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  1. Mar 15, 2023
    0
    So far this has been AWFUL. I could hardly watch episode 2, I found my phone more interesting. The worst part is the music, it just gives it no positive vibe at all. it feels horrible. the writing and direction are really bad too. This is not doctor who.
  2. Dec 23, 2022
    2
    Worst series in the revival. Look, Jodie Whittaker is a great actress, but she was only made the doctor for woke reasons, which is disappointing. Now, series 11 wasn't bad because of Jodie, no, it was bad because of Chris Chibnall's bad writing. He clearly can't write screenplay. I will give him credit for Rosa, the arachnids in Sheffield and Demons of Punjab, however, because thoseWorst series in the revival. Look, Jodie Whittaker is a great actress, but she was only made the doctor for woke reasons, which is disappointing. Now, series 11 wasn't bad because of Jodie, no, it was bad because of Chris Chibnall's bad writing. He clearly can't write screenplay. I will give him credit for Rosa, the arachnids in Sheffield and Demons of Punjab, however, because those episodes were decent. And Revolution of the Daleks was good. But none of this was enough to redeem redeem series 11. Expand
  3. Nov 24, 2022
    0
    What a disappointment... It bares in comparison with previous doctors .
    It's really bad. It seems it's for a very different audience than before.
  4. Jan 12, 2022
    0
    What a disgrace. This happens when you sacrifice good writing for toxic feminism and identity politics, just as an arbitrary tool without making any sense in the context of the universe others have built. Just draw the men as weak and whimsy, the women strong, powerful and superior, so you can expect the appropriate "professional reviews". Good writing doesn't matter.
  5. Dec 25, 2021
    0
    Whittaker's Doctor is borderline insufferable and plays the character in a rather stoic way, similar to Davison in a way. Chibnall's inability to develop characters and give them a proper arc is a huge downside as well. Ryan and Graham are the lone highlights here, Yaz is a forgettable fourth wheel who in all honesty didn't even need to be in the show. I think the show's attempt to beWhittaker's Doctor is borderline insufferable and plays the character in a rather stoic way, similar to Davison in a way. Chibnall's inability to develop characters and give them a proper arc is a huge downside as well. Ryan and Graham are the lone highlights here, Yaz is a forgettable fourth wheel who in all honesty didn't even need to be in the show. I think the show's attempt to be overtly PC without actually truly sending a message is a big downfall for the season. With the obvious takes on race, Trump, and Amazon, It felt shallow and more like pandering to the audience than anything else. Expand
  6. Jul 26, 2021
    0
    Too woke, and force feeds a devices narrative that is not Doctor WHO. After watching the first 4 episodes i could not handle the unapologetic disregard for what this show truly stands for, and the narrow minded writing that cripples who we really are as a society with the unadulterated virtue signaling theme.
  7. Jan 21, 2021
    8
    It took a little while to get going, but ended up producing some good episodes & a few fresh new jokes as well. Such a relief to finally be free of Moffat randomly **** all over the place every episode or two as show runner. It seems like some reviewers like having scripts at the level of teenage boy sensibilities, but personally I prefer storylines that are a bit more grown up.
  8. Dec 12, 2020
    0
    Boring, unappealing, shallow. Made me to stop watching one of my favourite TV shows.
  9. Aug 17, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Get woke and go broke... it's going to wonder why this season has such a low rating. Expand
  10. Jul 20, 2020
    0
    It so sad that this happened to TV Show.

    Before it was movie with a soul. Something bigger than adventure movie. It was something that teach as to be a better human. There was a blue box which takes you to not where you want but where you needed to be. There was doctor who was helping and fight for everyone even for those who was kinda bad 'characters'. And now, they are just
    It so sad that this happened to TV Show.

    Before it was movie with a soul. Something bigger than adventure movie.

    It was something that teach as to be a better human.

    There was a blue box which takes you to not where you want but where you needed to be. There was doctor who was helping and fight for everyone even for those who was kinda bad 'characters'.

    And now, they are just running I don't have a glue why and where they are running. It's just simple adventure movie. Solve the puzzle move to next. Empty. No great purpose.

    I didn't wanna judge on one episode ( 11-12season) and I saw every episode waiting when I see real Doctor Who.

    plz just give Doctor soul back, not just legs to run and head to solve a puzzle. But soul to leave.

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    I remembered only one happy moment this is appearing Jo Martin as doctor. So charismatic!!!!!!!!
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    I remember before when someone died in episode how Doctor was sad (not only actor emotion but script wise, they kinda give place for faraway) i just cried like baby. I believed.

    And now those deads, just collateral damage.

    if you change the name of the show and name of the characters and who will guess that this is Doctor Who show?
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  11. Jul 19, 2020
    9
    The fact that a wave of first time voters here at metacritic couldn't help but make this amazing season about politics through clear misogyny should be forgiven as the act of petty ignorance.

    It is a truly great season that only gets better as it progresses. Our entire family has been loving it, and the fact that it goes back a bit more to the roots of the original show (Earth history)
    The fact that a wave of first time voters here at metacritic couldn't help but make this amazing season about politics through clear misogyny should be forgiven as the act of petty ignorance.

    It is a truly great season that only gets better as it progresses. Our entire family has been loving it, and the fact that it goes back a bit more to the roots of the original show (Earth history) is great. The production values are much higher, the writing is great. It's Doctor Who through and through, and it's only gotten better with time.
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  12. Jun 11, 2020
    0
    My opinion about the season is extremely negative. The spirit of the series flew into a black hole!
  13. May 18, 2020
    0
    Garbage. Political for no reason. Completely lost the original point of the show. It’s a fictional show about time travel. Calm down with the politics.
  14. Apr 14, 2020
    0
    They have ruined Dr who. It started when they put geriatric dr who then female dr who. Maybe next you can have little people dr who. Then trans dr who. Maybe flaming gay dr who or bull dyke dr who. Maybe 600 pound dr who. Damn can you quit being so politically correct and find a fun youthful energetic quirky fellow and restore some dignity to a classic sci-fi show I used to love. I haveThey have ruined Dr who. It started when they put geriatric dr who then female dr who. Maybe next you can have little people dr who. Then trans dr who. Maybe flaming gay dr who or bull dyke dr who. Maybe 600 pound dr who. Damn can you quit being so politically correct and find a fun youthful energetic quirky fellow and restore some dignity to a classic sci-fi show I used to love. I have not watched in a few years I really miss it. Expand
  15. Feb 12, 2020
    0
    I remember when Doctor Who was good show. Like I just couldn't watch it, writing went to ****


    Jodie Whittaker did fine job in acting but whole show feels like a political statement on topics I actually don't give a **** about. I don't watch DOCTOR WHO for education about history nor some political agenda. What I want from Doctor Who is a fun journey with good twists and even better imagination.
  16. Feb 4, 2020
    0
    Epic fail - this season is a perfect example of what happens when the producers are more concerned with being “progressive” than they are of making an entertaining product.
  17. Feb 3, 2020
    7
    This season gets more hate than is deserved. For the first season outing for the 13th Doctor is makes a valid start with a lot of potential.
  18. Feb 2, 2020
    0
    This season is just dreadful, a lot of this is down to the bad writing but Jodie Whittaker can't be considered blameless in this either, a good doctor can make even bad writing bearable to watch, many of Peter Capaldi's episodes had terrible writing but we're still great because of his incredible performance as The Doctor.
  19. Jan 26, 2020
    1
    Sadly, everything I loved about Dr Who died when Jodie Whittaker stepped into the Tardis. Shes a great actress and could have been top 3 Doctors, but the writing has let this character down.
    Preachy, overly political, stealing from other sci fi (planet of the apes, Star Trek,), too many companions, trying too hard with 'quirks'.
    Hope it improves, viewers are leaving in droves.
  20. Jan 20, 2020
    0
    Total and utter rubbish. PC agenda driven triple! Not Dr Who and I'm not right wing I'm left!! So put that in ya pipes and smoke it!
  21. Jan 12, 2020
    2
    Chinballs wants to preach, it consumes him and this show, unless you like being chided in church skip this awful nonsense, it was a perma nose dive after the first ep, Who can take on social issues it always did but this is stuck in the 50s with no tardis, the issues they think are still prevalent just aren't anymore unless you have special glasses that make you see everyday people inChinballs wants to preach, it consumes him and this show, unless you like being chided in church skip this awful nonsense, it was a perma nose dive after the first ep, Who can take on social issues it always did but this is stuck in the 50s with no tardis, the issues they think are still prevalent just aren't anymore unless you have special glasses that make you see everyday people in current year as a natzi. Expand
  22. Jan 6, 2020
    0
    Not Doctor Who anymore. Lazy unimaginative writing. A show about ALL of time and space—other worlds and universes and realities—shouldn’t be focused around earths modern day politics. It’s extremely narrow-minded. There are other planets to explore, more diversities of life, and it seems like we’re stuck on today. Which is so very pointless when it comes to a show that’s meant to be fun,Not Doctor Who anymore. Lazy unimaginative writing. A show about ALL of time and space—other worlds and universes and realities—shouldn’t be focused around earths modern day politics. It’s extremely narrow-minded. There are other planets to explore, more diversities of life, and it seems like we’re stuck on today. Which is so very pointless when it comes to a show that’s meant to be fun, adventurous, science-fiction, fantasy.

