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Dr Who used to be a fun escape into different universes, on different planets, with interesting 'monsters' as baddies...
Light hearted, kooky, science fiction fun, and nothing wrong with that. The Dr regenerated (as he does) and changed casting, then the female Dr turns up. Thats cool, no one cares really - No reason at all why the Dr shouldn't be female... Fits perfectly well with the shows 'Universe'...
But then we are no longer going in to space, no longer going to different planets, seeing different civilizations etc etc... No...
We are going back in time each episode to various 'Social points' in time, so we can have the message behind them rammed down our throats, to ensure we know how we are supposed to think.
We go to the 'Rosa Parks' on the bus time in history. But Rosa is scared to take a stand, so thankfully the new doctor gives her the courage, and we all learn 'Racism = Bad' - Or we go to the fall of the rajh in India, and again, the doctor has to help events play out as they did We learn 'Colonialism = Bad' etc etc etc...
Now there's nothing wrong with this as a premise for a kids show - Revisit periods in history, look at the people involved and their motivations, and explain why it was wrong, or bad, and why we should do that anymore etc... Nothing wrong with that all... But it's NOT 'Dr Who' !
Where are the different universes? The different planets? The different civilizations etc etc...
All Gone... No wonder we all stopped watching after the first few with the new female Doctor.
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