I'm perplexed why earthlings in 2018 are not aware of aliens, despite the numerous, public, widespread alien attacks in previous episodes.
In the Titanic episodes, Wilf even tells the Doctor that no one is out on Christmas Eve because they fear another alien attack.
Regarding the Daleks, I was glad to see a Dalek actually exterminating for a change. They usually just talk and take prisoners.
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Eleazar (251)
6 years ago
They are doing this since the Destruction of the Tardis/Universe/ Cracks in Time/ when Amy put everything back together from memory or something like that - can't remember exactly.
This felt like a soft reboot of New Who. I think they did it, so they don't have to cope with all the big events of the RTD Ara.
They only kept what they wanted.
For me it felt like a lazy cope out. Building Canon and using it, is, what a show makes rich and what a fanbase (or at least me) loves. But Doctor Who gets away with so much.
Writers should be forced to acknowledge what was before.
But anyhow - I still enjoy watching - but it could be so much better.
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fishpan (544)
6 years ago
Think it and the disbandment of UNIT were more a criticism of the times we live in, you know populism, living in their own bubble. Bascially Brexit.
Have a couple of years of not being invaded or have a group that isn't saving people publicly then why should governments think they need them or work with other government as their voters would care more about the cost of bread at their local Tesco's and how many immigrants are supposedly taking their jobs?
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Eleazar (251)
6 years ago
Yes, they used Unit as Brexit Bash. I didn't mind that - because it was kind of funny - but it would have been so cool to see some old faces and for this season to finally acknowledge more of what was before.
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fishpan (544)
6 years ago
Yeah it would have been.
Maybe it is the budget but maybe it is Chibnell's Northern thing?
I get that he's done the Northern Doctor but does everything regarding this season have to centre around Sheffield?
Now I'm not complaining that the modern stories are being set outside London but if the point was to expand the program but at least when Moffat and Davis had the doctor coming to a geographic area more than once and it was linked to the companion there was a bigger arc forming without ramming it down our throats.
ie Rose and Bad Wolf
Amy's crack in the wall and later just visiting the Pond's
Donna being the most important person in the world.
Clara being the impossible girl
The Doctor coming back to the University because that was where he was holding Missy
But why have the Doctor continually come to the North of England this time and them making a point of us knowing it is the North of England. What is it with the weird stuff happening there when it never seemed to before? There doesn't seem to have any arc for Yaz, Ryan or Graham this year that explains it.
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