Doctor Who dilemma

[firecat]

I'm about 1.5 seasons behind on Doctor Who. The last episode I saw was 259 / 9.9 / "Sleep No More". Capaldi is OK. I strongly dislike Moffat. Should I watch the rest of season 9 and season 10 before starting the current season? (No spoilers please.)

Comments

[noelfigart]

Sleep no more is probably the worst Capaldi episode. It does get better.

However, how Moffat treats female characters and characters of other identities was MILDLY tooth-grinding to me, even if the characters were often amazing.

I loved Capaldi's last female companion. ADORED. His regeneration episode was a tear-jerker, so if you're sentimental, you'd probably enjoy it.

Husbands of River Song was my absolute favorite, though.

You won't be lost, however, if you don't watch the rest of the seasons and just go on to the current Doctor, who I really enjoyed.

In fact, it is even a good jumping on point for a new Whovian.

[jenett]

The new season is definitely a reset, so feel you can jump right in.

(I just finished watching everything - starting with Classic Who - up through the end of Capaldi, um, about an hour before 11 aired, and I liked Capaldi's last season a lot more. Bill's great, and there are lot of interesting bits in the episodes.)

[firecat]

Where are you getting Classic Who?

[jenett]

BritBox - streaming (I think 6.99 a month?)

They have almost everything that has any surviving copies. (There are a couple of Dalek focused serials that weren't in there, I am guessing for some particular rights issue)