new showrunner: Chris Chibnall can't write his way out of a paper bag when it comes to Doctor Who. He's the reason we have Cyberwoman (*gag*), and all of his Doctor Who episodes from before he took over were mediocre at best. He is the worst possible candidate for a new showrunner and I have no idea why he was picked. I'm sure that Whitaker would've been a great Doctor if not for Chibnall's awful writing and direction and insistence that she not read up on the role first.

Absolutely top notch video. It perfectly sums up the issues with the new doctor. 3 minutes of JUST being able to notice Havana in the background is not something I was anticipating, however.

"you can't simply throw quirks onto a person and call it a character" That's basically all of Tumblr and Twitter these days though

She's never convinced me once that she's the Doctor

Russells second run has made the Chibnall era look like gold. Man really said "hold my beer, i can make it SO much worse"

Return of the King. Welcome back Jack. We’ve missed your voice.

Jodie plays herself. In terms of acting she's kinda of a 9, but she's written as 11. I think in real life she's quirky (God, I hate that word) and energetic, but she's clearly not used to bringing that out in roles.

It's weird cause there's (in my opinion) only ONE episode I can clearly say Jodie is playing The Doctor, and that's The Haunting of Villa Diodati, she's still playing 13, but with that good old Timelord arrogance and sarcasm, she's playful and soft but with a rough edge and a sprinkle of a god complex while not throwing out 13's surface level traits, I struggle rewatching Chibnall Who but Villa is such a good episode in comparison, it's my most rewatched episode of Jodies era and it just makes me want some parallel universe of Jodies doctor being as well done as that single episode. Don't get me wrong, it still has a lot of Chibby problems but less of them, and that extra breathing room allows me to ignore the few remaining Chib traits in the episode

"You can't throw quirks on a person and call it a character". Summed it up perfectly.

I haven't seen Series 12 yet and The Doctor uses Racism as a tool to beat the Master?! 3 years ago you punched a racist in the face!

Her facial expressions are just so over the top. Not to the point where she was a funny character but to the point where she feels like she’s playing a a character

when Davros told the 10th and the 12th doctor about how he always kept running, never looking back they meant that as him moving on from his companions departures, and deep down feeling so much guilt over the mistakes he had made if Davros told 13 all she does is run away, i promise she will literally just run out of the room, cause some explosions then chill with the fam on the tardis

I love when the doctor has morally questionable opinions and decisions, yet Jodie’s morally questionable opinions and decisions are so drastic and sudden with no proper arc throughout and literally isn’t even judged or opposed whatsoever, so it gives the impression that the writers just think it’s fine for the doctor to be this way because she’s “always righteous and correct”

Jodie’s performance in her COVID-19 video she took on her phone is very good. Better than most of her stuff on the show

Whole-heartedly agree, I feel like the only reason anyone likes her is because she’s the first female Doctor... but that shouldn’t be a replacement for a personality. Two seires in and I don't know who this character is other than an eccentric primary school teacher - I can’t think of a single characteristic that’s exclusive to her Doctor (other than her gender). The extent of her Doctor being angry is just mildly pissed off and even with the Gallifrey arc this series all it really amounted to was her pushing The Master on the floor and being a bit shouty… far from The Fury of a Timelord or The Oncoming Storm. And I feel like the script is the only thing giving her any presence in the room - I get no aura of authority or gravitas from Thirteen. Also, her performance is very one-note and there are times where she over-pronounces and speaks slowly (especially in exposition scenes) that really makes it feel like she’s just reading from a script. I think she’s a massive miscast and the only reason she got the job was because it was the first woman Chibnall could think of (other than Olivia Coleman).

Jeez chibnall is like that one kid in class when teacher ask a question like a quizz who answer will get a bonus score and raise his hand up saying "me! me!" while everybody in class just silent and the teacher doesnt want to choose him but choose him eventually because no one other than him raise hand

The first time I really connected to the 13th doctor was in the tiny scene that was filmed for Lockdown. It actually felt like a character instead of a cipher for the writer. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this is a script Jodie actually had a lot of input into. Hopefully she'll be more outspoken in the next series

I didn’t mind the first series as much, but Chibnall’s second series really messed everything up for doctor who lord and I cannot believe he was allowed to rewrite history.

