Doctor Who

The premiere episode here, “The Woman Who Fell to Earth,” reminded me, more than anything, of “The X-Files,” when it was really good. It takes you back to the days when Doctor Who was a fun sci-fi procedural. ... [The alien] resembles some gleaming villain out of a Marvel movie, which makes his blokey name, Tim Shaw, even more incongruously funny. This is Doctor Who at its best--nerdy and chilling and quick with a joke. And, most significantly of all, generous of spirit, a quality that simply shimmers off Whittaker.

“Spyfall” — a two-part episode that concludes Sunday, when the show takes up its regular time slot — comes on strong. ... It’s fun, often funny and action-packed, which is not to say things don’t get a little heavy by the first hour’s cliffhanger end.

It looks like this will be a fun season. The first episode is called “The Pilot,” and in its way reintroduces us to the Doctor by seeing him through Bill’s uninitiated eyes. ... Mackie, a relative unknown, proves instantly likable, and the character distinguishes itself from the other companions in the series.

It's obvious from the start that a familiar hand is at work in the storytelling, and 27-year-old Mr. Smith is as game as his predecessors in committing whole-hog to the crazy and delivering the drama.

In an episode that doesn’t do much hand-holding as it leaps through time and space, that line offers a little bit of reassurance from Chibnall. This episode is supposed to be confusing, but it’ll all pay off in the long run.

Some of the pop-culture humor and creatures owe a nod to "Farscape," but the camp level is high and can be mighty funny.

This Doctor Who feels like a lot of other TV shows, not just in its writing but in its pacing, its cinematography, its use of music. When the scary monsters appear, you could be watching any other well-made but conventional science-fiction or horror show. Or a police procedural, for that matter. Everything about the show is more ordinary, which may have to do with levels of inventiveness but also feels like a choice. ... Ms. Whittaker performs gamely, if not yet distinctively, as the 2,000-year-old Time Lord. It’s far too early to tell what kind of stamp she might put on the character.

Doctor Who is my favourite TV show. Is it the best? Not at all. But you do have a lot of genuinely good stuff with (almost) every season. Heaven Sent, World Enough And Time/The Doctor Falls, Midnight, The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang are just a few episodes among the many that I consider to be either fun or just really, really good. Although there are a lot of campy episodes, I think it fits the show's identity, and they can still turn out to be fun. Other's like Fear Her and Sleep No More are just not good at all.

Seasons 1 - 10 are an absolute joy to behold. Beyond that I have zero interest in being pandered and placated with SJW preachiness.

I just started watching and I loved it until the doctor almost kissed another guy. It just changed my whole image of him. Maybe that was a little too fast. Haven't watched any more past seasons 1 E7.

seeing that i've kind of watched multiple episodes of season 12, and now seeing trailers for season 13, it is no longer the charm that we would get out of each season, it was horrible, with a seemingly uninteresting character from the trailers. season 12 was really where i was absolutely bored of the series, it just got boring and didn't have a good storyline anymore.. how did they manage to ruin the doctor who childhood that we used to have?

Seasons 1 to 9 are 10/10 or close if you like the genre, then it's shamelessly butchered into nothingness of 2/10 at best