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variousqueerthings · 1 year ago

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I know that Doctor Who eras are universally considered camp and that a seasoned classic!who fan presumably will laugh at the idea that the show is good "again" when its peaks and valleys constantly come around and are reassessed as overrated or as secret gems, and so yes the idea of Doctor Who being good "again" is kind of ridiculous in the grand scale of things, since RTD is but a drop in a very very big pond (albeit a very important drop considering his was the reboot), but coming in to Capaldi again I've got to say. that M*ffat era is bad, and even Capaldi and Gomez can't make it that much better, although at least they make it bearable and have individual great scenes. but yes this is improving upon quite a few years of bad.

#it's bad in some ways that could be reassessed sure. it's got some single good episodes yes.#but it's also bad in a way that's more misogyny in the text itself than I've seen in any other era including my classic watch #(which i know there's the whole carrot juice thing later on but it's not a whole era under one writer with several companions+doctors)#it's bad in a way that recontextualises the FIRST doctor as more sexist than that era of writing ever was #it's also bad in a way that never gives a satisfying conclusion to any of its major threads #might delete later #(no opinions on chibnall havent got there yet for my proper watch)

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