Doctor Who (2020) - spoilers!

[wicked cool]

Has to be the worst episode of the season.

 

[Blackrat]

It was a bit of meh, but still kinda classic Dr.: Saving earth from monster of the week...

 

[Vael]

I enjoyed it. The guest cast managed to sell their characters with minimal time. I like this new development of the Doctor willing to send her "fam" out on different missions. I still need more Yaz, but I liked both her interactions with Jake and her jump first mentality. After last weeks episode, almost anything will feel like a come down, but this was solid.

 

[Morrus]

I quite liked it. It didn't blow me away, but it was solid.

 

[Richards]

Yeah, that one was pretty "Meh."

Johnathan

 

[Khelon Testudo]

I think this season is on a starvation budget, even compared to last one. Re-used sets, and poorly handled bird puppets. Aliens in gas masks and raincoats. Also a bit preachy, but Who was ever thus.

Make-up was good.

 

[Tonguez]

I dont know if Lungbarrow is still canon but it is implied there that the Doctor is The Other who along with Rassilon and Omega were the founders of Timelord society and virtually Demigods to Galifreyans.
So could Ruth be a version of the Other?

That would explain how Ruth is a pre-Hrtnell version of the Doctor but also why the Doctor doesnt remember Ruth and still leave Hartnell was the first renegade Timelord who was stolen by the TARDIS.
Given that Captain Jack refers to something having been sent back in time, was that a reference to this Other Doctor?



Also this is the second time this season with a "pollution threaten Earths survival" theme.

 

[Morrus]

I think this season is on a starvation budget, even compared to last one. Re-used sets, and poorly handled bird puppets. Aliens in gas masks and raincoats. Also a bit preachy, but Who was ever thus.

Make-up was good.

Weird. I think this year looks much higher budget than last year.

 

[GreyLord]

Problems if true
Destroys the whole narrative for her being the first female Dr (if true)
We have potentially another War Dr situation?

There seems to be a lot to digest in this episode but was there really? We get a little bit of Barrowman and yet hes all mysterious and speaking in code. I don't remember him being all mysterious ever? We get a new Dr/fake Dr and now we might mess up the whole timeline. Sure its a better episode but not sure this helps sinking ratings

Still feel like Chibnalli wants to destroy the Dr Who universe pre 2017

Most of Doctor Who in the earlier years (first series 1-26) hovered around 7 million viewers with highs at almost 12 million some seasons and the worst down to around 5 million. When it dropped below 5 million consecutively was when it was finally cancelled.

This season seems to be headed more towards the direction of series 10 right now, but it is mid-series so it might prop up soon. None of them have been below season 23-25 yet of the older Doctor Who series in viewership.

I think that series 10 was being hampered (or they saw it was) with an older doctor when previous doctors were younger, and putting in a younger doctor again (Whitaker) propped up the ratings once more for series 11.

I'm not sure what's happening with the flagging viewership this season right now, though it may be a continuation of the slowly declining ratings of series 11 (started at almost 11 million and decreased to around a little over 6.5 million, a point where series 12 started a little higher than for the first episode).

I'm not sure why the sinking viewership/rankings to be honest, nor what is causing it or could help it.

 

[Morrus]

Most of Doctor Who in the earlier years (first series 1-26) hovered around 7 million viewers with highs at almost 12 million some seasons and the worst down to around 5 million. When it dropped below 5 million consecutively was when it was finally cancelled.

Those sorts of figures aren't comparably to today. There were only three channels back then.

TV as a whole is generally dropping in viewing figures due to a saturation of choice. Pick almost any show, and you'll probably find viewers have decreased in the last few years.