    The companions seem to have very little awe and fear and amazement when it comes to encountering the impossibilities of time travel and extraterrestrial life for the first time.
    Meanwhile The Doctor has lost a lot of initiative. The fire went out. There’s less brazen in-control gusto, and more self-doubt.

    Cosmetically, the lighting and cinematography is cold, uninviting, and more befitting of a crime series. Focused on emotion not action. And the music scores are over-simplified, somber, and unremarkable.
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  23. Jan 6, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is the upmost disgraceful, shameful that Dr who is not as it was b4,truly the castings are terrible dont understand the plot,I honestly cried when I watched the beginning of Jodie Whittakers performance, all o have to say plz plz cancel the show,Broken too many hearts Expand
  24. Jan 4, 2020
    7
    Whilst I thought this season definitely had It’s imperfections it did make up for them a little in other places. Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor alone I thought was great, she carries the same whit & charisma as her predecessors but is stern & serious when she needs to be all whilst at the same time giving it enough individuality to make it her own, the new companions Yaz, Ryan & Graham IWhilst I thought this season definitely had It’s imperfections it did make up for them a little in other places. Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor alone I thought was great, she carries the same whit & charisma as her predecessors but is stern & serious when she needs to be all whilst at the same time giving it enough individuality to make it her own, the new companions Yaz, Ryan & Graham I thought were fairly welcome additions (Graham especially), not exactly up to the standards of ones like Rose or Clara for example but ok nonetheless, and the new sets & props such as the new Tardis & Sonic Screwdriver I thought looked really cool. The only things I weren’t so keen on (the “imperfections”) were that some of the other performances throughout the season were a bit hit & miss on occasions and the same with the some of stories which also at times especially in episodes like ‘Rosa’ & ‘Demons Of The Punjab’ did get a little bit too taboo for my liking, I totally get why they did it and I’m not in anyway against it, I just feel like it all could’ve done with being a bit less on the nose. I also felt a teeny bit deflated by the fact that there was no real proper story arc like Russel T Davies & Steven Moffat did in previous seasons but if in future ones there are I’ll happily forgive that. Expand
  25. Jan 3, 2020
    5
    The main characters are all really likable. Whittaker's performance is good, even if the writing for her is far and away the worst for any modern Doctor. Walsh is very good, given lots of emotional material to work with, and Mandip Gill is undersued but sparky- a likable and fun companion. Tosin Cole is weak generally, which is a shame as much of the series focuses on him. Still, Ryan is aThe main characters are all really likable. Whittaker's performance is good, even if the writing for her is far and away the worst for any modern Doctor. Walsh is very good, given lots of emotional material to work with, and Mandip Gill is undersued but sparky- a likable and fun companion. Tosin Cole is weak generally, which is a shame as much of the series focuses on him. Still, Ryan is a likable character.

    Demons of the Punjab and Rosa are some of the best episodes in years. Kerblam! is one of the worst.

    Arachnids in the UK is loads of fun, but it's flawed. The Tsuranga Conundrum is also pretty good, too.

    Sallie Aprahamian is the standout director for me. She got strong performances from everyone (particularly Whittaker) and her episodes were very interesting from a visual perspective. Jamie Childs got the most episodes, but really only directed Demons of the Punjab well. The rest weren't bad at all, but they weren't particularly great.

    As a whole, it's a not good series, though. Very little character development and few standout episodes with the rest mediocre to bad.
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  26. Jan 2, 2020
    1
    You know things are really going off the rails when they willingly sacrifice a National treasure like Dr. Who upon the Altar of Wokeness .

    I started watching Dr. Who way back when Tom Baker was the "man", introduced my kids to it during the Tenant/Smith era and they loved it, me too, then tragically somehow, somewhere along the line it appears that the BBC handed the reigns over to
    You know things are really going off the rails when they willingly sacrifice a National treasure like Dr. Who upon the Altar of Wokeness .

    I started watching Dr. Who way back when Tom Baker was the "man", introduced my kids to it during the Tenant/Smith era and they loved it, me too,

