In the end, Doctor Who's Thirteenth Doctor was little more than a sketch of a character and even after two seasons, she still hasn't had a character-defining moment or given audiences a real sense of who she is. A woman, however, would have had a more intuitive and nuanced understanding of how to write another woman–but also how to move the show forward overall.Īs it stands, previous showrunner Russell T. That's not ideal regardless of who the Doctor is, but a showrunner who is also a woman would have understood that the first female Doctor was about more than the show itself.
Chris Chibnall took an incredible opportunity and squandered it. Instead of writing the first Doctor who happens to be a woman as a character full of complexity and contradiction, potentially making Whittaker one of the greats, he completely whiffed, alienating longtime audiences and adding fuel to the argument of those who believed a female Doctor would degrade the show. He failed to recognize the moment, treating the character of the Doctor as secondary to exploring the mythology that he remembered from when he was a kid. It's a run that only underscores the need for Doctor Who to finally tap a female showrunner. Related: Doctor Who: The One Thing Chris Chibnall Must Do In Season 13 Overall, Chibnall's era has been marked by poor writing, a weakness particularly exposed in its underdeveloped characters. The previous few Doctors, played by Peter Capaldi (Twelfth Doctor), Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor), David Tennant (Tenth Doctor), have all been well-rounded characters with layers and depth. The Thirteenth Doctor, however, was barely developed beyond being quirky, with Chibnall being so immersed in exploring the history and lore of Classic Doctor Who that he failed to give nearly as much attention to exploring Whittaker's character.
Most disappointing, though, is the way in which Chibnall failed Whittaker's female Doctor.
The past few years under Chibnall's direction have seen groundbreaking strides, such as Doctor Who casting its first female Doctor in Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor, but also plagued with head-scratching decisions, namely the much-maligned "Timeless Child" arc.
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