Hi, Im what you call a recent fan from India who started watching Doctor who from Matt Smith era and then saw every episode since 2005, so I might not be an age old "Whovian" but never the less its my favourite show. I want to point out that my first episode was "Flesh & Stone" before which I knew nothing about the Doctor. When i watched "Flesh & Stone" oh-boy I got hooked so hard, it was like sci-fi orgasm. I loved eccleston though he did not get much run time to get in full form. David was wonderful and iv been following his performances since then. Matt Smith will always be my favourite as he was my first doctor, The mad man with a box. Writing started deteriorating since then but Peter Capaldi & MIchelle Gomez carried whole of Season 8-10 on their sheer awesomeness. Doctor who was what made a sci-fi fan wet in their pants, amazing villains, amazing protagonist, David, Matt & Peter made Doctor look like a force of nature hard to recon with. They made us take side against The Daleks, the Cybeman, Angels, Sontarans etc because you loved what The Doctor is and how intelligent he is without any guns. I'd like to point out that I have no issues with Jodi taking over as Doctor but I feel like making Doctor a women was really thrusted upon the fans who saw no need of it what-so-ever, but we took it and moved on. Season 11 was not good at all, it was like writers didn't know what to do with all the empowerment they suddenly got, they did not understand the fans, I think they got confused what Doctor Who is actually about. If I wanted to get social lectures, I would have definitely changed to some channel that shows it, but I want my alien time lord to fight for the little guys and standing against the most powerful evil forces of the universe with his wits & brains and not whether Rosa Parks sat on the bus or not. Season 12 started strong with Spyfall, Sacha Dhawan brought in a touch of spiciness to the show but after 2 episodes, the enigma faded easily, specially when you still have Gomez's Missy in memories. The 3 companions are so boring that i still don't remember their names after watching for 2 years, none of them had any character development & i didnt care if one or all 3 of them died in mid-season. Jodi is a good actor but she never got good scripts or dialogues or situations to prove it like her predecessors. If in the next season they show that Jodi is not the actual incarnation but a timy-wimy sort of error in Doctor who's timeline, I think many viewers will not give a damn. Now the finale of Season 12, the big reveal as Doctor being a Timeless Child, I may be a small fan with little knowledge of pre-2005 Doctor Who, I think it was not necessary to declare The Doctor as the first Time-lord, that should have been 'The Master'. It would have cleared everything about his madness & why he is a worthy enemy of Doctor. Doctor is a larger then life character because of his brain, wits, his good hearts, his choices in tough situations & what he pays for it, not because he is an ancient entity older then time lords because that just messes up everything we ever knew about him and rooted for in previous episodes. I have so much less to look forward for season 13 except for Jodi's regeneration at the end and hoping the writers also change post that. After every episode of season 12, I rewatched the Matt Smith era episodes to remind myself why i loved this show and how larger then life Doctor is. The christmas special which is my favourite "The Time of the Doctor" in which Doctor fights hoards of enemies to save trenzalore for 400 years now makes no sense as he could have easily regenerated because now we know Doctor has unlimited regenerations. This also makes us carefree about The Doctor dying because we know its never gonna happen. Audience loves to root for the underdogs and now that factor is gone because a time-less never dying hero can never be the underdog. I have no more hopes from the show, ratings are already swindling and old whovians i meet have stopped watching the show and it's just all going down. It was a good run, I'l always remember Doctor as someone who showed me what good heart and great actions are actually about. For those claiming they love the show because its so easy to understand now and they don't have to google about characters and stories from previous/early/ancient episodes, congratulations, the new show is all for you. Fantastic Alons-y Geronimo

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