    then tragically somehow, somewhere along the line it appears that the BBC handed the reigns over to Leftist zealots within their organization who have turned Dr. Who from a hugely enjoyable, beloved exciting fun filled family show into a vehicle for the preaching of extreme PC? and unfortunately in the process have succeed in sucking every last vestige of joy and happiness from the show and replaced it with the type of nauseating dour finger wagging sermonizing so typical of these types. I long for the day when we can get away from all politics and just get back to entertainment. it should be noted that yet again the increasing disparity between the so called critics and the general public, we're not buying what they're selling but they just keep rewarding this type of drivel with high scores.
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  27. Dec 30, 2019
    1
    So this is NOT Doctor Who. its not. it is something akin to it... but it is not what has been since the 60's.
    It could pass as a dr who spin off, although even that is a stretch. I dont understand the purpose of this show. As a long time Dr Who fan this series represents the end of dr who for me personally. I cant stomach it. Perhaps a new generation will embrace it, the same same
    So this is NOT Doctor Who. its not. it is something akin to it... but it is not what has been since the 60's.
    It could pass as a dr who spin off, although even that is a stretch. I dont understand the purpose of this show. As a long time Dr Who fan this series represents the end of dr who for me personally. I cant stomach it. Perhaps a new generation will embrace it, the same same generation as the official critics who are totaly at odds with the viewing public and clearly out of touch with reality who must surely have their own agenda to push. Indeed I find it amusing that whenever a show has no woke agenda the critics and public tend to be in sync but otherwise they are disparate as this is. Wake up critics! you fool no one.
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  28. Dec 22, 2019
    3
    Chris Chibnall’s Doctor Who is unfortunately a complete bore. Jodie Whitaker is devoid of personality, the side characters are underdeveloped, the storylines are too linear, and the series' use of politics can sometimes feel unnecessarily heavy handed.
  29. Dec 3, 2019
    2
    Bin überaus enttäuscht von der 11. Staffel. Die Gegner verkommen zur Nebensächlichkeit, ein übergeordenter Handlungsbogen existiert nicht. Die Folgen bestehen größtenteils aus "wir sprechen über unsere Gefühle"-Stuhlkreisen und Entschuldigungen, wobei die Charaktere trotzdem nicht annähernd den Tiefgang erreichen, den in vorigen Staffeln sogar Nebenrollen innehatten.
    PoliticalCorrectness
    Bin überaus enttäuscht von der 11. Staffel. Die Gegner verkommen zur Nebensächlichkeit, ein übergeordenter Handlungsbogen existiert nicht. Die Folgen bestehen größtenteils aus "wir sprechen über unsere Gefühle"-Stuhlkreisen und Entschuldigungen, wobei die Charaktere trotzdem nicht annähernd den Tiefgang erreichen, den in vorigen Staffeln sogar Nebenrollen innehatten.
    PoliticalCorrectness killed Dr Who.
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  30. May 22, 2019
    1
    Sadly the quality of the writing this series has been very poor, meaning we still don't know whether Jodie could make a good Doctor or not. Frankly, most episodes have been boring - long chunks of exposition, poor pacing and rushed endings. The overstuffed Tardis hasn't helped matters - you never get the chance to care about any of the characters sufficiently. Stories seem to go pastSadly the quality of the writing this series has been very poor, meaning we still don't know whether Jodie could make a good Doctor or not. Frankly, most episodes have been boring - long chunks of exposition, poor pacing and rushed endings. The overstuffed Tardis hasn't helped matters - you never get the chance to care about any of the characters sufficiently. Stories seem to go past like box ticking exercises - no belief in the tale they're trying to tell, just the message they are trying to push. Done right, it could be a positive influence on all the social agendas it wants to highlight - but without a good story to hang it all on, it comes across as forced. Preachy even. Rosa was an exception - but even then, the villain of the piece was poorly written with no believable motivation. He was simply a device to allow them to set the episode in that period. Maybe they need to consider the US writing room system if the individual writers are incapable of coming up with good stories and a consistent tone...? Expand
  31. Nov 27, 2019
    0
    This season is a total failure. I like Jodie but she failed to create her own Doctor. But the main problem that it is just so dull.
  32. Nov 26, 2019
    0
    A lazily written random collection of poorly executed over acted doctor who parody episodes that feel like it was written my PC children with no respect for the original material. There are droves of female actors who could do The doctor justice. Jodie Whittaker is not one of them. Very sad to see such a good show take such a poor turn.
  33. Nov 22, 2019
    2
    Please give us back Matt Smith or David Tenant or Peter Capaldi. Heck, bring them back as producers/directors. Or keep Jodie Whittaker, but ditch the writers for this season. Bring back the writers for any of the top three Doctors. This season felt like Goonies, and not in a good way. It was not the Dr. Who that I fell in love with when David Tenant began.
  34. Nov 22, 2019
    1
    Poor writing. A shame, I love this show - the thirteenth doctor (especially as the first woman doctor) deserves a better sendoff.
  35. Nov 20, 2019
    0
    Just another poorly written and gender swapped TV show. It´s so sad to see that the producers achieve to ruin almost EVERY beloved franchise. So, don´t waste your time and watch good old Doctor Who from the 80s instead. My favorite Doctor is and always will be Sylvester McCoy. Period :)
  36. Nov 19, 2019
    10
    Best Doctor. Каждая серия была хорошей, не скучной, хотя такая фантастика (абсурдная) и чужда для меня, но все равно остался доволен на протяжении всего сериала как Доктором так и атмосферой сериала.
  37. Oct 28, 2019
    9
    Yeah people don't like changes. And I think its unfair user reaction because Jodie did great, she has that soul of the Doctor.
    I have some questions about episode plots tho. While Doctor Who series strongest point is being able to choose any point in universe AND in time, which makes possible plots basically infinite, every second episode features current earth moral dilemmas (20 century
    Yeah people don't like changes. And I think its unfair user reaction because Jodie did great, she has that soul of the Doctor.
    I have some questions about episode plots tho. While Doctor Who series strongest point is being able to choose any point in universe AND in time, which makes possible plots basically infinite, every second episode features current earth moral dilemmas (20 century is current, yes). That's just strange, please don't narrow focus of plot writers, they should be free to create beautiful Doctor Who journeys we all know.
    Still 9, with a room for improvement.
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  38. Oct 28, 2019
    6
    Series 11 started off the back of the lowest viewing figures since the show’s revival in 2005, an increasingly bored fanbase and a general feel of things being stale and in dire need of freshening up. There was a big task in front of Chris Chibnall to reinvigorate the fans, and to do so, changes needed to be made, and were.
    It was always going to be extremely difficult to deliver amazing
    Series 11 started off the back of the lowest viewing figures since the show’s revival in 2005, an increasingly bored fanbase and a general feel of things being stale and in dire need of freshening up. There was a big task in front of Chris Chibnall to reinvigorate the fans, and to do so, changes needed to be made, and were.
    It was always going to be extremely difficult to deliver amazing episodes that excite the audience whilst simultaneously implementing massive changes.
    One of the changes, for me, that let the show down was that there was not enough of an underlying story threaded through the series. A storyline that keeps the fans guessing all the way through and ultimately gives them a reason to tune in again. In the past we’ve seen the Bad Wolf story that wasn’t fully revealed for a few series. Harold Saxon in series 3. Rose’s face popping up every now and again and an inevitable return in series 4, the doctor’s death in series 6 and the impossible girl in series 7. Ryan and Graham’s troubled relationship was the closest series 11 got to this, but it wasn’t strong enough to entice the fans. And at the end of the day it is tricky to implement this if there aren’t any characters from the past as there is simply nothing to base a story off, but it’s something I expect to have improved in the 2020 series.
    Jodie Whittaker played the role very well, and I have no doubt is the right actor to take the doctor forward, but she’s got to have better writing and storylines to go off. There were some good episodes, I thought after the 1st 3 were that we were already onto something. But underwhelming episodes like Demons of the Punjab and It takes you away really (the latter of which was in my opinion one of the most mundane episodes of doctor who ever) let the series down in the end. 3 companions also certainly seemed a bit overkill in series 11, with Yaz not getting much development at all, but this isn’t something I’m too worried about, I think it’s a case of finding a balance, which will come with time.
    I think whoever the actor of the doctor and the whoever the showrunner was series 11 was always going to be one of transition and change. That does mean however we need to see things start to come together more in series 12. Fans can tolerate the odd sticky patch here and there but if it’s prolonged there will be more and more of a task to win them back as the show goes on. I don’t expect series 12 to go down as one of the greatest series of the show ever, but I do expect the showrunner to have reacted to the criticism of series 11 and that should make for an improved series 12.
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  39. Sep 9, 2019
    0
    The worst season ever, I mean it's good to have a female doctor but the plot is just rubbish.
  40. Sep 5, 2019
    0
    Update: Sorry to say the rest of the episodes have been a disaster, I had hoped that 7 and 8 which were not great episodes but were watchable, were signs the series was heading in the right direction, but it has not. What a waste, Jodi deserves better scripts than this drivel. changing score back to 0.
    Update : episodes 7 and 8 have been significantly better. I am changing my rating for
    Update: Sorry to say the rest of the episodes have been a disaster, I had hoped that 7 and 8 which were not great episodes but were watchable, were signs the series was heading in the right direction, but it has not. What a waste, Jodi deserves better scripts than this drivel. changing score back to 0.
    Update : episodes 7 and 8 have been significantly better. I am changing my rating for the season so far to reflect this. will update again at the end of the season. original rating was a zero.

    Now that we are 6 episodes into the season I believe I can confidently say that Season 11 is a disaster.
    It didn't start out bad, the first episode gave me some hope, but sadly they killed off the best character in it. None of the 3 companions ever do anything remotely helpful. The episodes rarely have any danger, sense of danger or tension. Instead we are given scenes where Graham and Ryan talking about themselves or Yas and Ryan or Graham and Yas with none of them doing anything interesting or helpful to the plot or otherwise. in demons of the Punjab nothing happened and it made no difference if the doctor had come or not. They spend most of the time on a history lesson and none on plot. In the previous episode, they spent most of the time delivering a baby. The monster, if you can call it that, never cause any trouble and in the end was not bad. the doctor jettisoned it out of the airlock and left her Tardis on another planet and we were given no explanation as to how they would get it back. Any tension build up in this episode was ruined by long boring conversations. Here's a suggestion, maybe the monster should have shown up while the baby was coming. That would have been at least a little interesting. Jodie Whitaker is an okay Doctor but lacks that staggering confidence, child like wonder and joy, and also quirkiness one expects from the doctor. Scenes of the ICONIC Tardis are always short, like its a sin to show a time traveling machine in a science fiction show. The Show is preachy in the worst sort of way and politically correct to the point of boredom.
    I have been watching doctor who since the Tom Baker era and was happy they brought it back, but this season is going to the dogs. It's not to late to turn it around, but i'm afraid the rest of the season will only bring more episodes that have no villain's, no plot, no purpose and no tension.
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  41. Sep 3, 2019
    4
    I think the series had potential but the terrible writing and the weird political agenda that didn’t make sense ruined it for me, half the series was almost portraying its self as a joke I don’t know if this was on purpose or not but a lot of it was laughable, doctor who has always been political but a felt it was always passive rather in the foreground of everything they’ve made, theyI think the series had potential but the terrible writing and the weird political agenda that didn’t make sense ruined it for me, half the series was almost portraying its self as a joke I don’t know if this was on purpose or not but a lot of it was laughable, doctor who has always been political but a felt it was always passive rather in the foreground of everything they’ve made, they based far too many story’s on identity politics and ruined any creativity there could of been I only hope series 12 can bring back a sanity to doctor who. Expand
  42. Aug 30, 2019
    0
    Awful from start to finish. All villians male, white....terrible PC rubbish
  43. Aug 7, 2019
    2
    Season 11 is very poorly written and possesses no meta-narrative to hold the season together. The characters are wooden and unmemorable as are the vast majority of the episodes. It is just fine for the Doctor to be female, but the way she is written and portrayed does not feel like the beloved Doctor of every other season that precedes this one. Very disappointing.
  44. Jul 19, 2019
    0
    This was by far the worst season of doctor who. All the episodes have no build up, comedy is cringy and characters are boring. The new doctor is also the worst so far.
  45. Jul 2, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Update: "Resolution" was so much more Doctor Who than anything else in season 11. It had some new music as well and some connection to her history. I'm really hopeful now.

    Story: This season seems to have 2 kind of episodes: Political/historical ones with the greatest force in the galaxy (The Doctor) acting as a bystander, doing nothing with some added aliens also changing nothing. The other kind is bad-bad alien shows up, does something bad to some random people, nothing happens, baddy or some bystander tells doctor who the baddy is, in the last 3 minutes doctor waves screwdriver (even with bad alien standing right next to her at worst case they tell her how bad they are, but mostly they just growl, but never try to stop her), baddy goes away, credits roll. This is my worst problem with this season. I was really-really looking forward to it. 1st episode was the second kind, but it was a new Doctor with here awesome musical theme (or rather one melody), and Jodie Whittaker isn't bad at all, I actually quite liked her at first and I still believe she could be a great doctor, but the writing is just insanely repetitive, just like the whole show. Granted, Doctor Who always had the second kind of stories, but that's not all it had.

    Music: As it turns out I really have to love 13's theme music, because that one melody is all we get this season, the rest of the 'music' is just some arpeggiated notes held for minutes, wouldn't really even call it music. It feels like writing this one melody took up all the time. Of course this probably isn't the case, but I really wish there was some music in there. Funny thing, at first I was quite happy with the title theme as it payed homage to the original.

