The new Dr Who is...

[Mcr Warrior]

I did like the Ecclestone/Tennant era though.

Never knew that the former chief exec of Formula One was once a Dr. Who.

 

[MattRat]

I think that's a fair criticism, and that's annoyed me a little bit too at times. As I recall that's quite a long standing issue - it started back in David Tennant days with big season-finales that typically seemed to involve the Daleks about to destroy parts of the Universe, and then really went over the top in Matt Smith days with the story, The Pandorica Opens, with the entire Universe about to be completely made to have never existed - only for practically the same thing to happen the following year in The Wedding of River Song. At least though, if you set aside the ridiculously high stakes, those were good stories that were enjoyable to watch and well acted.

I do much prefer stories where the Doctor is simply helping sort out a few local difficulties on a single planet. It's also much less likely that those stories will contradict something from previous Dr Who history.

And then when it is smaller stakes, like Twice Upon a Time, which essentially just revolves around one man, the audience doesn't like it, even though that ending was beautiful (and a fantastic regeneration speech, even if Chibnall clearly didn't listen to it).