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Yeah, so I've been watching season 11. I wasn't very happy when I found out that the doctor would be a woman because personally, I don't care for a lot of the "strong women" characters in media right now. They end up just doing their best to act like men- and honestly, Jodie isn't an exception. I will say that she's not as bad as I was expecting. The character isn't. But the episode themes most certainly are. Wow has this show gotten political. And they're not even subtle about it. It's pathetic. How vigorously anti-gun the Doctor is, is absurd. I can appreciate it when the Doctor has values- but why should they be strictly confined to the West's political tensions. The Doctor is an alien from another planet for Galifrey's sake! And why are guns the worst thing in the world- but bombs are okay? Wait we can't shoot a giant spider who has killed people but trying to kill a small alien- who's also killed people is okay since we're using a bomb? Also, Yaz is a police officer. She doesn't use a gun? And what's with all the straight white men being the villain in nearly every episode? Okay except for King James. Also how disturbing is the discrepancy when it comes to religion? The Doctor shows intense respect for Yaz's history and the fact that she's Muslim- never mentioning the actual terrorist acts that have been committed by Muslims, while there's an entire episode dedicated to the Christians who killed witches in the 17th century. Don't misunderstand, I'm not saying there should be an episode about Muslim terrorism or that the witch trials were moral, but there's a bias. Also, they say that King James "wrote" the KJV of the Bible- which isn't true. He just ordered it be translated into English that everyone could read, and the actual translating was done by half a hundred of the nations best literary scholars. Even when discussing things like demons and satin, if in the context of the Muslim episode, the Doctor never says demons don't exist or you're terrible for thinking they do. The most she says is, "I don't think they are demons." However, when it comes to Satin, the Doctor has no problem trying to convince the Christians that their beliefs are idiotic.
Now, I've said a lot of bad. There is some good. I was afraid that they were going to do some episode touching on abortion, and was very pleased when they encouraged the father(wut) to keep his child instead of putting it up for adoption. I like the companions enough. They all feel a little underdeveloped, but that could just be me. Doctor Who has had a very crisp look lately, which I have to say- isn't my favourite. Rewatching the Tennet/Ecclestein era, there's this great realism that's so raw and unapologetic. This new season feels so cautious. In content and characters. Before this, the goal of a Doctor Who episode was to fix a problem and get some good character development. It feels like we've replaced the character development with a political message. Ew. Why? It doesn't have to be. And it's not brave to do so, in my opinion, it's just annoying and distracting. No one wants that. So, this season hasn't really worked for me. Also, Jodie's acting sometimes is just bad. (pls dont hurt me)
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"Let me get this straight. I bet all those non-friends of yours try to embarrass you about your love for that stuff, right? So, you almost feel like you have to hide your treasures away and can only take them out in secret on rainy days when your mom goes to the store to get more liver and nobody is around to berate your sensitive spirit. Is that what you’re saying?" -Jay Smouse
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