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I can't give this Zero Starts - Doctor Who: New Series 11 review by MA

Confession time .... I am 55 years old woman. That's it, but during my life I have grown up with Dr Who. From the days in my playpen in-front of the old B&W TV to today's vast wide screens. It is always disconcerting when faced with a regeneration and a new actor takes the place of a beloved character; it has also led to new adventures and vile villains to defeat against all odds.

For the first time of being a loyal follower of the series I turned the TV off. It was an immensely sad decision but I was being preached to about how I should accept this or that and was so busy giving an extremist agenda that there was no story and no adventure to follow and cheer on the Doctor and her companions. It takes the position that people are not accepting of differences and must be force fed with it, whereas people as accepting but dislike it being forced on them thereby making differences and divides

Now it has become an agenda based program of tick boxes

The doctor has become focused on a northern accent and forgets to be the doctor

The police officer is as wet as a wet weekend and I would not rely on her to look for a lost cat

The young man with issues needed help rather than being taken across the universe

And the "older" bloke was just there to constantly say how old he is

Does this show the agenda of the BBC to preach an extreme agenda rather than entertain and give a balanced view Perhaps, but it has destroyed a rather fantastic series.

Dull, boring, misfire - the worst new Who series yet - Doctor Who: New Series 11 review by LC

I was completely fine with the idea of casting a female Doctor, but sadly this series is a crushing disappointment. The source of the problem is new lead writer Chris Chibnall's scripts. Gone is the wit, invention and fun of previous series, replaced by a series of dull scenarios and dull dialogue. The Doctor shows none of the depth of previous incarnations, but seems to be stuck in 'cheerful mum' mode throughout, and the stories never examine the consequences of her pacifist philosophy (some of the ramifications of which are huge, and seemingly ripe for dramatic exploration). The crowded TARDIS doesn't work - of the three companions only Graham (a nice performance by Bradley Walsh) gets any emotional development, with Ryan (wooden, suffers from dyspraxia for a couple of scripts before this is forgotten about) and particularly Yaz (supposedly a policewoman, but essentially invisible for most of the series) barely making any impact. The cinematography looks nice, as the production team have splashed out on new lenses, but otherwise the sets feel mostly large and empty, making everything look a bit cheap and underpopulated (have there been budget cuts again?). Even the new TARDIS interior looks like cheap plastic.

Things do improve slightly in the middle the season, when we get a few episodes by other writers - Alan Cumming in particular is a hoot as King James in 'The Witchfinders', and 'Demons of the Punjab' is a sensitive take on the partition of India - but then Chibnall returns for the most underwhelming series finale ever, and puts the final nail in the coffin. What a shame.

Good acting but she is in the wrong film - Doctor Who: New Series 11 review by MB

The new doctor tries hard and does a good job. But I've always known the doctor as a well spoken gentleman. Now he has turned into a woman with a Liverpuddlian accent who can't talk properly (sorry but 'think I of ought to' or whatever it was is not good English). It felt a bit like turning up to a Tomb Raider movie to find the main character has become a fat bloke from Ireland.

I agree with the other reviews. I do feel Doctor Who is turning into an exercise in political correctness for the sake of it.