I know it's not the point of this video but good god do I hate the current TARDIS console it's just awful.

A small thing but she says “fam” tells u all u need to know about the direction they are going

The way I'd describe the 13th Doctor, is ditzy. She seems to have a few screws loose, and solutions just seem to fall into her lap. And honestly, if they actually played into that, and made her the ditzy Doctor, it might actually work a lot better, than what we have now.

I want to add that 13 is extremely passive in most of the stories she’s in and the ep when she plays an active role, it’s an ultimately selfish one where she chooses one person over the entirety of the human race (even though Captain Jack - a beloved companion - warned her not to). Genuinely angers me every time I think about it.

I’m not an actor so I’m not an expert... but doesn’t her performance feel like the ones you’d see in fan films?

"It's Jodie" "It's on the page" I'm sensing a contradiction here.

Bring Peter back, we didn’t have enough of him.

Doctor Who has gone from 'I disagree with the characterisation of this companions relationship sub plot' to not even watching it.

I really thought that Ryan sending A genocidal racist from the future back in time was gonna have some sort of consequences in the Rosa Park episode, since it was sort of set up that way. But no let's just focus on how woke the new Doctor is. Oops she just weaponized the Master's ethnicity against him during WWII.

Excellent analysis. Very few people understand story structure and character building but many can intuit something's wrong without being able to put their fingers on it. This clearly and dispassionately breaks down the defects in a way non-writers can comprehend. I certainly hope you get work as a writer.

I agree with going for a wardrobe like Missy’s. A RP accent might have helped also. She needs it. Jodie just doesn’t have the presence of Alex Kingston or Michelle Gomez.

The basic problem with 13 is that she's basically just 'The Woman', they sold her purely on her gender. She's 'Smurfette', her gender is her only unique selling point

I think Jodie's problem is emoting. We have just not see those emotion packed performances of Eccleston, Tennant. Smith or Capaldi. she is very bland I thought it was the writing but there's no emotion when she's supposed to emote she just speaks the lines. The writing is terrible but none of the writers have no experience writing SCiFi or Docotr Who. it's awful

I can't believe it took you guys over 20 episodes to figure it out, As soon as Jodie was announced I knew exactly what this meant for the show, they only hired her because she was a woman because of the obsession the media has with identity politics. This wasn't a case of trying something new this was obviously an attempt to right the wrongs of the past 50 years and when a show starts self loathing like that the end result will never be good. As has been revealed to no surprise of mine, jodie was purely hired because of her gender, she had no idea what she was doing and they thought if they could just get a woman who looked right and said the right lines then it wouldn't be any different and this is the problem with this kind of mentality of identity over merit, people who think just having a woman or minority in a certain position or role will somehow immediately make things better or won't make it worse. Any project is doomed to fail if you're not hiring based on qualifications, merit and talent because it's all superficial and focus when you focus on the superficial then your product won't receive the attention and care it needs. If I went to a hospital and a saw on the walls were posters praising themselves for hiring poc and woman I'd try and find a different hospital because I don't care about who they are I want my doctor to be the best person possible to treat me regardless of what ever they look like. If all the posters said "we've hired the best from all over the world" then that's fine because again I don't care as long as they're the best possibly available. And that's the problem that alot of franchises are suffering from lately, the way you can tell if a movie or show is going to like this is how the mainstream media reports it, if they do nothing but hype the superficial then that's all you're gonna get. Look at ghostbusters 2016, before the scripts were even written they announced an all female cast, they had no story to tell just agenda and a good story needs to be focused on a good story and you need great talent to bring it to life, gb 16 had neither and it bombed because of that fact, it existed to right the "wrongs" of the past and if a movie or TV despises it's own history and fans then how can it ever succeed?