    The Doctor: This guy/gal is like 2000 years old now, one of the most powerful beings in the galaxy, right? He/she has established iconic enemies that were well designed to begin with and very well updated in the new series to fit modern times even without changing much of their original design. He has huge history behind him with many-many stories that left their mark on his character, right? Well, you get none of these. The new Doctor feels disconnected from everything that came before her. The only thing I felt was present was her overcompensating the relative heartlessness that was felt in the early days of 12 (and following his advice, always be kind), but nothing else. She isn't even connected to her own previous episodes, and she feels like a bystander. At first I though she would be the mechanic, constantly fixing things, the 1st episode had that feeling, but even that is gone in no time. She has no definition, she feels like a mimic, trying to sound like the doctor, but even those sentences feel forced and out of place. She keeps threatening others (you will have me to answer to), but unlike ever before, it feels empty, because she herself feels empty. When she fell out of the TARDIS after her regeneration, I imagined elaborate plotlines, with cybermen or daleks fooling her TARDIS to not recognize her as the Doctor and how they would eventually find each other and fall in love again or something like this, but no, nothing, not even an explanation. The emotional charge that made me fall in love with the Doctor is nowhere to be seen.

    TARDIS: Man, I couldn't wait to see it all girly, colorful walls and everything, but nooooo, dark, stupid looking crystals, with something that looks like a phallic symbol... Such a missed opportunity and completely out of line with her character (however forced that feels).

    Companion(s): We have team TARDIS now. It doesn't help, they feel too many, the writers struggle to give them meaningful things to do, so they are quite empty. Also, one of the driving forces of the Doctor, especially in the later seasons was his relationship, his emotional connection to his companions. With this group that's also non-existent, 'Hello, I'm the Doctor, this is team TARDIS, we travel next to each other, and I'm kind so I don't want them to die, just as I don't want anyone else to die in the whole wide world ever. But I let them in my TARDIS, because that's kind of my thing, I don't travel alone, but to be honest, I don't really need them.'

    I was so looking forward to this, to prepare I watched all 10 seasons of the new run again and her falling out of the exploding TARDIS promised me so many things, but it wasn't delivered :( I've seen Chibnall complain about Doctor Who having too complicated, hard to follow plots in the 80s. Well, he certainly showed how to do plots that are easy to follow, but that's not a good thing. It's an insult to the viewers' intelligence after the wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey of the previous seasons. It's repetitive and quite frankly, boring. I will keep watching, no matter what, because it's Doctor Who and it will remain my favorite show, and "Resolution" gave me new hope.
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  46. Jun 12, 2019
    0
    they have just **** up my favorite series. WOWWWWW not much for politics but congrats, im polarized against SJW's now.
  47. Jun 6, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Solid season. It's a bunch of generally unconnected adventures, similar to the classic seasons, but doesn't really suffer for it. Lighter in tone, but that was kinda the point
    As Twelve said; Be Kind. Once you remember that, it makes sense
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  48. May 31, 2019
    1
    Worst written season of all, classic included, Who. Chibnall has no idea how to handle the character
  49. May 14, 2019
    0
    The show is tragic. It has lost it's magic, it's humor, it's atmosphere. Not because it's a woman this time, but because it's just plain bad. It became more of a political propaganda and absurd drama, then an action, comedy show with deeper meaning soaking through that it has always been. It's sad, because I loved this show, and now I don't know if I'l ever come back to it.
  50. Apr 21, 2019
    0
    Wish it was river song or missy as the doctor. There is no political agenda in this, guys who say that are the political agenda. This Season was plain awful. It lacked the magic that the previous ones had. Even her companions had no character development, they were just put there for the sake of it, quite abnormal for a dr who series.The previous ones had their characters developed to theWish it was river song or missy as the doctor. There is no political agenda in this, guys who say that are the political agenda. This Season was plain awful. It lacked the magic that the previous ones had. Even her companions had no character development, they were just put there for the sake of it, quite abnormal for a dr who series.The previous ones had their characters developed to the point that we connected with them, regardless of race. I don't think i'll watch the next season. It was torture watching this season. Expand
  51. Apr 19, 2019
    0
    As a member of the public who has seen every episode of Doctor Who from classic up until just before the release of series 11 I believe I can call myself a true Whovian.

    With this I would like to say I had a high hope that with the new Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) coming on board, there may be a new breath of life added to the show. I was right and I was wrong. There was a new breath of
    As a member of the public who has seen every episode of Doctor Who from classic up until just before the release of series 11 I believe I can call myself a true Whovian.

    With this I would like to say I had a high hope that with the new Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) coming on board, there may be a new breath of life added to the show. I was right and I was wrong. There was a new breath of life but not the life I was expecting.

    This series has taken such a nose dive from being a great program to a program filled with identity politics, bad acting and bad writing. The only good actor in the whole series was Bradley Walsh. The rest of the "Friends" as they are now called :-/ feel like they are added just for effect and quite frankly get in the way.

    As for Jodie, this doctor has not made me feel in any way like she is the doctor. All her predecessors have given you a wow factor within the first to second episode to promote and to state they are the doctor, they do it with such conviction that you feel it.

    David did it when he exited the TARDIS on the spaceship over London during his first episode, Capaldi did it when he looked up at the camera after throwing the cyborg from the restaurant in Deep Breath, Matt did it when he confronted the Atraxi and the list goes on. There was only one part of dialogue which could of made Jodie feel like the Doctor and that was in the New Years Special when she confronted the Dalek, she even messed that up as it felt so wooden.

    This took a whole series to even remotely make people feel she was the doctor and even that was not done right. The only time there was any fire in Jodie (sorry cannot bring myself to say the Doctor) is when she was staring down men and giving them a good scalding.

    The writing was extremely poor and so driven to identity politics that it completely missed the mark on what the show was all about to begin with in the first place, entertainment; a means for people to escape the woe of everyday life. I sincerely hope that series 12 is better with better writing and Jodie putting a bit more effort into her role, when I say effort I am not referring to the scrunch face she makes which makes her look constipated every time she does it.

    On a side note as well there has been a lot of attacks aimed at true fans from the writers and from Jodie herself, this is not on.
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  52. Apr 4, 2019
    0
    This was a disgrace to Dr Who. it was a ponderous feminist sermon on the evils of the white man. DO NOT waste your time
  53. Apr 4, 2019
    0
    This is yet another beloved TV show that's been utterly destroyed by forcing in the leftist agenda, turning a 55+ year franchise into nothing more than a SJW propaganda dumpster fire, and the sheer desperation of the shill access media trying to keep it afloat is easily seen by the enormous disparagey between the paid for shill rating and the rating of real people who tried to bear withThis is yet another beloved TV show that's been utterly destroyed by forcing in the leftist agenda, turning a 55+ year franchise into nothing more than a SJW propaganda dumpster fire, and the sheer desperation of the shill access media trying to keep it afloat is easily seen by the enormous disparagey between the paid for shill rating and the rating of real people who tried to bear with this totally unwatchable disaster..... There's a reason it's been delayed more than a year for season 12.... And it's not cause it was anything close to enjoyable.

    Besides a total miscasting of Whitaker and her obvious hatred of men (especially single fathers...), there are so many other female leads who would make an outstanding Doctor. At least they could have chosen someone who's actually seen the show before, maybe even a fan too, but no.... We just get a horrible display of David & Matt's version mashed together with 3rd wave feminist to get someone with no clue what she's doing except to try and imitate what she's seen in some rushed viewing of a couple 10th/11th Dr episodes, thus giving us this train wreck that's probably killed the show.....

    Arachnids in the UK.... Nothing more need be said.
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  54. Mar 27, 2019
    0
    Самый худший сезон доктора со слабыми сюжетом, откровенно неудачной музыкальной композицией и (не думал что я это скажу!) со слишком затянутыми сериями. Если раньше я хотел, чтобы серии шли дольше, то сейчас я жалею, что они идут по часу, т.к. все они откровенно пустые и бессмысленные, не связанные в единую сюжетную арку. Второстепенные герои и спутники живут какой-то своей жизнью и ничемСамый худший сезон доктора со слабыми сюжетом, откровенно неудачной музыкальной композицией и (не думал что я это скажу!) со слишком затянутыми сериями. Если раньше я хотел, чтобы серии шли дольше, то сейчас я жалею, что они идут по часу, т.к. все они откровенно пустые и бессмысленные, не связанные в единую сюжетную арку. Второстепенные герои и спутники живут какой-то своей жизнью и ничем особенным не выделяются. Последней пулей в тело сериала стала так называемая "толерантность", которая таковой, как вы поняли, не является, зато которую выпихнули в каждую серию. Стоит ли ещё упоминать о банальных исторических ошибках?

