This is exactly why I love JW’S doctor. She perfectly encapsulated the personality of 10 and 11, while still being fun and fresh all on her own. I agree the writing was a bit… off? But she was brilliant.
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Four_lights77@lemm.ee 8 months ago
A lot of the reason I liked Jodie Whitaker’s Doctor so much was because she channeled tennant so well in her own way. She was let down by poor writing and over used tropes though. I’m really excited to see the series in a fresh light.
Lurker@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
The writing was insulting. JW did a damn good job making the show as watchable as it could possibly be, and it sucks that she was stuck with the worst written series so far
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 8 months ago
That’s interesting. I really love JW as an actress and was very excited to see her as the Doctor, but I found her performance absolutely teeth grinding for some reason. There was this kind of ‘over-excited’ puppy thing that just seemed formulaic and turned me off.
I’m happy to blame it on the direction, though.
cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Honestly, I think it would’ve been less noticeable with fewer companions at the beginning. The script didn’t really leave room for anything krusty than that while following all the character plotlines.
HipPriest@kbin.social 8 months ago
See I got the impression when watching it was kind of like she was told to 'just play it like you're a female 10th doctor, yeah, that'll do'. Which was really a shame because she could have owned her own character you know?
I actually thought her best episode was the one with the Daleks and the time loop in the warehouse (Eve of the Daleks I think). Her run got overshadowed by the whole timeless child thing which was more fanwank than anyone needed or asked for. Not that Moffat or Davies had individual episodes which were just as bad for continuity stuff but it felt like a lot of the 13th Doctor stories were arc obsessed. Maybe Flux didn't help.