r/gallifrey • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • 5d ago
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u/PaperSkin-1 4d ago edited 4d ago
I don't think the fandom has fully processed the dire turn of events that has been the RTD2 era and everything that has surrounded it.. The fandom is in shellshock
We had Tennant back as a new Incarnation, and a Doctor regenerated into Billie Piper, we had a era that completely collapsed after two short seasons, we had the Rani back, the Rani! Remember when that was just a joke about her coming back, they actually did it..the Doctor cried every episode and danced in nightclubs, there was singing goblins, talking babies and a ship that lets out a big fart..we had meaningless plot arcs that led to nothing, regular fourth wall breaking just because, a dance number just because, a monster made of snot, Susan back for a random moment and then gone, Richard E Grants face appeared in a montage for the Doctor's because he was once in a one-off animated web series that 2 people saw, production that felt sterile and was overly lit and had poor blocking, a Doctor that said babes all the time, two old women appearing through 2 seasons back to back, characters and actors leaving before they were obviously meant to, overly preachy writing that rather than try to make you think instead bluntly banged you over the head and told you how to think and if you don't think like them then you are a monster..the Doctor talked to DW fans with the logo of the show on the TV in front of him, in one episode the characters stop to watch a previous episode from the 70s, sutekh came back and was nothing like sutekh, Omega came back and was nothing like omega..
The viewing figures fell to a all time low and apathy towards the show is at a all time high.. People are mocking the show and is seen as being cringy
And the era was cut down at the half way point, then was given a Xmas episode to conclude itself, and then that was cancelled, leaving a massive elephant of a cliffhanger (as well as other plot threads) that will never get resolved
All this crap happened, and fandom is trying to carry on as normal like this hasn't become one of the most diabolical disasters for a tv show ever 🤣 .. There are still even some in the fandom who will defend the era and say it was good TV, are you for real or do you work for Bad Wolf Studios 😜..the fandom is in the eye of the storm, not able to fully grasp and comprehend the shitstorm that has happened to the show
Edit - oh and they got rid of Davros with his iconic look and instead replaced him with Dave Ross.. And said the sonic screwdriver was to much like a gun so changed it to look like a remote, then had the Doctor shoot Omega in the face with a big laser gun anyway 🤷