    Не рекомендую, сериал просто напросто угробили. 9 был шикарен, 10 восхитителен, 11 чрезвычайно харизматичен, 12 меня восхитил уже меньше, 13 доктор сам по себе не плох, хоть я и не доволен кросполлом, который в рамках вселенной не был объяснен ни чем и появился исключительно недавно (привет, феминацизм), но вот 13 доктор вкупе со всеми остальными минусами просто блекнет, этот сезон невозможно смотреть.
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  55. Mar 22, 2019
    0
    Killed the series in the end. Absolutely dead environment doctor, the doctor herself acting does not Shine. Inappropriate reminders about homosexual characters. And the imposition is a very persistent imposition of political correctness.
  56. Mar 9, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is bad . But if you are just starting with this season , then you might not notice it . But if you have followed Doctor Who from season 1 , skip this . They want to kill the show maybe . That's why they are doing this season before the grand finale . Expand
  57. Mar 8, 2019
    1
    Was hoping the 11th series of my favourite show would continue the story of my favourite alien from Galifrey but alas Jodie Whittake and Chris Chibnal with the BBC have retconned the entire story from the 1st DR to the 11th Dr and started a whole new story line and slapped all of the loyal Dr Who fans faces with there sjw woke agenda.Every episode felt like a different show which hadWas hoping the 11th series of my favourite show would continue the story of my favourite alien from Galifrey but alas Jodie Whittake and Chris Chibnal with the BBC have retconned the entire story from the 1st DR to the 11th Dr and started a whole new story line and slapped all of the loyal Dr Who fans faces with there sjw woke agenda.Every episode felt like a different show which had nothing to do with DR WHO,the music score was bad ,the storys were even worse and the acting was non existant. I stopped watching after i fell asleep during the 3rd episode and said thats it i'm done. Only bright spot in the series was Bradley Walsh and with such weak scripts he still made a valiant effort. Expand
  58. Mar 4, 2019
    0
    It's so painful to see what this show has become because of poor writing and political correcteness.. Jody is not a bad actress i'ts just she don't fit the doctor shoe. And the companions are so empty it's like they were chosen just for the sake of diversity. As for the stories well... To sumarize the writers just don't love the lore and universe of doctor who and it shows. If you're a fanIt's so painful to see what this show has become because of poor writing and political correcteness.. Jody is not a bad actress i'ts just she don't fit the doctor shoe. And the companions are so empty it's like they were chosen just for the sake of diversity. As for the stories well... To sumarize the writers just don't love the lore and universe of doctor who and it shows. If you're a fan keep away from this season. I miss my show Expand
  59. Mar 2, 2019
    1
    I have loved Doctor Who for a very long time, and I tried to be very fair to this season, but I have finally accepted the fact that, for the first time ever, I didn't like it.. To be honest, I was extremely excited to see a woman as The Doctor and a little bit disappointed that they didn't explore that transformation enough. We will never get back the moment when the Doctor was first aI have loved Doctor Who for a very long time, and I tried to be very fair to this season, but I have finally accepted the fact that, for the first time ever, I didn't like it.. To be honest, I was extremely excited to see a woman as The Doctor and a little bit disappointed that they didn't explore that transformation enough. We will never get back the moment when the Doctor was first a woman, and it was all wasted. The truth is, the Doctor spent a long time coping with the fact that he had become old and grey-haired in season 8. He had a whole identity crisis! And when he becomes a woman it's only a passing thought? I don't like this blindness towards gender. I wanted a bigger acknowledgement of it. What does it mean? How does the Doctor cope with this? How is his identity affected? He's been male for thousands of years! I wanted to see more development and acknowledgment of this transformation. At least mention what will become of his alias John Smith... Part of the problem was that the Doctor wasn't given enough screen time and development.
    Also, I didn't find this Doctor very inspiring. Her speeches were not as poignant as Capaldi's or Matt Smith's: her character was written more like a bubbly superhero rather than The Doctor. I wanted to see her age, her past, the extent of her emotions. She just seemed so goofy without any gravitas.
    Also, I don't feel like the Doctor is as attached to her companions as she was with Amy or Clara or Donna. It seems like they're all pals but not best friends. I know there's more companions so its harder to have a one-on-one relationship, but I don't see the friendship as much. They are not asking enough questions about each other. It seems like the companions don't really ask The Doctor that many questions about her past or anything (Idk, though I didn't rewatch any episodes and I didn't watch the finale). If the episodes had had a connecting arch, maybe there would be more attachment between characters. I didn't like how each episode stood alone. They were all so skippable and I wouldn't rewatch any like I rewatch Russell T. Davis and Moffat.
    I really disliked the Spiders episode. It was so obvious what it was about, but there was no nuance or depth to the statement. Not like Zygon Inversion with Capaldi's emotional speech. Everything seemed really idealistic without depth and therefore it wasn't inspirational.
    Finally, I really hated the Tardis design. It was not homy or fun. It looked heavy and not like the Tardis we love. In short, very few things about this new season feel like Doctor Who... :( They feel like any other time traveling show.
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  60. Feb 27, 2019
    1
    Love Doctor Who but oh boy could I not watch this. I made it to the spider episode and had to force myself to watch the rest and wish I had not.
  61. Feb 24, 2019
    2
    The only issue with the show is the change in storytelling, not much over-arcing this season and the flat story arc for the characters. There are three companions for f sake do something with them. if you're looking for a doctor to make you want to journey with them into a beautiful universe, this season ain't it
  62. Feb 22, 2019
    0
    The worst Doctor ever. No interesting story, flat not convincing characters. A lot of primitive political agenda. I can't recommend it to any one.
  63. Feb 20, 2019
    0
    I hate u, hate u for this. U are you killed my favorite show. And the deal is not in women, the deal is in worst showrunner
  64. Feb 19, 2019
    0
    With season 11 this show went to ****!
    It's incredible to see how much political and social activism agendas can be overdone and ruin a really good and long standing TV show.
    I'm getting off this boat!
  65. Feb 15, 2019
    10
    I normally don't write reviews but I really enjoyed the show and was really confused when I saw all the negative reviews.
    I feel like many people are overreacting to the gender of the doctor. I personally didnt even know that there were so many discussions about this because I dont think it matters at all as long as we get a good doc.. And I think commenting on the current state of the
    I normally don't write reviews but I really enjoyed the show and was really confused when I saw all the negative reviews.
    I feel like many people are overreacting to the gender of the doctor. I personally didnt even know that there were so many discussions about this because I dont think it matters at all as long as we get a good doc.. And I think commenting on the current state of the world is something almost every show did and always will do...

    At the end of the day this show is great and people are just annoyed by people bringing their political views into everything.
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  66. Feb 13, 2019
    0
    I would give a 1 for the cinematic image of this 11th season, but no, it doesn't even deserve it.

    Im severe but i still love the show and i know this is just a bad moment, it will be good again someday, maybe after a second cancellation and a couple of decades, like they did the first time, because, lucky us, the Doctor is virtually immortal, yay !
  67. Feb 1, 2019
    0
    I am a huge fan of doctor who, but this season really missed the mark. I am so sick of these ideologues trying to jam their politics down my throat. I watch Dr.Who to escape the bs that we deal with every day, not to have identity politics shoved down my throat. Give it a rest already.
  68. Jan 31, 2019
    1
    Very disappointing. I was looking forward to the first female Doctor but this is not DW anymore, bad writing, bad acting, easily predictable character arcs, boring lazy monsters, odd cinematography, awkward lead actor who looks out of her depth, seeming to be spasmodically copying Tennant and Smith, badly. PC political agenda gets in the way of good storytelling. Dull, confused, dimly lit,Very disappointing. I was looking forward to the first female Doctor but this is not DW anymore, bad writing, bad acting, easily predictable character arcs, boring lazy monsters, odd cinematography, awkward lead actor who looks out of her depth, seeming to be spasmodically copying Tennant and Smith, badly. PC political agenda gets in the way of good storytelling. Dull, confused, dimly lit, unintelligible TARDIS. Everything that you loved about the show - apart from the left-wing agenda - is gone.

    I won't be watching series 12 and I wouldn't recommend this series or Doctor to a new viewer of DW.
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  69. Jan 27, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was really hoping for something different in this season, with the much hyped new Doctor and companions. The first episode starts the series as it means to continue, that is with weak writing and weak plots. For some reason a race of galactic conquerors choose to visit Earth every seven years to send a potential Leader. Let that set it. Big evil, nasty monsters. That need permission to visit apparently. The blue blob in the woods was somehow moved by two blokes and a van, but we know the nearest road is significantly far away and is moved from A to B in a blink of an eye. If anyone needs a man and a Van, you know who to hire. But I digress. Yes the leader of the Big Bad comes to earth and steals children's teeth. The big evil is just a bad tooth fairy. The doctor is running about confused, as is normal for a regen episode, but it lacks the feel of Doctor Who, and slightly more Famous Five.

    Unfortunately the rest of the series sticks to the same formula. A confused Doctor who needs consistent help in remembering things. The series suffers from a lot of 'telling' rather than 'showing'. The second episode we are told of the dangerous planet but don't really see much of it. We are told of the flesh eating water, but once they are all on the boat it's just any other day. The odd psychic bandages and the sniper bots (who obvious attended "The Imperial Stormtrooper Academy Of Shooting" as they don't really pose any danger, regardless of the characters running about.

