June 11, 2026

GET WOKE, GO…: Going Woke Drove Doctor Who Into Oblivion.

So what went wrong here? I think it’s obvious but the Telegraph summary is pretty good. Starting with the Jodie Whittaker era:

It’s arguable that the show became a little too preachy; the Sunday-night scheduling forced it away from being simple whizz-bang fun, and that a reduction from 12 to 10 episodes per series took away the “appointment viewing” feel and made storylines feel rushed. Moreover, the show had become simply dull. On the fan website Doctor Who TV, eight of Whittaker’s instalments make the 10 worst Doctor Who episodes…

Jodie is a good actress and lovable, but there was all this baggage [during her run]. There was a pregnant man and assistants going back in time to look at their heritage histories. If you’re going for a populist audience that was ill-judged.”

As for the Gatwa era, people hated it.

Some episodes were deliberately childish, while others contained distinctly adult social and political themes – stories about incels and trans rights. The latter became increasingly remarked upon, something that doesn’t surprise the show’s former writer: “We had this nonsense, this identity politics, and there is nothing less likely to make people feel at ease than by making them think they are being hectored or lectured.”

There you have it. Doctor Who was an entertaining show for quite a few years and then it went woke and now the show is history and everyone associated with it is done for good. It will be 4-5 years at a minimum before they find a way to reboot this. It’ll take at least that long for viewers to forget what a boring, woke scold of a show this had become.

Found via the Critical Drinker, “Nerdrotic” has a simple solution for a reboot: “Cast Hugh Laurie as the Doctor with a smoking hot actual female companion. You’re welcome.”

Posted at 2:22 pm by Ed Driscoll