Each and every episode with Jodie makes me think that she has been done so dirty with the writing. It hurts how good she could've been written.
Why was Doctor Who serialized from 1963 to 1989? Partially because that's how most scifi shows were aired at the time, but also because the stories they wanted to tell couldn't be told within one or two episodes.
Flux is a story that didn't need six episodes. Most of the content doesn't even need to be here. Instead of inserting things that are mentioned every episode only to pay off one tiny, insignificant detail, maybe find a way to get to the payoff without cluttering up the rest of the narrative. They should have had that first Sontaran episode and the Weeping Angel one be standalone, then have the Sontarans come back for their original plan for a three part finale. No 19th century miner digging tunnels, no weird crystal people, just a nice tight story.
You know, for a universe-ending event, there sure doesn't seem like there's a rush. They just make it more confusing by making the Flux affect the past, but not really? They introduce too many new things, people, and worldbuilding to keep track of. Plus, the editing is a bit wonky.
This had some potential. If only they'd trimmed the fat and kept a focused vision, we might have had something halfway decent.
This was definitely the best of Jodie's three seasons. It was actually mostly entertaining, and Yaz was way better this season too. The final two episodes let it down though.
Overall, I've felt that Jodie has been fine as The Doctor, but the writing throughout her run has been nothing short of bad. There have been very few actually good episodes, and I don't think there has been a single great episode. Her companions, especially throughout seasons 11 and 12, are all annoying and unlikeable. Season 13 does a bit better with the companions, but it's still the weakest group of characters the show has had yet. I feel bad for Jodie; I feel that she could have had a lot of memorable moments and episodes if she had been given good material to work with. Instead, we've ended up with a lot of extremely forgettable and often bad episodes.
Chibnall huney, why’d u give us a female doctor if you can’t write women
They certainly packed a lot of story into those 6 episodes, would have been nice with a few more episodes to let the story breathe a bit more. I think Prof Jericho would have made a good companion.
it's amazing how doctor who fans hate doctor who, no surprise some people who have never liked the show keep on trying to make it look bad. guess what, disliking things says only about you, not the things themselves. those guys are the worst, but this series is the best, and they truly don't deserve it ;))) chibnall shows an amazing storytelling skill; jodie whittaker is an incredible actor and her doctor is such a good and nuanced one it never fails to entertain, she will be remembered as one of the most underrated ever (because the fanbase guys suck); the side adventures other than the new and old characters just expands this universe so much, making it new again, it's incredible; the decision to take one good director was also a good one to this short -- and clearly expensive -- series. i LOVE azure and swarm. plus, the idea of time as it is presented here is just amazing and gives so much for the future of a very old tv show. this is one of the best series we've had and i'm glad chibnall had the balls to do something completely different from what he was doing, showing a great side of his writing. it's perfect in every way
also: ESTAUTIUS!!!!!!!!!!
Season 13 of Doctor Who. When you stop caring about the Doctor and actually pay more attention to the bad guys because they are better actors.
As an all-time stubborn Whovian, I must kinda agree with most: being that it's not Jodie's fault, she does even better than expected with the poor scripts and setups she's given... Many other actors/actresses of any gender or sex would have made it even worse, while she still tried to cary the badly written scripts...
The best example is Missy:
Missy's character made The Master way more cool to me than before, she was well scripted and also is a wonderful actress;
Jodie's Doctor character however, although also played by an actress with the power to lead, was so hadly scripted with so many holes that it made her destroy an all-time favorite of many... Jodie is now hoing to be hated by a big paet of Whovian community, for actually trying to save an amazing show that was given to a shitty writer. It's not her fault the ship was sinking, nor that she couldn't save it...
For the woke part, though: I blame that more on society today being overly political and constantly attacking each other for thinking not exactly the same. Movies and series these days are just trying to survive through an era where even the most loved things are able to get canceled for groups of people self-righteously taking it down cause they suddenly found something offensive that a year earlier was still part of the show's charm. In today's world nobody's safe for opinion-forcers and those that think even slightly different will get punished for it. They are as much forced making things overly woke today as we are forced watching it... :man_shrugging:
Ironic how these woke are so outraged about passed war-crimes and slavery, yet fight it now with a totalitarian regime of "Have my exact opinion or be prepared to be taken down."
Anyway, I do am a big fan of Tennant's reincarnation, so at least the ending made me feel hopeful in soon maybe being able to forget about season 13 and personally consider it non-canon or parallel alternate universe (like where we lost Rose).
Wen!? :sweat_smile:
Shout by DAVY XVIP EP 4BlockedParent2022-01-15T13:01:02Z— updated 2023-06-11T13:37:18Z
WEAK PATHETIC POOR AND ULTIMATELY POINTLESS.
WHAT THE HELLA WAS ALL THAT ABOUT.
MY GOD THAT WAS PAINFUL AND SO MUCH BULL-CRAP.
PLEASE JODIE AND CHIN-BALLS JUST LEAVE ALREADY.
SINCE THEY BOTH HAVE COME INTO THIS ONCE ICONIC MUST SEE SHOW THEY HAVE RUN IT INTO THE WOKE GROUND AND BURIED IT ALIVE.
AS THANOS SAYS
"NO RESURRECTION'S THIS TIME".
CHIN-BALLS HAS JUST USED THIS SHOW AS HIS OWN PERSONAL CHEW TOY AND JODIE WELL SHE'S JUST A SECONDARY CHARACTER IN HER OWN SHOW WHO IS JUST COSPLAYING AT BEING THE DOCTOR.
NOTHING MAKES SENSE EVERTHING IS A MESS CHIN-BALLS INSISTS ON PISSING ALL OVER 58 YEARS OF CANON,
WHICH HAS MADE ME SO ANGRY. THIS ONCE BELOVED FRANCHISE HAS BECOME UNBEARABLE TO WATCH AND THANK THE HEAVENS THAT THIS IS THE YEAR THEY BOTH LEAVE NEVER TO RETURN.
AND I'M COUNTING EVERY SECOND TILL THIS LONG AWAITED MOMENT HAPPENS.
FINAL THOUGHT
CHIN-BALLS DOES NOT GIVE A FLYING FCUK ABOUT DOCTOR WHO,
IT'S RICH HISTORY/LEGACY ARE IT'S LOYAL FANS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING.
SEASON 13
2/10
Bring back the Legend
Which is Davis.