RTD was always fantastic at characterisation but could be weak on plot- particularly the science fiction elements. Moffat was fantastic on plot but was sometimes criticised for his characters. Then you have Chibnall who seems to be weak on both and that's the issue. I really love Jodie and I so wanted her to do well as the first female doctor. She's not the problem, she's a fantastic actress. It's the writing- particularly the dialogue. We haven't gone past the shallow layer of her character.

Can I just say, forgetting Dr Who - your videos are a really great resource for writers trying to avoid the pitfalls that bring down these shows. Thanks for putting all the work in.

I don't think the doctor who community realised how spoiled we were by the writing of doctor who up until series 10 some stating it was getting too political. then we all got hit with series 11 , an overly political poorly written excuse for what we formally knew as doctor who wrapped up with the alienation of most of the auidence , the ones of us that are left trying to justify the horrific writing which at it's very best is only an Decent / Sub-Par episode of Who. And now we all wish moffat would come back or an better team would take over. how foolish we all were.

All the previous actors saw the role of being the doctor as a privalige and saw themselves as being a cusdodian of something special. To dear Jodie it just seems like another job that pays the bills and that really shows.

That scene where graham is in the tardis with the doctor talking about his cancer fears...i have been thinking that people are editing her to say that...what...that is so clumsily written and...UNdoctorlike......i didn't think chibs could be that bad......

I remember being so excited for series 11. The more than a year of waiting since the reveal of the Doctor was torture. Then I watched the first episode, texted my friend excitedly about it, and continued watching. But after the entire series, I just had a rather blank space where my reaction should have been. At best, it was very concerning. At worst, it felt like a incoherent rehash (especially with Battle of somethingsomething fresh on my mind). Series 12 made me realize the series had effectively had a reboot in all but name, so I silently wished it farewell after The TImeless Children. On the flip side, I started rewatching New Who when it released on HBO Max, and have been loving it so far. Treating Twice Upon a Time as a finale for the series has actually made even some of the weaker points acceptable, and the brilliant points even more special. For example, the first time we get an uncut transition from the back of the outside of the Tardis to the interior (The Snowmen) reveals the definitive and last Tardis iteration. Or the last Doctor being someone who comes to grips with long-term lessons his previous incarnations wrestled with ("I'm actually afraid of dying." -Heaven Sent). Seeing the Doctor go from someone that just walked out of a war, to realizing that there is always a way for everyone to live has been a fantastic ride, and while I'm done with whatever the series produces next, I'm more than happy with what we have been given in the past. I know some Classic Who fans weren't a fan of New Who. So I guess that's my feeling towards post series 10, whatever we want to call it (Fam Who?). But at least with 1-10, there is the benefit of a complete arc of multiple threads in a satisfying conclusion. And rewatching that journey again has been fantastic.

I can't wait for the next showrunner, hopefully Doctor Ruth won't be transferred across and the doctor will get his memories back Chinballs is about to wipe.

God I love Eccelston's Doctor. Still get chills from "The Doctor Dances"

I’m all for a female Doctor, but she needed to be played by someone like Helena Bonham Carter or Tilda Swindon. Someone that you could look at and think “that’s the Doctor.” Something I didn’t get with Jodie.

It's a trying time in the world right now, and we needed a Doctor. Lo and behold the universe send us Jack W.

Character writing 101: Make milestones for the character and try to find your way there through their minor progressions. Problem: Thirteen has moments that seem like milestones although nothing leads to them and nothing comes of them as there’s no arc

Thank you for summarizing how I felt about this lackluster Doctor. I look forward to part 2 where you describe the Companions. I kinda keep forgetting their names as they are so unmemorable. I also love how they have literally been shown just siting there playing cards waiting for the doctor to tell them what to do.

This is such a well scripted and edited video, it vocalised many of my thoughts throughout 13’s seasons. Can’t wait to watch more of your videos - brilliant!