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Doctor Who Won't Return Until 2020 (bbc.co.uk)
AmiMoJo quotes the BBC: The next series of Doctor Who won't start until 2020, it's been confirmed. Series 11 ended on Sunday night, but after the festive special on New Year's Day, Jodie Whittaker won't be seen in the Tardis again next year.
Showrunner Chris Chibnall said work on the new series had already begun... The first episode of the series, the first to feature a female Doctor, drew a record audience. It saw the highest launch viewing figures for the sci-fi stalwart in a decade, with 10.9 million people tuning in. The series has been considered a ratings success, with viewing figures above those of the last two series when Peter Capaldi starred in the title role.
Showrunner Chris Chibnall said work on the new series had already begun... The first episode of the series, the first to feature a female Doctor, drew a record audience. It saw the highest launch viewing figures for the sci-fi stalwart in a decade, with 10.9 million people tuning in. The series has been considered a ratings success, with viewing figures above those of the last two series when Peter Capaldi starred in the title role.
"The consolidated figures from ratings body Barb includes the number of people watching on devices as well as TV. Barb only began counting ratings for phones, PCs and tablets last month. The previous highest series launch episode for the drama was in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston, which attracted 10.8 million. That number obviously didn't include device figures."
Er, yeah. 10.9 million worldwide, on TV and devices? That is terrible. Idiots on youtube pull those numbers. No wonder it isn't coming back.
The writers have been doing a lot of character development for the companions, but very little for the Doctor herself. It's like she doesn't have a personality. She is almost a cartoon rendition of previous Doctors. I mean, the stories haven't even really explained who she is to the new companions. And maybe they are trying to avoid the issue, but have done little with the Doctor coming to grips with being female now. The need a few episodes focusing on the Doc.
No, this is what happens with pretty much all long-running TV shows - they eventually run out of clever ideas.
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Whittaker is fine as the Doctor. She has the right mix of impertinence, condescension, and compassion to convey to you that this is in fact The Doctor. She just needs to develop some personality traits unique to her Doctor. My hats off to her.
What's killed this season are the plots. They continue the SJW proselytizing (enough so that a couple episodes are eminently predictable), and are quite frankly boring. I played the season on my TV last weekend while I played games on the computer. Only three times in 9 episodes did I pause the game and back up the video stream. And I have no desire to go back and watch any of the episodes again (unlike Blink which I must have watched 5 times now). Watching them out of the corner of my eye as I was doing something else was good enough.
Never liked Peter, I'm warming to Jodie.
A female doctor was a courageous move and has added a positive flavour to the doctor.
Over 50 years watching dr who, I can wait a couple of years
Go well