New Doctor Who may need getting used to

I like her, but the writing was pretty flat. This episode did nothing for me. Just a much slower start than we're used to.

I disliked Capaldi at first, but over time I really enjoyed his Doctor.

I thought Whittaker was ok although she seemed to be doing a mashup impersonation of Tennant and Smith.

While it was time for him to go, I will miss Moffet's writing. This version is decidedly slower paced and at times the dialogue is clunky in a Scooby Doo sort of way.

Just watched it. I've watched a shitload of Brit tv over the decades so when I say they need to dial the accents down a bit, that's saying something.

The story wasn't bad, especially for a new crew. The outfit she chose reminds me of Robin Williams from Mork & Mindy.

There's potential, I'll give it a few episodes before I decide whether to take it off the DVR.

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Just watched it. I've watched a shitload of Brit tv over the decades so when I say they need to dial the accents down a bit, that's saying something.

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She's using her natural accent. And that's fine, but it really does seem like they play up the accents on this show compared to other British shows. I don't think it's an accident, because they've always made jokes about regions. And I think it's part of the diversity agenda to show diversity in UK regions and make sure every region knows they're represented.

But it's like if we were watching Breaking Bad and they had someone with a thick Cajun accent talking to someone from the Appalachians. In real life, most of us drop our accents when talking to people we don't know. It would be a tiny bit hard to follow along at times.

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She's using her natural accent. And that's fine, but it really does seem like they play up the accents on this show compared to other British shows. I don't think it's an accident, because they've always made jokes about regions. And I think it's part of the diversity agenda to show diversity in UK regions and make sure every region knows they're represented.

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About an hour or so after I posted this an interview with the new Doctor on Colbert's show popped up on my FB feed. In it she talked about how even the people behind the scenes asked if she could tone it down (to which she said no in a fashion that led me to think she's never learned that particular skill).

Oh well, if the show is good enough I'll struggle through it ;)

That crap was worse than Peter Capaldi. And that's hard to be. But it somehow was.