    It goes on and on like this, standing in a giant cavern with toxic chemicals and noxious fumes our brave souls remark briefly about the toxic fumes and agree it's all very toxic but have a look at what they are doing. Nothing. Standing there. No coughs, no red or water eyes, nothing wrong with the air going by their acting. The Doctor letting the spiders starve to death? After trying to work out what they can use to cause vibrations to attract the spiders, she is scanning all over the place. With a Sonic Screwdriver. Sonic, as in it makes a noise, as it it causes vibrations.

    By the end of this series I have no idea who this Doctor is meant to be. She has had no real villains to face, no moral dilemma, just a sad, lonely, idiot of a Time Lord who really should have done better.
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  70. Jan 24, 2019
    5
    this series failed to connect with long-term fans by resorting to the
    realms of being politically driven that has no narrative on what this
    show Is supposed to be about and the backlash between fans and show runner Chris Chibnal didn't help neither that lead the show sabotaged it self for winning gongs at this years NTA due to the public voted for other standout faves included Peaky
    this series failed to connect with long-term fans by resorting to the
    realms of being politically driven that has no narrative on what this
    show Is supposed to be about and the backlash between fans and
    show runner Chris Chibnal didn't help neither that lead the show
    sabotaged it self for winning gongs at this years NTA due to the public
    voted for other standout faves included Peaky Blinders starring Cillian
    Murphy of Dark Knight fame but the cracks started to show for the beloved sci-fi drama
    when the bbc announced that this season dr who will be female during the reveal last year
    so fans were already started to rally and boycott the show and Whittaker didn't help
    neither by criticising those who didn't like the show was sexiest ala 2016's answer the call
    but it was an legitimate disaster waiting to happen to say the writing was twice as atrocious
    then the writing in destiny 2 and shadow of the tomb raider combined and it was not an good sign for the season.
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  71. Jan 22, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Doctor Who, which I've been watching for 4 decades, used to be my all-time favorite show. I've loved its fast pace, its adventure, its fantasy, whimsy and comedic elements. Up until 2018 this series was, for me, must-see TV. But sad to say, Season 11 has come dangerously close to killing the beloved franchise altogether. Now we have a woefully miscast Doctor---played by Jodie Whittaker, who doesn't seem to understand what her character is really all about! The problem isn't her gender change, it's her un-Doctor-like personality and behavior. Whittaker's Doctor is no longer the fun, quirky hero who saves lives. Rather, she has been transformed into a PC schoolteacher herding her "pupils" from one learning experience to the next. What transpires are dull and preachy storylines, poorly conceived and having no purpose whatsoever beyond the in-your-face social messaging. How something once so brilliant as Doctor Who can have devolved, in just 11 episodes, into utter banality is the real tragedy here. I'm rating Season 11 a 2 out of 10, and IMO that's being generous! Expand
  72. Jan 21, 2019
    0
    So i just watched all of Season 11 and waited the whole time for Jodie Whittaker
    to show us A good doctor. The first episode was a good start. The third made me think. The rest made me cringe. I own all of the new series on bluray but im going to skip getting this one for my collection
  73. Jan 19, 2019
    3
    11 season the most awkard season of doctor who since 1 season. And the deal is not in women the deal is in worst scenario and stupid "science"
  74. Jan 18, 2019
    6
    Remember when Doctor Who was about space, monsters and time travel? Now it's basically a vehicle for politically correct views, which are rammed down your throat at every opportunity. Bradley Walsh is the only character you can believe in and he's only there to apologise for the actions of white men throughout history. The fact that the new doctor is a woman has nothing to do with thisRemember when Doctor Who was about space, monsters and time travel? Now it's basically a vehicle for politically correct views, which are rammed down your throat at every opportunity. Bradley Walsh is the only character you can believe in and he's only there to apologise for the actions of white men throughout history. The fact that the new doctor is a woman has nothing to do with this show being a failure; it's all about the writing. Jodi Whitaker is wasted with this material. Expand
  75. Jan 16, 2019
    4
    Yeah sadly, season 11 is horrible. I like Jodie Whittaker, i really do. But the writing is absolute horrible. Steven Moffat, i really, really miss you.
  76. Jan 12, 2019
    0
    Way to ruin one of my favourite shows. There will be a special place in hell for the asshats who decided to politicize entertainment such as computer games, tv-series and movies.
  77. Jan 11, 2019
    0
    A failed experiment, the wrong actor has been cast and the wrong choice has been made for a show runner. This has lead to a horrendous parody of a deeply loved television program.

    I have always been a fan of the show, but this season been so poor that I am unsure that I will ever watch it again. The BBC has got this so wrong, and has now wrapped itself in a self congratulatory blanket,
    A failed experiment, the wrong actor has been cast and the wrong choice has been made for a show runner. This has lead to a horrendous parody of a deeply loved television program.

    I have always been a fan of the show, but this season been so poor that I am unsure that I will ever watch it again. The BBC has got this so wrong, and has now wrapped itself in a self congratulatory blanket, surrounded by sycophantic critics and the loud rejoicing of a very few new fans, people who have always though the program was beneath them, and will soon abandon it. Any critical comment is written off as ignorance and bigotry. The leading actor is now beyond criticism due to their gender, and can do no wrong, while long term fans of the show have been pushed away and defined as toxic.

    If the BBC wants the program to survive beyond the next season they need to take action now, another episode of this poison and the faith of the fans, their customers, will be damaged for ever. I don't know if the actors involved are good enough to carry the show, even if the writing was put right, but the wonderful thing about Doctor Who is that all the cast can be changed at any time, and to coin a phrase it's about time.
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  78. Jan 11, 2019
    0
    Absolutely awful. I watched maybe 4 episodes but couldn't bring myself to fully watch the rest.

    It seems that the story and characters have been put on the sideline in favour of "wokeness" or being Politically correct... forcefully so.

    As a white hetrosexual English man I really feel that this new season is against people like me. I am seemingly at fault for the worlds problems.
  79. Jan 10, 2019
    8
    Don't be fooled, this is a good season. All of the 'complaints' here just remind me of the same fanboy meltdown as with The Last Jedi, the writers do something even slightly different than the boring formula and the entire fandom has a **** fit. Don't be fooled, this is not 'feminist propaganda' this is simply a lead that's female.
  80. Jan 10, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The showrunner squandered a wonderful opportunity with a female Doctor. Rather than showing a strong, intelligent, and complex Doctor, with 2,000 years of life and experience under her belt, Chris Chibnall gave use a Doctor who was flighty and mostly inconsequential within her own stories. Worse yet, he made the Doctor so much of a pacifist that she is making morally questionable decisions, as she did in the finale by placing Tzim-Sha in solitary confinement for eternity. I have been a fan of Doctor Who for 40 years. I love classic Who and new Who. But, this season was complete garbage. It needs to be fixed. Expand
  81. Jan 9, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I enjoyed a lot of the Moffat era but it was definitely time for him to go. I was so hopeful that a new show runner and cast would reinvigorate the show. Unfortunately, this season was a huge disappointment. I like the cast and I actually like it when there are multiple companions, so I don't have a problem with that. The production values were decent, but I disliked so many of the decisions. Right from the start... at the end of the Capaldi era we get this big cliff-hanger...oh no! The Doctor has fallen out of the TARDIS and is plummeting towards earth, how dramatic! What is going to happen? Well, nothing. The Fourth Doctor falls off of a radio tower and dies, but this doctor falls from outside the atmosphere, then just pops up. Drama destroyed. I don't like the new theme. I don't like the new intro. Episode 1 is predator but this guy hunts a pathetic weakling with an anxiety disorder. Absolutely zero peril. Hardly any science fiction. Amazon with robots? Really? Spiders, otherwise creepy and cool, march miles to conveniently go into a vault to starve cause they play some EDM music? Lame. I could go on and on and may revise this review but I want to make one thing clear...BBC, this was a disaster. This is what we waited so long for, and now you want us to wait for another 18 months? Get real. Seasons should be every year and Chibnall must go.

