As of writing this there have only been the 3 Ncuti Gatwa episodes, and he's a wonderful doctor.
There are clear minutiae where the Doctor says things like 'I thought that was non diegetic' in episode 2, along with the frequent breaking of the fourth wall in this era. And it's kind of making me feel like the big 'twist' they reference at the end of that episode for this seasons arch will be very truman-show esque (no complaints from me if that is the case!!)
As for the season, I do fear that it's a little too heavy handed. I've just finished the devil's chord and I really enjoyed it, but it's a bit too much. I appreciate the bombastic ideas and characters and plots that is nothing new to Doctor Who especially RTD, but the singing in the Christmas special threw me so much, and the musical lala land sequence we had at the end of this one was just nuts. I really really really hope they either commit hard with the fourth wall stuff and make an interesting season arch, and have everything be back to normal for season 2 - or god knows tbf, I'd hate to see the future of dr who be this mental on accident.
I also don't know if it's as accessible as they hoped it to be honestly, there are frequent references to the past, but not really giving new viewers as much exposition as is required for such a massive and long running show. I feel that if I was a new viewer watching this I'd still be very confused and want to watch the OG kush we were all raised on. Which begs the question as to why they're soft rebooting it so softly?
We'll just have to wait for Steven Moffatt's episode next week and the rest of the series, so far all good though even with it's flaws it excels the past 7 years of who by lightyears!!
Lush.
There are clear minutiae where the Doctor says things like 'I thought that was non diegetic' in episode 2, along with the frequent breaking of the fourth wall in this era. And it's kind of making me feel like the big 'twist' they reference at the end of that episode for this seasons arch will be very truman-show esque (no complaints from me if that is the case!!)
As for the season, I do fear that it's a little too heavy handed. I've just finished the devil's chord and I really enjoyed it, but it's a bit too much. I appreciate the bombastic ideas and characters and plots that is nothing new to Doctor Who especially RTD, but the singing in the Christmas special threw me so much, and the musical lala land sequence we had at the end of this one was just nuts. I really really really hope they either commit hard with the fourth wall stuff and make an interesting season arch, and have everything be back to normal for season 2 - or god knows tbf, I'd hate to see the future of dr who be this mental on accident.
I also don't know if it's as accessible as they hoped it to be honestly, there are frequent references to the past, but not really giving new viewers as much exposition as is required for such a massive and long running show. I feel that if I was a new viewer watching this I'd still be very confused and want to watch the OG kush we were all raised on. Which begs the question as to why they're soft rebooting it so softly?
We'll just have to wait for Steven Moffatt's episode next week and the rest of the series, so far all good though even with it's flaws it excels the past 7 years of who by lightyears!!
Lush.