• kitnaht@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      Bludgeoning social matters into everyone’s heads using garbage storylines. Like Time Traveling Space-Nazis trying to sit in Rosa Parks seat…

      The constant references to racism, equality, blah blah blah blah…

      Doctor Who has always had these things as a subtext to their episodes but that’s what they were…SUBTEXT. They weren’t front-and-center bludgeon you over the head with ongoing social issues shit.

      That’s why everyone stopped watching and why their viewership is in the trash.

      • Tamo240@programming.dev
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        14 days ago

        I think what you’re trying to say is that the social commentary has lost a lot of nuance, as well as the general quality of the writing going down, in which case I agree. Kinda toeing the line of the ‘everything is woke now’ crowd though, to which I would say you haven’t seen/understood much Doctor Who if you think social issues are only recently a part of the stories.

        For the record the Rosa Parks ep was one of my favourites for Jodie, but it’s a low bar.