Television

Unfortunately, like many companies chasing after trends in shitty ways, BBC really fucked up Jodie Whittaker's reign by trying to jump on this woke bandwagon by hiring some of the shittiest soap opera writers they could find, to push every kind of topic around racist, sexism, etc. in the most heavy-handed and clumsy way possible. So much wasted potential when they brought in the first female Doctor.

And before you start downvoting me for somehow being some right-wing hack just because I said the word "woke", let's not forget that Jay Exci, a trans person, wrote a five-hour rant shredding every single episode of that season in detail.

No, they’ve actually been doing The Gods of Chaos (Surekh, The Toymaker, and some new ones) along with The Rani.

And they do this same thing every new Doctor. They just front-load the first few episodes with the same tired tropes and enemies we've already seen, as if we need to be re-introduced to the same bullshit.

• Eccleston - A Dalek appears in the sixth episode in one of the worst episodes I've seen, and they make them a primary element of the last few episodes of the season
• David Tennant - Cybermen in the sixth and seventh episode, and they make them a primary element of the last few episodes of the season
• Matt Smith - Daleks in the third episode
• Peter Capaldi - Daleks in the second episode (hey, can't be worse than Kill the Moon), Cybermen in the last few episodes of the season
• Jodie Whittaker - Daleks in the New Year's special (I guess they tried to delay it?)
• Ncuti Gatwa - No Daleks or Cybermen, so maybe they learned their lesson?

No Daleks. No Cyber men.

Now maybe they'll appear later, but it seems unlikely.

But even if they do... That's fine?

When I watch Star Wars, I expect Jedi to show up at some point. They don't need to 100% of the time, but that's the universe. In Solo we get a brief tease of Maul, which flips the expectation. In Andor season 1 Luthen gifts Andor a Kyber crystal, and his ship does a lightsaber-like spin move. In Season 2 we have the Force healer. In Rogue One we have Chirrut who repeats, "I am one with the Force, the Force is with me."

When I watch Doctor Who I expect certain things. Obviously The Doctor, a companion, the Tardis, the sonic screwdriver. I expect to see long time enemies like Daleks, Cyber men or maybe The Master. The Doctor has a mysterious past involving Gallifrey. I know when The Doctor dies, he regenerates.

Is it all a bit of a trope? Yes. Is that fine? Yes.