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when people talk about the massive failure of RTD2 doctor who the one heavily criticised decision that i will defend is opening on space babies. the show is for children and i think its good for the writers to actually remember that. the problem is the episode is terrible but lol you cant win em all

if viewing demographics have changed to the point where family tv primarily for kids is unfeasible and you have to target your hardcore online fanbase of 30-60 year olds i think it's fine to just not make it anymore. lord knows the world does not need doctor who in it

Problem is, it was trying to do both. Its seasonal big bads were these classic era villains, the Toymaker, Sutekh, Rani and Omega. But they did Omega and Sutekh so poorly that NONE of the classic era fans liked his inclusion

He's trying to capture the Master reveal from series 3. But it lacks the same weight. It doesnt have three years of "The Doctor is the last Time Lord" building into it. You didnt need to be hyped because it was the Master. You could be hyped because you finally get to see another Time Lord.

yeah like all the big finale moments were hugely important to the doctor's character arc in the original this is like if the sontarans coming back was the end of season hype moment lmao

Even the 50th anniversary handled it better. It did the whole "Zygons are back" shtick. But that was a B-plot to the Doctor's time war stuff. And even tied it together with the Doctors wanting to avoid another MAD event like the Moment was.