"The Adric era was dire"
It seemed to capture the vibe of the tv era, I remember.
Some good stories.
His death having one of the best twists.
Just needed the doctor to pull a Taylor.
"You maniacs!"
"Bonny Langford works better in modern who than she ever did in her original appearances."
Give her some credit.
Though she may be the closest?
"Some of the old was good, some not so good. Just like with the new. That's pretty normal for any TV show."
The modern stuff is basically built on a bad premise.
Remove all the good things about dr who and go from there.
Much like Fury Road.
Gets you unsuspecting innocents, but at a high price.
What's normal for a show is to start good, then if it goes past six seasons, fizzle out with character and story changes that don't work.
X files, sg1, so on.
I guess modern who kind of did that, if you ignore the previous three odd decades.
Obviously that's what the production was wanting to do, no regeneration, starting at season 1, again, and forgetting anything good about the show. Oh, yeah and the shoehorning of certain production staff's personal interests.
"Can't imagine why this matters to anybody."
That reminds me of Micky Rooney on a Twilight zone commentary.
Fans dude, they're called fans!
"There was a furore about the mystique of the Time Lords being ruined in the 4th Doctor's era."
That's a troupe of many shows.
At some point, the hero's eventually win or a mystery is solved.
If the show gets past it, they suddenly have to come up with something else.
Sometimes this happens because the show was likely to end or have great changes.
X files and sg1 had this type of thing happen.
The Gould were basically defeated, Jaffa wernt hard to fight any more. "I know! Ori!"
Lost was axed at six so we never saw much impact.
I don't think anyone can argue that recent who changes are not the most dramatic, or desperate, ever.
After 50+ years as a white male, suddenly two go directly against that with no precidence??
It would be nice to see a return of the wholesome family unit we saw in the first doctor.
Or the more professional approach of the third.
At least they acted like normal people.
A show for the people, not for University protest crazies.
I think things are getting straightened out from the top (pun works), so we may yet see a dramatic change.
Fingers crossed.
