Questions for Chibnall apologist vermin scum

[rushy]

1) Jodie's optimism can be infectious at times, Graham's a sweetheart, the title sequence is awesome, the Master is better than in the Moffat era, the Daleks actually get proper stories again.

2) Series 11 trying to go back to unique stories. The Davison/McCoy scenes in Power of the Doctor.

3) Not really, she never elevated her scripts. I had much bigger expectations of her (based on initial promo material, I imagined her as being similar to Cate Blanchett's Galadriel, only more action-oriented).

4) It Takes You Away was pretty cool.

5) I don't, but then again, I don't reconcile half of what Moffat did with the pre-existing lore either. Gallifrey was completely f*cked long before Chibs arrived on the scene. At this point, I just ignore the episodes that don't add up to the whole and move on. 

[zarius]

Graham was the most developed out of the three companions and was capable of demonstrating range, being the most experienced actor out of the lot. That first series in particular was special for him. After that, he just became the light relief and butt of the jokes with his arc completed sadly

Series 11 wasn't always left-wing, as "Kerblam" demonstrated, it was covering bases from all angles sometimes and I appreciated that. I never understood the hatred for episodes like "Demons of the Punjabb" either, I thought it was a blindingly good historical

Jodie I believe was miscast as The Doctor and written entirely as a reactionary, giving us weird facial gurning and looks of 'dull surprise' whenever she learned something of her past. She had the energy of an enthusiastic but not too charisma-laden aunt who always makes an effort at children's parties to noone's appreciation. Jo Martin in her short appearances was everything a female Doctor should be and more, and it's a crime there's not much else of her to go on.

The Timeless Child as a concept has a bit of merit, if it had stuck to just the Morbius incarnations and the Division angle it might have been something, but the actual orphan in the storm angle? Rubbish. It takes away all the investment of wanting The Doctor to explore OUR universe as you sort of desire her/him/them now to explore their original habitat and uncover their actual roots, and that in itself means abandoning everything we've grown accustomed to and telling us we should be 'reeducated' on Doctor Who, same as many of their episodes try to 'reeducate' straight white male audiences about things they weren't involved in centuries ago and made to feel bad about now.

I think Chibnall pulled off the best worst era of Nu Who if that makes sense. The stories had the promise, it had the budget, but what it didn't have was a plan or any confidence, they just sprung the surprises and hoped they would carry the show. I will give Chris credit for actually doubling down during Flux...for a spell, but then he ran away at the very end from what he was presenting, because he'd ran out of time, and the audience had ran out of patience.

I did enjoy two episodes of Flux (Sontarans and Weeping Angels), and the last three specials, the last three bonkers fun and are just your typical average Who adventure yarn, which was needed.