Doctor Who can have whatever agenda it wants. I just wish the writing was better. Star Beast was definitely the worst of the specials, imo, and it all comes down to the writing and delivery of that very on the nose agenda at the end. But that was my usual issue with RTD the first time around. I just wish he had grown as a writer in the last 15 years.
You say about one of the most lauded TV writers in the UK today. OBE for writing. FRSL for writing. His wiki page has seven beefy paragraphs of accolades for writing. But sure. Because you don't like his agenda, he needs to "grow as a writer."
I could have sworn it was possible not to like writing with an agenda (and that was quite heavy-handed) and still agree with the principle of the agenda itself. Am I wrong about that?
Where did I say I don’t like his agenda? Thanks for putting words into my mouth. I said my issues was in how he’s getting that agenda across. Mainly by hitting the viewer over the head with a 2x4.
The ratings are excellent whatever you've 'heard'. It's the highest watched drama of the whole of 2023 in the UK.
But aren’t these lower than pre Whitaker and I’m taking this information from dr who sites and not the obvious YouTube and there’s a lot of initial curiosity plus based on viewer ratings the ruby road episode was ranked 28th lowest rated out of 179 new who episodes
My understanding is that the numbers are lower, because overall TV viewership is down (because of more channels, people watching things on computers instead, and so on). It's still among the most-watched shows, it's just that the bar is lower these days.
