Now, I love Matt Smith’s Doctor. I love Christopher Eccleston’s Doctor. David Tennant’s Doctor even (though his storylines and ‘isms’ (see point 9) made him worse). But overall, these are 10 things I dislike about modern Doctor Who.
1. It’s made the classic series be called Classic
This doesn’t bother me so much, as it’s how I’ve grown up knowing the series. But I just feel the modern series and the ‘classic’ series would work better is referred to as one series, which they are.
2. Romance
When the 8th Doctor kissed Grace, it was fine. It was a one off, and it suited the Doctor. Rose and Mickey relationship, fine. But the 10th Doctor constantly kissing his companions is not appreciated. The Doctor is a Time Lord. The show is a sci-fi show. And the kissing is OVER THE TOP and developed in ridiculously long storylines, unlike in the TV Movie, where the kissing fitted in well.
3. Martha Jones’ Love Story
WHY THE HELL DOES SHE FANCY THE DOCTOR? WHY ON EARTH IS THIS IN A FAMILY SCIENCE FICTION SHOW? But not only is the story line of unrequited love out of place and portrayed stupidly, as well as coming from stupid origins (i.e. nowhere), it also brings Martha’s character down so much, and wrecks any chances that we’ll like her. I mean – she saves the world. It takes her a year. And all of it is so she can get back and see the Doctor again, her care for the human race seems secondary to her care for the marvellous Doctor.
Silly silly Martha Jones. Her jealousy over Rose just brings her character down further, and immediately stops any kind of progression.
5. The Waters of Mars
David Tennant’s least finest moment –.- (I love that icon smiley thing). The Waters of Mars ruins the Doctor, his characterisation and the whole thing is pointless. And his gallivanting round the universe before he faces the Ood ahead of the End of Time is STUPID and SILLY and POINTLESS and is written so Russell T Davies can ruin Who history some more. RTD is a fantastic writer, but this episode and the gap in between is ridiculous.
6. Some Doctor-Lite Episodes
Blink is awesome. Midnight, which is a Donna-lite episode, is silly. And Love and Monsters is the worst possible use for a monster created by a fan. They could’ve done anything with the Abzorballof, and it’s ridiculous that we need a whole episode elaborating on Clive’s work, which deserved it’s brief scene in Rose.
7. Slitheen
Say no more really. Childish.
8. Big Finales and the compulsion to have lots and lots of Daleks
Series One Finale was too big and too dramatic and way too over the top. Series Two was more contained, but another over emotional finale. Series Three was just rubbish and over the top anyway, Series Four was WAYYY too over dramatic and bringing companions back did not work. Even with Rose… And Series 5 was the only one that handled drama well.
9. Isms
David Tennant –isms. Where he goes “Oh yes” or “Welll” or moves his mouth and puts his hand through his hair. And then there’s Bow Ties are Cool. Fezzes are cool. And Stetsons are cool. Isms don’t have a place in Doctor Who.
10. Light-Hearted-Ness (and episodes by Matthew Graham)
Fear Her wasn’t good, it wasn’t Doctor Who, and it should have been a comic in DWA. It was an episode to compare to the darkness of the finale, which wasn’t dark at all. It was only sad (in the tears boo-hoo sense). The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People had bad titles, and while the concept was a good idea, it had badly structured characters and a plot that didn’t really get anywhere. All light-hearted episodes are bad, they’re not well written, and they make me miss the complicated and dark nature that some episodes can get. Dark episodes challenge actors and viewers. Light episodes don’t.
You may think this is a very one-sided look, and that I haven’t studied these enough to have a proper say. But this isn’t a complicated detailed essay, it’s a quick evaluation of my opinions. I have considered everything, and what you’ve read here is just a blunt way of putting my overall views. I do love Doctor Who.
But we wouldn’t be Doctor Who fans if we didn’t criticise. And we only criticise because we care about it, and truly love it, and truly hate it when it’s messed up, or dented, or changed.
Long live Doctor Who. (without isms and light-hearted episodes).
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