    BTW, Jodi is not exceptional but quite solid and the SWJ themes are oppressive at times but my dislike isn't about a woman doctor or diversity, it is about crap writing, scoring and directing.
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  82. Jan 9, 2019
    0
    Jodie and Bradley best thing about this series need better stories was looking forward to a female doctor but but writing let her down
  83. Jan 8, 2019
    2
    These so called writers have, in my opinion, destroyed Doctor Who. Enough with the political agenda.
  84. Jan 8, 2019
    0
    I had high hopes for season 11. I thought this was an interesting development and could actually create multiple different stories and plots to entertain me. Sadly I now see the overdone PC culture, and the men hating driven agenda. I have been a long time fan, and I am sadly no longer a fan. What I want to know is why the BBC is doing this to its fan base? Why has Jodie Whittaker now beenI had high hopes for season 11. I thought this was an interesting development and could actually create multiple different stories and plots to entertain me. Sadly I now see the overdone PC culture, and the men hating driven agenda. I have been a long time fan, and I am sadly no longer a fan. What I want to know is why the BBC is doing this to its fan base? Why has Jodie Whittaker now been nominated for the drama performance category? I never really believed the hype about media bias, but now I do. This season is best thought of as a dumpster fire consuming the iconic character that has been crafted over decades. At this point it might actually be better for the character Doctor Who to die. Goodbye Doctor Who and know that your will be sorely missed. Expand
  85. Jan 8, 2019
    1
    Go woke, get broke. Studios don't seem to understand this simple phrase. I hated this season, more focused on boring SJW garbage than on real sci-fi. I'm done with this show.
  86. Jan 8, 2019
    0
    Poor PC scripts, Jodie Whittaker is terrible as the doctor and looks constipated throughout. Classics villains replaced with poorly written villains mainly being white men!
  87. Jan 7, 2019
    2
    I have watched the first 2 episodes. So far, it isn't bad but does fall into the same mediocre trappings of previous series. The 'monsters' in the second episode, turn out to be old sentient rags. Literally pieces of cloth. They are defeated in an uninspired way, they set up the way to defeat these rags from very early on making it very predictable and when it happens, it turns out to beI have watched the first 2 episodes. So far, it isn't bad but does fall into the same mediocre trappings of previous series. The 'monsters' in the second episode, turn out to be old sentient rags. Literally pieces of cloth. They are defeated in an uninspired way, they set up the way to defeat these rags from very early on making it very predictable and when it happens, it turns out to be rather lame and unrealistic. In the final moments they face defeat in a very lame way, that is instantly resolved by talking to a villain and then face defeat again in a very predictable way that is resolved by, waiting for a moment and realizing things are not so hopeless. To be fair, this terrible writing is standard fair for Dr Who since 2005 and before.

    The new actor, Jodie Whittaker, is one of my favorite British actresses and has proven herself in other film and TV roles. As the Doctor, so far she is as good as or better than the last few, not quite as impressive as Tennant yet but I hope she is lucky enough to get some quality scripts so that she can put her talents to good use.

    The 'companions'are poorly cast rejects from BBC children's television. For some reason the old White men at the BBC think that a range of ethnicities, a learning difficulty and an old person qualifies as diversity, and being a bit old or having skin that is different to a lot of other people where you live, counts as characterization. There is the obligatory crude attempt at gender politics in which a man and a woman have a race. The woman unsurprisingly wins but chooses to assist the man. The man is stereotypically characterized as a person who smokes cigars and sleeps while the woman feels the need to drop into conversation that she is homosexual for no reason other than checking a diversity box.

    The teaser for episode 3 shows that the Doctor visits Rosa Parks, which is clearly going to be a disaster of an episode. I will watch it, like someone watches a traffic accident, knowing you wont be able to unsee it, knowing nothing good can come of it but oddly interested in how bad it could possibly be.

    I hope that the biggest British SciFi show ever remembers to prioritize the SciFi over preaching this unconvincing social politics. The BBC is an elitist oligarchical institution that clearly doesn't subscribe to the values it tries to placate the subordinate masses with and it shows. Big positives so far are the new design of the TARDIS and all of time and space not being restricted to depicting people and places in present day London. I have hope for this series but not a lot.

    Update: I have now watched the whole series, including the NYE special. I have changed my rating from 7 to 2 because the whole series avoided any decent Sci-Fi stories in favor of pushing a political agenda. Stories invariably included White male villains. The finale was more interested in demonizing fathers more than Daleks. Jodie Whittaker can do so much better. 2 points for 2 positives. 1- there was a Dalek, that was a little bit scary, in the last episode, for a moment or two. 2- It was not as Londoncentric as previous series.
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  88. Jan 7, 2019
    0
    Wasn't too thrilled with the idea that the Doctor could become a woman from a story perspective. I don't mind if the doctor had been female the entire time and would have had just as much problem from a story perspective if they suddenly switched her to a man.

    Never the less I gave the show a shot to see if they could still make compelling stories like they have with previous seasons.
    Wasn't too thrilled with the idea that the Doctor could become a woman from a story perspective. I don't mind if the doctor had been female the entire time and would have had just as much problem from a story perspective if they suddenly switched her to a man.

    Never the less I gave the show a shot to see if they could still make compelling stories like they have with previous seasons. Instead I was hit over the head constantly with lectures about racism, sexism, feminist ideaology and other such nonsense.

    I watch scifi and fantasy tv shows for an escape from reality, where I can relax and enjoy something fun. I do not need the toxic politics of the "progressive" left infecting every form of media that I consume.

    In the end, this season cared more about political messaging than engaging stories, and for that reason I rate this poorly.
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  89. Jan 7, 2019
    0
    Now, not that the show particularly needed a shake-up, but I, for one, was really looking forward to a female Doctor, and the fact she was to be played by Jodie Whittaker, whose work in 'Broadchurch', the 'Black Mirror' episode 'The Entire History of You' and the drama miniseries 'Marchlands' was all strong, was, to my mind, very interesting.

    I thought that, given what I'd seen of her
    Now, not that the show particularly needed a shake-up, but I, for one, was really looking forward to a female Doctor, and the fact she was to be played by Jodie Whittaker, whose work in 'Broadchurch', the 'Black Mirror' episode 'The Entire History of You' and the drama miniseries 'Marchlands' was all strong, was, to my mind, very interesting.

    I thought that, given what I'd seen of her work before, the probability was that she would make a good or even a great Doctor. How wrong can a person be?

    It's not all Jodie's fault. While her work in series 11 of Doctor Who is the worst I've seen from her (she has no real presence, pulls stupid faces and generally acts as if the Doctor's brain has been switched for that of an excitable puppy), it's the utterly atrocious writing that is the biggest problem. First, the new head writer and main creative force behind a show should never be the person who wrote the worst episodes of the previous showrunner's tenure. Second, call me stupid, but, I would have thought that, if you're working on a sci-fi show, it would be desirable, if not completely essential for everyone in your writer's room to have some experience of writing for the genre instead of just the showrunner and one other, but that;'s what we were given.

    Third and lastly, but by no means least, is the far-left, new-wave feminist and gender politics agenda. Now, there are people who say that Doctor Who has always been political. While it would be dishonest to contradict that, it would be honest to say that the audience wasn't ever smacked under the chin with politics, so to speak, as it definitely was in the latest series.

    It's clear to see that audiences have been turned off by the ham-fisted, crowbarring-in of political correctness. There are numerous examples of discriminatory language and sentiments that crop up in the latest series, including racist, misandrist and anti-capitalist sentiments.

    To sum up, then, everything in series 11 either outrageously below par or utterly toxic in terms of attitude, and, what's worse, we're told that there is going to be more of the same in 2020 for series 12. That means, I'm afraid to say, that the minds behind Doctor Who are prepared to kill one of my favourite shows, and that makes me really sad.
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  90. Jan 6, 2019
    2
    "Nobody knows anything...Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're your lucky, an educated one."

    William Goldman, Adventures in The Screen Trade (1983.) Just compare Doctor Who series 37/11 to other series, especially in the 'Nu Who' era. For me the: writing, pacing, concepts, continuity,
    "Nobody knows anything...Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're your lucky, an educated one."

    William Goldman, Adventures in The Screen Trade (1983.)

    Just compare Doctor Who series 37/11 to other series, especially in the 'Nu Who' era. For me the: writing, pacing, concepts, continuity, acting, design choices and music in series 37/11 are substandard. It just doesn't have what made it so successful.

    Series 37/11 is a reboot and it feels like half-baked spin-off. Maybe the creative powers that be should indeed create more content? Series 37/11 is not aimed where other series were and where Doctor Who landed. It's apparent Chibnall etc have succeeded in alienating a significant proportion of the worldwide fan base. I need not list other intellectual properties which have gone down a similar path in recent times and have also been significantly rejected. All in all unsustainable and that's the bottom line.

    Quote edited to make succinctly apt:

    "During all the years I've been taking care of you, you in return have been taking care of me. One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine..."

