In an attempt to further resurrect fan interest in the past, Bad Wolf has announced that Steven Moffat is returning to Doctor Who to write a new episode for the first Ncuti Gatwa season. The BBC sci-fi show has already been playing hard on nostalgia over the last year, with the return of David Tennant for the 60th Anniversary Specials and Russell T. Davies returning as showrunner to attempt to renew interest after the ratings-poor Jody Whittaker era. However, this move may not be what Doctor Who fans hope for.
Steven Moffat is often blamed for Doctor Who’s demise and descent into wokeism, as when he took over the show, fans noticeably lost interest compared to the eras before. While initially receiving praise for his high-horror concept in the Weeping Angels, Steven Moffat slowly lost favor with fans during the Peter Capaldi tenure of Doctor Who when he was showrunner.
Fans loathed the final season of Peter Capaldi’s era, as it appeared as a predecessor to the uber-woke Jody Whittaker female doctor replacement. Fans reacted to the announcement with general negativity, citing that beyond the Weeping Angels, most Steven Moffat episodes “ranged from incomprehensible to unwatchable.”
Steven Moffat has already caused controversy during Nctui Gatwa’s era of Doctor Who. In a bizarre interview, he dismissed fans who opposed the woke agenda, doubling down on race as a crucial factor for Doctor Who by calling the new Doctor “funky.”
Time will tell if these plays on nostalgia will work with the current iteration of Doctor Who or if it will flop like the return of David Tenant last year, mired by woke identity politics. Fans of the show were insulted as David Tenant was lectured about being male-appearing, and fans were constantly bombarded by heavy-handed dialogue calling a new transgender Rose a variation of “a beautiful woman” on repeat.
Ncuti Gatwa and his companion, actress Millie Gibson, hinted that the new season will lean into leftist politics, with the Doctor’s race playing a central role in at least one episode. Perhaps Steven Moffat’s prior comments on the “funky” Doctor alluded to the fact he will be adding race as a central component to his writing.
Regardless, Doctor Who fans have already seen the impact Disney’s investment in the series has caused, with the black Doctor, LGBTQ themes, and now a premiere date and time centered around American primetime television and not its British legacy fans.
The Steven Moffat episode was announced on the Doctor Who official website, revealing that Julie-Anne Robinson would direct the episode.
Steven Moffat said of the episode, “Yes, okay, fair enough – apologies to everyone I’ve very slightly misled – I am in fact writing an episode of the series of Doctor Who. Exactly like I said I never would. What can I tell you? There was begging, there was pleading but finally Russell agreed to let me have another go – so long as I got out of his garden. Working with old friends and a brand new Doctor, I couldn’t be happier. Sorry I was a bit reticent on the subject for so long. It was all part of an elaborate plan that would have delighted millions but at the last minute I forgot what it was.”
It appears that fans can trust little of what these people say, as everything is malleable. This includes the continuity of Doctor Who in recent seasons, as the story of the Timelords has been rewritten to make no sense.
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