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Can we NOW agree that 'Bill' was the WORST thing to happen in NuWho?

posted 6 years ago by ReelReviews14 (1221)
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We now have an entire season to judge Jodie Whittaker's Doctor, so the jury is no longer out. Love her or hate her, the fact remains that more people were interested in Jodie's first season than Capaldi's last. Not to mention that Jodie's companions got about 10X as much positive reception as "Bill".

So, the reality is now that the twelfth Doctor paired with "Bill" was the absolute nadir for nuWho in terms of popularity.

We can thank Stephen Moffat for having Capaldi go out with a whimper instead of a bang.

[–] Galactus03 (4406) 6 years ago

Doctor Who has been pretty bad for some time...just before Capaldi took over...as much as I liked Matt Smith the show started to get bad about mid way his run....not All bad just starting. The pandering of changing the character to female didn't help either. I don't care how good she is. They should have just made a female time Lord. They also messed up with the build up of the Doctors Regenerations.

[–] peter_t_2k3 (1053) 6 years ago

Nope. Most people like me seemed to like the realness of Bill.

But again i don't see why you post these things. If you dislike Bill fine. Why do people have to find others that agree as if that makes it right for everyone

[–] chilone (18324) 6 years ago

If by "realness" you mean an insufferable, entitled, annoying, spoiled brat, then yes. She was real in that sense.

[–] peter_t_2k3 (1053) 6 years ago

By real i mean down to earth, flawed, not perfect etc.

Clara at times was too much of a know it all and I suppose in the end she kind of paid the price for it. Bill was more like Donna, more of just a friend.

It seems new who likes to either make the companion into a love interest for the doctor or make them a mystery so after the whole Clara saga it was nice to get a companion that was just a person.

[–] Otter (24464) 6 years ago

I liked Bill. I thought she was a likeable person I could relate to and identify with, even though I have nothing in common with her demographically.

I liked her more than any of the new companions.

[–] Guitar King (5108) 6 years ago

Yeah, Bill was unwatchable.

[–] Martoto (5191) 6 years ago

People who use stupid fucking terms like "NuWho" aren't an authority on the show.

[–] chilone (18324) 6 years ago

And what makes you an authority on who is an authority?

[–] AndyKing1967 (39849) 6 years ago

Yeah? And what makes you an authority on who's an authority on who's an authority? Er….I think.

[–] chilone (18324) 6 years ago

Cantaloupe. ;)

[–] AndyKing1967 (39849) 6 years ago

No, not the worst thing.