The series is not being received well by those who are actually watching it. On IMDb, “The Star Beast” received a 5.2 rating out of 10. “Wild Blue Yonder” has a 6.5 out of 10, and “The Giggle” currently has a 7.5 out of 10.
Overall, the series has a 6.6 out of 10 rating.
Doctor Who ratings on IMDb
The series fares even worse on Rotten Tomatoes. The show currently has a 43% average audience score.
Doctor Who ratings on Rotten Tomatoes
The series has also been lampooned by previous fans of the series. Pop culture expert and lover of old Doctor Who, Gary Buechler, the host of the YouTube channel Nerdrotic savaged “The Star Beast” episode noting it was “sacrificed on the altar of agenda” and that “the now third reboot of Doctor Who was murdered in its crib.”
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It’s unlikely the series viewership will recover, but will instead continued its continued decline. In fact, showrunner Russell T. Davies announced that upcoming episodes of the show will “annoy people.”
He told Radio Times, “The show is taking a sly step towards fantasy, which will annoy people to whom it’s a hard science-fiction show.”
Davies added, “Episode two next year is wildly fantasy. Completely making up scenarios on-screen that we’ve never been able to show before. But the following episode is proper hard science-fiction.”
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It’s unlikely the series viewership will recover, but will instead continued its continued decline. In fact, showrunner Russell T. Davies announced that upcoming episodes of the show will “annoy people.”
He told Radio Times, “The show is taking a sly step towards fantasy, which will annoy people to whom it’s a hard science-fiction show.”
