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Season 13
Season #: 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 12 out of 20
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  1. ScienceAdvisor
    Dec 1, 2021
    0
    After five episodes, the endless children was just cemented as canon, entombing the series for all eternity. This season has been nothing except a giant Mystery box chase with absolutely no sense tying anything together, destroying everything that has come before it. Turns out the TVA (Division) from Loki is running this Universe as well, and everything the Doctor has ever done was dueAfter five episodes, the endless children was just cemented as canon, entombing the series for all eternity. This season has been nothing except a giant Mystery box chase with absolutely no sense tying anything together, destroying everything that has come before it. Turns out the TVA (Division) from Loki is running this Universe as well, and everything the Doctor has ever done was due to Kang (Tecteun).… Expand
  2. imthenoob
    Jan 14, 2022
    0
    Watched the first 3 episodes and was done with it. The CG in this one looks god-awful and incredibly low budget. The story is incredibly convoluted and not the least bit satisfying as it attempts to deliver hard on fan service and not much on anything else. I seriously can not wait for Chris to be gone, He has just run this series into the ground with his nonsense.
  3. TimNotSam
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    I'm 3 episodes in an it's really awful. Just randomness and throw in angels and other species. I imagine that the story comes all together at the end, but I cannot imagine the pay off being worth it. There are just so much filler scenes and introduced characters. It's just unwanted and useless exposition which seems to make a lot of the run time. I don't really think there is any merit torI'm 3 episodes in an it's really awful. Just randomness and throw in angels and other species. I imagine that the story comes all together at the end, but I cannot imagine the pay off being worth it. There are just so much filler scenes and introduced characters. It's just unwanted and useless exposition which seems to make a lot of the run time. I don't really think there is any merit tor substance to this season.

    All of my issues are summarised with the opening scene where they are hanging above a acid volcano. A really awkward script as well as a random chaos of events where the doctor really isn't in any control, everything just happens to work out well.    … Expand
  4. VidyutGore
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    Incoherent ramble that fails to provide a consistent narrative. The writing is truly horrible and of the type "You are feeling XYZ" "Yes I am XYZ" or "Tell me your sinister plan." "This is my evil plan that will defeat you." It is unrealistic, immature and paralyzes the actors by rendering physical actions to mind-numbingly boring dialogue.

    There is a stingy and ill-advised attempt at    Incoherent ramble that fails to provide a consistent narrative. The writing is truly horrible and of the type "You are feeling XYZ" "Yes I am XYZ" or "Tell me your sinister plan." "This is my evil plan that will defeat you." It is unrealistic, immature and paralyzes the actors by rendering physical actions to mind-numbingly boring dialogue.

    There is a stingy and ill-advised attempt at setting up a Doctor-companion romance which manifests as Yaz developing the superpower to be angry with the Doctor - something other companions have done freely always. She proceeds to give occasional lectures to the Doctor for being remote which smell faintly of the worst of powerless women asking why the husband won't come home on time, why he won't talk to them... only the Doctor is a woman. The rest is the same. The relationship seems to have gone from polite strangers to cynical couple and bypassed romance altogether.

    The series seems to have forgotten what a romance is like altogether. What it looks like, what it feels like, that it is supposed to be a period of joy and enjoyment of each other... unless they have forgotten their genre and are going for some social justice version of a dark romance with damaged characters that enriches no one, but reflects reality well.

    Notably, there is no chemistry between the alleged lovers. Zero. This includes interviews where Yaz's body language is similar to that in the show - she looks up to Jodie rather than sees her as an equal a colleague off the sets or lover or crush on the show. For all the show's claims to diversity, the bosy language screams hierarchy with the white woman holding all the power. And this is not the Doctor - mothers of companions have memorably slapped the Doctor. Companions have lost their temper at him. The hierarchy is a development of this Doctor - worth mentioning, because it arrived on a halo of social justice. The companions have never been this powerless before the will of the Doctor. Gone is the time when the companions made demands and forced the Doctor to comply. Romance or not, it gave them power as equals and and provided necessary counterbalance to the Doctor. In the absence of that, the Doctor becomes surreal and flawless. Unable to acknowledge mistakes or have flaws. Makes one think of Martha with longing who left the Doctor when it was clear he wouldn't return her feelings.

