I am a huge fan of the contemporary DOCTOR WHO but my interest waned when Jenna Coleman left the series and it began to feel like the brilliant Steven Moffat was weary and had run out of ideas in series 10. I had hesitations when it was announced that Chris Chibnall was going to pick up the reigns for the 13th Doctor. I had found his previous episodes had two major drawbacks, the sonic screwdriver became a magic wand that got the crew out of every imaginable mess and he dumped too many elements into each episodes making the story lines muddy and eclectically weak. I feel the first female Doctor suffered under his helmsmanship. I even put off seeing the 13th series because I didn’t hold out much hope for the story arcs. However, when I binged THE FLUX episodes in one day, I found that his annoying habit of making an episode an encyclopaedia of Who cannon, really worked well when measured over a season. The season’s story arc blossomed as most of the iconic threats were resurrected for his “end of days” narrative. I was pleasantly surprised. The first 7 seasons of the contemporary WHO will always be 10 (perfect) out of 10 for me. Seasons 8, 9 & 10 fell to 9s (superb) or 8s (great) and then to 7s (good) but the Chibnal years (seasons 11 and 12) barely hung on to 6s (fair) and 5s (meh), but I’m raising my rating for series 13 back up to a high 8 (really great) for Chibnall’s finale season. I’m so looking forward to Russel T Davies picking up the reigns as show runner in the fall of 2022. [Classic SciFi]
Review by Nancy L DraperVIP 8BlockedParent2022-01-16T00:04:27Z
I am a huge fan of the contemporary DOCTOR WHO but my interest waned when Jenna Coleman left the series and it began to feel like the brilliant Steven Moffat was weary and had run out of ideas in series 10. I had hesitations when it was announced that Chris Chibnall was going to pick up the reigns for the 13th Doctor. I had found his previous episodes had two major drawbacks, the sonic screwdriver became a magic wand that got the crew out of every imaginable mess and he dumped too many elements into each episodes making the story lines muddy and eclectically weak. I feel the first female Doctor suffered under his helmsmanship. I even put off seeing the 13th series because I didn’t hold out much hope for the story arcs. However, when I binged THE FLUX episodes in one day, I found that his annoying habit of making an episode an encyclopaedia of Who cannon, really worked well when measured over a season. The season’s story arc blossomed as most of the iconic threats were resurrected for his “end of days” narrative. I was pleasantly surprised. The first 7 seasons of the contemporary WHO will always be 10 (perfect) out of 10 for me. Seasons 8, 9 & 10 fell to 9s (superb) or 8s (great) and then to 7s (good) but the Chibnal years (seasons 11 and 12) barely hung on to 6s (fair) and 5s (meh), but I’m raising my rating for series 13 back up to a high 8 (really great) for Chibnall’s finale season. I’m so looking forward to Russel T Davies picking up the reigns as show runner in the fall of 2022. [Classic SciFi]