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I'm genuinely confused by this, the current season of Doctor Who has been excellent. The episodes have been memorable, I'm interested in the overarching story they've been building up, solid companions, and a great Doctor.
Let me guess. The Daleks? Or maybe the cyber men?
I gave up when lazy writing constantly pushed to the same boring foe. A giant wheelie bin.
Really loved Blink with the Angels but I got so tired of it. Think I stopped watching around Matt Smith era and he was quite good.
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.
Agree with many of those things and I don't mind the occasional return to an old for, but Daleks were ridiculously overused and it wasn't fine.
As for Star Wars, switched off long ago. It's just Disney trying to milk it for a return on investment.
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.