I have watched Star Wars and Star Trek, beloved American science fiction franchises from my childhood (and in Trek’s case, before), become fouled craptacular garbage thanks to awful writing, bad intentions and unfortunate business decisions. I’ve never been much of a fan of Dr. Who; it was always just too goofy for me. Too British, perhaps. But a whole lot of other people have loved Dr. Who as much as I loved Star Trek… and boy howdy are they cheesed off at how the current crop of hacks writing and producing the show have turned it into garbage.
Not being much of a fan of the show I’m not too up on the canon. But even so I know there are a few things that are important: “Who” is not the Doctors actual name. You’re never supposed to find out what it is. And his history before the show is *supposed* to be a permanent mystery. The people he comes from, the Time Lords, are supposed to be terribly powerful, almost godlike beings.
Not anymore, it seems. Not only has the BBC seen fit to explain the backstory of the Doctor (now no longer a Time Lord), it has turned the Time Lords into merely a science experiment, and jammed in a whole lot of identity politics in the process. Ooof. And as a result, ratings have fallen through the floor:
Doctor Who Ratings: Over 600K Viewers Avoid Season Finale In Droves
Sunday’s episode of Doctor Who, “The Timeless Children,” saw 3.78 million viewers tune in, but what is especially troublesome for the BBC is the fact that the shows preceding Doctor Who and following both had a higher amount of viewers all in the same range.
Prior to Doctor Who saw Countryfile with 4.44 million viewers, and following Doctor Who saw Antiques Roadshow with 4.41 million.
Antiques Roadshow drew in more viewers in Britain than the season finale of Doctor Who. Which fits given the audience score on Rotten Tomatoes:
I gotta wonder. The BBC, as with Disney (Star Wars) and JJ/CBS (Star Trek): have they ever considered just, you know… not sucking?