Aye - there's no need to expect a programme with a woman in a pivotal role to always be better than the average show. I agree, it ought to be okay for them to be mediocre or to have particular episodes that are poor or a bit random.
I personally was looking forward to Jodie Whitaker being really, really good because she's been really really good in the other things I've seen her in - also written by Chibnall and co-starring David Tennant. I was more worried about Chibnall as a writer.
I will give some thougth to a suitable Puppy naming convention.
Part of my unease here about the vitue signalling is that I worry for the long term future of a programme which I hold in great affection. Casting Whitaker as the Doctor was already going to alientate some viewers and I worry a bit that intentionally virtue signalling to the point where some viewers think they are being got at might see the BBC involved in a conflict in the US about which it doesn't know enough to know what it doesn't know. I'm not sure I have the mental energy to cope with years and years of Trump supporters demanding that the BBC hand over the head of Chibnall.
I don't think 63 /100 is a bad score - particularly for a show that is in the middle of a mini-reboot. The first season of a new Doctor is usually a bit bland and messy. If this were the third season of Whitaker / Chibnall and it was still getting mid-60's scores I'd be less happy.
I am enjoying sitting on the sofa with my son every Sunday evening very much.
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Date: 2018-11-05 05:36 pm (UTC)I personally was looking forward to Jodie Whitaker being really, really good because she's been really really good in the other things I've seen her in - also written by Chibnall and co-starring David Tennant. I was more worried about Chibnall as a writer.
I will give some thougth to a suitable Puppy naming convention.
Part of my unease here about the vitue signalling is that I worry for the long term future of a programme which I hold in great affection. Casting Whitaker as the Doctor was already going to alientate some viewers and I worry a bit that intentionally virtue signalling to the point where some viewers think they are being got at might see the BBC involved in a conflict in the US about which it doesn't know enough to know what it doesn't know. I'm not sure I have the mental energy to cope with years and years of Trump supporters demanding that the BBC hand over the head of Chibnall.
I don't think 63 /100 is a bad score - particularly for a show that is in the middle of a mini-reboot. The first season of a new Doctor is usually a bit bland and messy. If this were the third season of Whitaker / Chibnall and it was still getting mid-60's scores I'd be less happy.
I am enjoying sitting on the sofa with my son every Sunday evening very much.