You are right. There is no "U.K. English" accent. I was mistaken. Looking back at my post I can see that I must have been typing fast to get my point down. The point was: for a science fiction show where the universe is its playground, with its uncountable number of planets and life forms, for all of the actors to have obvious British (England, Scotland, Ireland...) accents is bad casting. However, you made a good point about American made science fiction. Thanks for pointing out my ethnocentrism.
I have no problem with the Doctor and/or his companion being the tools by which the plot conflict is solved. My problem is the way the plot conflicts are solved. The Doctor has progressively become less clever and more mcguffin. The best example is the episode when thousands of the Doctor's enemies ambushed him on a planet and were about to blow him to pieces. The Doctor solved that predicament by saying that those present know the reputation of the Doctor and that he would kick their asses if they tried to kick his. The script writer, literally, solved the conflict using the Doctor's reputation. That is incredibly lazy and not at all satisfying. In other episodes conflicts are solved with a solution pulled out of the Doctor's ass, embodying the non sequitur, and aided by the sonic screwdriver magic wand.
A certain amount of silliness in a family show is fine. I agree with you, but my phrase was "inappropriate" silliness. The music does not follow the action so many times I feel like I am watching a circus act. There are many cliche and dumb jokes which wouldn't be so grating except that they are placed at times that break the dramatic or suspenseful tone of a scene. The purpose of many scenes are to evoke an emotional response from the audience. Does it make sense to sabotage yourself by putting silly stuff right in the middle instead of waiting for the next scene or the tone to mellow out?
As a fan of the series I do not expect you to be objective about the Daleks. Try to view them from the perspective of a new viewer. The Daleks have annoying voices. They are blobs of goo in trash bins with golf balls glued on the outside, a toilet plunger sticking out in the middle and a maximum speed of 5 kilometers per hour. There is nothing threatening about a Dalek. They are a hold over from a period of time in the shows' history where the producers lacked the budget for a good looking monster.
Jumping on points: I don't know enough about the show to argue this point.
Going from being a science fiction show that explained its technology and introduced technology that was reasonable in its fictional universe to a show that replaced all of the technology with magic is not inventive. It's lazy. It is exactly the opposite of invention. Invention requires thought and reasonable justification. Magic just does whatever you say it does and skips all of the tedium of having to explain itself of be reasonable within its fictional universe.
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Fans emphasize the actor who portrays the Doctor as if that is what makes the series enjoyable or not. There are fundamental problems with the series that a change of cast has never been able to overcome. The problem may lie in retaining the same writers.
Every person in the Doctor Who Universe speaks with a U.K. English accent. The stories are shallow and do not require a clever solution to their conflicts. Because the scripts are full of their own importance conflicts are usually solved by virtue of the presence of the Doctor. There is too much inappropriate silliness. The music direction is all over the place with the music rarely complementing what is going on in the story. Unique characters and species have become series regulars because original ideas are not encouraged in a series where fans are more comfortable with which they are already familiar. The series requires a steep learning curve for new viewers. Whatever science there is in this science fiction series is a thin veneer over a wall of fantasy.
Doctor Who is a less than average, poorly written, over acted, mess maintained by the fervency of its dedicated fan base that reinforces itself well enough to never have to acknowledge the flaws of its source.