    Taken from: The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964.) 2nd serial, 2nd series, spoken by William Hartnell. Full dialogue often referred to as the 'Goodbye Susan.' scene. Can you imagine how the rest of dialogue would be twisted and discredited by aspects of this pervasive 'progressive' regressive ideology with their collective robotic script of: overzealous, out of context, hysterical correctness? Blimey! They sound a lot like Daleks to me...
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  91. Jan 6, 2019
    1
    very disappointing bad scripts bad acting .. very boring. they ruined it!
    This was the hardest dr who to watch I stopped mid-season could not stomach it
  92. Jan 6, 2019
    0
    It saddens me greatly how my (once) favourite Sci-Fi / Fantasy program turned into blatant political propaganda.
    The show no longer convinces with imagination and captivating adventures through time and space; that essential part has been replaced with mundane story telling and shallow characters.
  93. Jan 5, 2019
    10
    This series has proved that you don't need to compromise quality for progression, Jodie Whittaker from the first moment we meet her, simply put, IS the Doctor. Her sense of energy and ability to have fun with an ancient character renewed is impressive. Alongside her is consistently good performances from her companions, the scripts are well written, humorous, and thought provoking. TheThis series has proved that you don't need to compromise quality for progression, Jodie Whittaker from the first moment we meet her, simply put, IS the Doctor. Her sense of energy and ability to have fun with an ancient character renewed is impressive. Alongside her is consistently good performances from her companions, the scripts are well written, humorous, and thought provoking. The design of this series is gorgeous and the accompanying score by Segun Akinola is beautifully subtle without being forgettable. This would make a great starting point for new fans, and has been a breath of fresh air for us long time whovians, i will never not be excited about a new series featuring this Doctor. Bravo Expand
  94. wgl
    Jan 5, 2019
    0
    It's baffling how they managed to get this so wrong, Jodie Whitaker is a brilliant actress (she actually matched up to Peter O'Toole in her debut feature) the production value has supposedly gone up and they have 50+ years of incredibly rich sci-fi to draw from, it's almost as if the show runners got confused and thought they were making the next series of Holby City, everything isIt's baffling how they managed to get this so wrong, Jodie Whitaker is a brilliant actress (she actually matched up to Peter O'Toole in her debut feature) the production value has supposedly gone up and they have 50+ years of incredibly rich sci-fi to draw from, it's almost as if the show runners got confused and thought they were making the next series of Holby City, everything is ponderous and horribly acted, the scripting is witless and the plots are idiotic and vaguely insulting, Science fiction has traditionally been a form of escapism but this is just depressing, I hope they let it die now, it had a very good run and it would be devastating to see it limp on in it's current state Expand
  95. Jan 5, 2019
    2
    The new doctor who just can’t seem to get comfortable in the role. Add the bad writing, strange social justice episodes, the demonization of US conservatives and Hindus, and the lack of interesting companions, puts doctor who on the soon to be cutting block. Maybe it will get better, since Capaldi did get a little better his last year. But it sounds like the BBC is putting off any moreThe new doctor who just can’t seem to get comfortable in the role. Add the bad writing, strange social justice episodes, the demonization of US conservatives and Hindus, and the lack of interesting companions, puts doctor who on the soon to be cutting block. Maybe it will get better, since Capaldi did get a little better his last year. But it sounds like the BBC is putting off any more episodes for 2019, this does not bode well. Expand
  96. Jan 5, 2019
    1
    Jodie Whittaker is potentially a good doctor but the writing is terrible.
    Chibnall seem to be the wrong choice for DW.
    The worst season i can remember.
  97. Jan 5, 2019
    6
    Well. For Series 11, the first season of the Jodie Whitaker Doctor (The 13th Doctor) and with the change of staff and writers especially with Chris Chibnall, the season for the series is a near complete disaster. For each of the 10 episodes plus the (sigh) New Year Special instead of the traditional Christmas Special, I'm a bit mixed with either enjoyment in some episodes, andWell. For Series 11, the first season of the Jodie Whitaker Doctor (The 13th Doctor) and with the change of staff and writers especially with Chris Chibnall, the season for the series is a near complete disaster. For each of the 10 episodes plus the (sigh) New Year Special instead of the traditional Christmas Special, I'm a bit mixed with either enjoyment in some episodes, and disappointments in the season in general. Yeah, I know Chibnall is trying and we no longer have the best writer Moffat being here but I'm now worried about how long this Doctor Who Series is going to go. I like the idea of the concept, and the plot is there, and the companions are good with the three companions just like the original Doctor Who Series 50+ years back, but the main problem is execution and it is executed badly which explains the reviews being mainly negative, and my review being mixed and I felt for the first time as a Doctor Who fan that loves watching those series, I feel disheartened for some unknown reason. You got everything there but it is not working. The message seems to be there but I see the message been represented as a bowl which you have to eat the message to understand it. And yes it is bad. The special is also good but only because I like the Dalek. Every other episodes of Season 11 is just new enemies that only makes sense if you actually watch the Case Files on the Doctor Who channel on YouTube (seriously, I do watch them). If there is a Season 12, I expect improvements which Season 11 failed on. I only gave this rating due to the fact that I only like a few of those episodes and the special. Fixes will definitely need to be made in order to gain a higher review score, so Chibnall definitely needs to do his homework. Expand
  98. Jan 4, 2019
    0
    total crap scripts, **** wooden acting acting and 2 dimensional characters characters - that is all
  99. Jan 4, 2019
    2
    Given the disparity between critic and audience opinion on this, I’m hesitant to give my thoughts as I’m probably too uneducated to see the splendour in this smoking husk of what was once a magnificent series.

    This is without a doubt, by a considerable margin, the worst season of Doctor Who I’ve ever had the misfortune to watch (and watch fully at that - I don’t know how I managed it).
    Given the disparity between critic and audience opinion on this, I’m hesitant to give my thoughts as I’m probably too uneducated to see the splendour in this smoking husk of what was once a magnificent series.

    This is without a doubt, by a considerable margin, the worst season of Doctor Who I’ve ever had the misfortune to watch (and watch fully at that - I don’t know how I managed it).

    The show's never been a paragon of exceptional dialogue but season 11 degrades it to another level - so much so, it left me questioning whether the lead writer was consciously trying to shift the range of appeal to children under the age of 8.

    There’s no overarching season arc (which is fine), though episodic plots were often stale and poorly executed. The desire to fall asleep mid-viewing is mitigated only by the impulsive urge to puke after having to swallow the not-so-subtle nods script writers make to social justice ideological talking points.

    I like the companions Graham and Ryan. Following the pilot, they share a loss which makes the two sympathetic whilst allowing for a nice dynamic between the two to grow over time. They still fall victim to cringe-worthy script however. Jodie Whitaker as the 13th Doctor does not deliver. She brings to the role a demeanour more akin to kindergarten teacher than a Time Lord and lacks any of the gravitas brought by the previous New Who actors.
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  100. Jan 4, 2019
    1
    Jodie Whittaker is a poor doctor and may be a good actor however does not suit the role with her juvenile faces, lack of leadership and lack of ability to run from a situation. Chibnall's writing lacks interest and it too politically correct and boring. There are too many companions who stand around doing nothing and they are a clear sign of modern day tokenism. this is blatant andJodie Whittaker is a poor doctor and may be a good actor however does not suit the role with her juvenile faces, lack of leadership and lack of ability to run from a situation. Chibnall's writing lacks interest and it too politically correct and boring. There are too many companions who stand around doing nothing and they are a clear sign of modern day tokenism. this is blatant and obvious. The new years special left a lot to be desired with boring story lines, too much focus of the companions rather than the sci-fi nature of the show, not even a dalek could save the episode. Also the choice to wipe out the legacy of previous series with events such as the close of unit is unjust and stupid when this has been a long running part of the show. The writing is ruining any chance the first female doctor has to be a good doctor and I hope for a regeneration or change of writer soon or maybe even a hiatus so the producers can re-evaluate what they actually want to write about. The show lacks ongoing themes like in previous series with River Song, Bad Wolf and the crack in the bedroom wall and none of the aliens in the series have thrilled. The doctor has also stood around too much observing events with no reckless behaviour as shown in previous doctors and every time the doctor goes to do anything she explains it first which is boring and unnecessary when other doctors have taken control of the situation and got on with it. The companions act like they are dumb and both the characters of Graham and Ryan are particularly wooden with Bradley Walsh not even being an actor in the first place. The show is watchable but lacks the nature of its former self. I do not recommend. Expand
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Reviewed by: Christian Bone
    Oct 10, 2018
    80
    All in all, “The Woman Who Fell To Earth” succeeds as a statement of intent for this brand new era of Doctor Who, telling us that it’s going to be easily accessible, gorgeous to look at and listen to, all about the character drama and brought to life with a lead actress who has a lot of energy. In terms of comparing it to past Who, it’s not a flawless season opener, but it does a terrific job of making us excited for the rest of Doctor No. 13’s tenure.
  2. Reviewed by: Hanh Nguyen
    Oct 8, 2018
    67
    Goofy and curious, commanding and contemplative, Thirteen is already well on her way to demonstrating the complex emotional makeup that is the Doctor. She also demonstrates a cheerful, can-do spirit. ... With the exception of Tim Shaw’s unappealing self, very little about the episode feels Whovian. Gone is former showrunner Steven Moffat’s sense of play, both in the verbal sparring and convoluted storytelling.
  3. Reviewed by: Sara Stewart
    Oct 8, 2018
    100
    The premiere episode here, “The Woman Who Fell to Earth,” reminded me, more than anything, of “The X-Files,” when it was really good. It takes you back to the days when Doctor Who was a fun sci-fi procedural. ... [The alien] resembles some gleaming villain out of a Marvel movie, which makes his blokey name, Tim Shaw, even more incongruously funny. This is Doctor Who at its best--nerdy and chilling and quick with a joke. And, most significantly of all, generous of spirit, a quality that simply shimmers off Whittaker.