    Not like the show serves as an entertaining escape in any case. Might as well deliver a dose of the worst moods from cynical social commentary. After three seasons the alleged couple still hasn't managed to get there, leaving the only options left as failure or bury the gays.    … Expand
  5. Rovex
    Nov 22, 2021
    9
    So far i watched 3 episodes. I love it! Its back the the earlier style of writing where there is a bigger storyline then 1 episode and i love that.
    The way of having a lot of sub timelines can also be confusing but this makes it very fun to watch as you have to keep track of a lot of things.
    A minor downside i find is that the english accents are really thick in this season. At this point    So far i watched 3 episodes. I love it! Its back the the earlier style of writing where there is a bigger storyline then 1 episode and i love that.
    The way of having a lot of sub timelines can also be confusing but this makes it very fun to watch as you have to keep track of a lot of things.
    A minor downside i find is that the english accents are really thick in this season. At this point its really breaking the emersion where every single alien has a thick english accent.

    So in conclusion I love the writing for this season, i love the bigger storyline even tough it completely breaks the established history for the doctor. but hey cant always have all the nice things. But the accents should be toned down a lot.    … Expand
  6. SafeLab-ForUse
    Dec 2, 2021
    8
    So far, season 13 has been quite enjoyable to me, especially episode 4. The quality is getting back to what is should be and 13th acting is better as well.

    The one huge i see is the fact that there are too many plots and way too little time to resolve all of them. Waiting to see what the last episode will do about it. For now, i give it a solid 8
  7. ShaMana
    Nov 22, 2021
    7
    4 Episodes down and I think that's the strongest Whitacker season. Varies far off the formula, but the companions click much better now. Events seem to be written better and there is still some mystery. Not the subtle mystery that was in the days past. It's more, punch in your face variant, but its still better than anything the last 5 seasons had.
  8. hisavi
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    A return to form. Whittaker gives one of the most sensational performances on television right now.
  9. mtayloooor
    Jul 11, 2022
    8
    I found the whole season apart from the finale outstanding. The different characters were woven beautifully, Jodie’s acting was great, there were some great cliffhangers and the CG was mind blowing!

    Then we get to the finale, and my goodness it feels like a throwaway. The villains are dismissed, genocide takes place so nonchalantly and most of the universe doesn’t exist anymore?! Also the    I found the whole season apart from the finale outstanding. The different characters were woven beautifully, Jodie’s acting was great, there were some great cliffhangers and the CG was mind blowing!

    Then we get to the finale, and my goodness it feels like a throwaway. The villains are dismissed, genocide takes place so nonchalantly and most of the universe doesn’t exist anymore?! Also the Doctor suddenly doesn’t care about her memories!? Come on!

    Other than all of that, the rest of the season was great and it was awesome to see them do something different with the writing of the overall story arcs.    … Expand
  10. Kdog152
    Jan 4, 2023
    9
    Apart from episode 3, which was really confusing, it was pretty good. Village of the angles was the best out of them all.
  11. sim11
    Nov 18, 2022
    1
    Just awfully. TV show was is dead 3 season ago ((( and still dead, and not think it will be alive again

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Caroline Siede
    Dec 6, 2021
    75
    In an episode that doesn’t do much hand-holding as it leaps through time and space, that line offers a little bit of reassurance from Chibnall. This episode is supposed to be confusing, but it’ll all pay off in the long run.
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  2. i
    Reviewed by: Stephen Kelly
    Dec 6, 2021
    80
    It’s a lot, but it all managed to build to a thrilling cliffhanger. ... Perhaps the most intriguing part of this episode, however, was Whittaker’s Doctor herself, who returned here with a moodier edge than before.
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  3. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: Patrick Mulkern
    Dec 6, 2021
    80
    In all, The Halloween Apocalypse is an engaging appetiser and revives my dimensionally transcendental taste-buds.
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