Doctor Who is showing his age. His ratings are down; critics are bored. The problem is this. Classic Who, which ran from 1963 to 1989, reinvented itself about once every three years. There was hippie Who, gothic Who, scary Who and silly Who. New Who has been running since 2005 and only really had two producers, Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat. Moffat tried to make the series darker but stuck to Davies’s overhauled premise. And what seemed fresh 12 years ago is clichéd today.
Zany camera work? Check. Soaring strings? Check. Mumbo-jumbo science lectures? Check. Shouty cockney companion? Check, check, check.
