We've seen four episodes now of the "new new" #DoctorWho and RTD's take/vision of this era and I have to say, with the exception of #Boom, I remain very much on the fence. It's too "magical" for my liking, it doesn't do a lot of sci-fi stuff or concepts. And it has the usual silliness dialed to 11 (or 12), all amplified by RTD's sledgehammer writing style. It's somewhat ok and at times interesting, even charming, but overall I still don't know if it's for me. Which is fine.
@jynersolives I feel it is specially made to expand into USA, like first hook to reach younger audiences. And as you say, that is fine in general. Fact that Who can refresh and go on like this is remarkable.
@peteriskrisjanis If it still allows more sci-fi heavy episodes like Boom, I'm alright with it. And I do hope that we get more writer diversity, RTD's style is just a bit much for me (I'm dreading the finale already, which will probably suck for me).
@jynersolives@peteriskrisjanis yeah, back when RTD was running Who, I didn't get on with any of his Finales completely... and now he's turning up all the things that annoyed me about his writing last time around to 11...
I will push back and say that RTD's writing "magic" in two ways - 1 "stuff that isn't SF", which is fine, but also 2) "resolutions which don't follow logically" which is not fine (and which too many poor writers of Fantasy think is part of 1) )
RTD often does that: creates tensions and obstacles to create character drama and interaction, and that's what interests him. And once that's done he just winks away the obstacles somehow because the episode needs to end.
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