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Perhaps, but you can export the hero.
Top 10 mistakes of youth: I leveled up a hero on scenarios up to level 12-13 and tried to use him in a campaign...

at first I was like



but then




there is no agenda, by the way

literally

They're already hinting at the idea that Yasmin is in love with the Thirteenth Doctor, and she's not exactly opposed to it. And the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors occasionally flirted with each other about it.

What bothers me more is that they didn't give the female Doctor a second chance. Whittaker was so close to being truly great; with just a little more, a stronger writer, she could have become a really excellent Doctor. It seems like they're not in a hurry to make her a Colin Baker 2.0, but I've had this nagging feeling since the beginning of the Chibnall era that at least some of the blame for the declining ratings might be placed on the change in the Doctor's gender, and we might not see another female regeneration anytime soon. But I liked it; it really refreshed the character and shook up the formula. Especially for me, I perceive the Doctor as one character without dividing them into regenerations, and in the new era, I see only a new aspect and new sides of my favorite hero. How much I'll like this side is another question, but none of the numbered Doctors have really repelled me (of course, I love the Second and Fourth more than, say, the Fifth or Eighth, but in my list of favorite heroes, all the Doctor's regenerations occupy one slot; the gradation between them is less than between the Doctor and any other characters). And the non-numbered ones, like the War Doctor and the Fugitive, are also good. I got a vibe of Tracy Island's Gaiman from the latter, and I adore Gaiman; I wish they had made her the Fourteenth Doctor.
(although I read a theory that this could be a hypothetical lost regeneration between the Second and Third, which would also be very cool)

But in the case of the Doctor, I'm quite open-minded; I've watched all the classics, seen some terrible episodes, and it's hard to shock me with all sorts of plot shenanigans with the Timeless Child and timey-wimey stuff. I just want the blue box and exciting adventures.

The last thing I watched was the first season with the female Doctor. It wasn't too interesting, but overall it was okay, especially compared to seasons 2 and 3 with the previous Doctor, which were a complete cringe-fest, partly due to the terrible storylines, and partly due to the significantly increased "agenda" in them (although the first only partially stems from the second; these are two semi-related, semi-separate factors). This is despite the fact that the very first season with the previous Doctor was quite enjoyable to me at the time of its release (but perhaps this is because season 11 was already getting tiresome), and it had a minimum of this same "agenda." The very idea of a female Doctor is, of course, agenda-driven, in those years when feminism was still relevant (where is it today?), but I didn't have any preconceived notions, and even during the season, I found her performance to be acceptable – she acted well, and the storylines didn't have as much cringe as in the last two seasons with the previous Doctor. Apparently, the arrival of the first female regeneration allowed them to reach a certain threshold of "agenda," beyond which there is not much point in increasing it further, and they can focus on making more watchable storylines. I never got around to watching her new (or new-ish) season(s), and now, I guess, I won't, in light of what I mentioned in my previous post. People had, if not the entire previous century, then at least the last 10-15 years to gradually expand the Overton window and move the regeneration process away from the image of a white man, if they really thought that this would benefit the series/setting. But the fact that they are literally cramming all sorts of new aspects of the "agenda" into Doctor after Doctor, and not even some kind of general vision of how it would be wonderful, diverse, and fair, not tied to the current trend, but exactly what is popular at the moment – in 2019, feminism was still a major theme in the "agenda" and there was a corresponding storyline, now all the attention has shifted to race and LGBTQ+, so now they need to focus on that, and feminism can be put back under the rug for a while – means that they are not pursuing anything other than cheap hype and superficial attempts at public approval. It is highly doubtful that, given all this, they have any real vision aimed at creating interesting storylines. One might think, "Oh, come on, one doesn't interfere with the other; it's just a general trend that doesn't affect anything; they just changed one or two cosmetic traits of the Doctor, but that doesn't mean the episodes will be uninteresting." But the point is that, as the example of seasons 2 and 3 with the previous Doctor clearly shows, it is possible – and incredibly easy – to ruin the series itself when the focus of attention shifts to who knows what. Despite the relative simplicity of its formula, it is still not a throwaway half-hour sitcom in which you can afford to make some assumptions or cut corners and still end up doing well as a product in its niche. They just couldn't fit the ideology together with interesting content, and therefore they won't be able to in the future either. In short, unlucky. If seasons 2 and 3 with the previous Doctor hadn't been such garbage, I might still allow myself to hope, but now I don't.

I agree that sometimes they make rather unfortunate choices in terms of emphasis. I have nothing against the agenda as such, but it should benefit the plot and not detract from it; there are many good examples of this, but unfortunately, Doctor Who is noticeably lacking in this regard. The BBC is too focused on Disney, which also has Tolerance (TM) and Inclusivity (TM), but if, after buying the Star Wars franchise, they had made a sequel trilogy (I'm speaking hypothetically, because everyone knows that Disney didn't create any content for Star Wars; there are only six films by Lucas) and included a black character in the main cast, he would magically disappear from the Chinese poster because the Chinese don't like black people, but they do like to spend money at the cinema. And the talk about a female Doctor first appeared in the classic series. Tom Baker, who played the Fourth Doctor, mentioned when he was leaving that a woman could play the role after him, and since then, such rumors have consistently circulated with each regeneration. I saw a clip of an interview where Patrick Troughton (the Second Doctor) was completely in favor of this idea, and he didn't even live to see the full-length film with the Eighth Doctor. Plus, Romana, a Time Lord/Time Lady and companion of the Fourth Doctor, was something of an attempt at a female version of the Doctor, especially after the character's regeneration; this is even more noticeable. So, they didn't just belatedly realize the idea of a female Doctor; they realized it catastrophically late.

So, they realized they needed a female Doctor, but it was not just late, it was disastrously late.

I agree. I'm not very familiar with the classic series, but the idea seems more than adequate; they could have implemented it earlier instead of awkwardly tying it to current trends. It's a shame they chose the second path.
To be honest, I think the next period of the Doctor's decline is not far off, lasting for some years, until the next reboot in more peaceful times.

Considering that the previous one lasted for seven regenerations and 26 seasons (which were shorter in duration than the current ones), and the new version is struggling, experimenting with formats, and going on hiatuses – yes, I have the same feeling.

So, is there no dedicated thread here, like "Hi, I'm Vasya, and I'm new here"?

Today is Wednesday.

They sent him to serve in special forces. If people like me are serving in special forces, the country is really going to hell, although it seems like it couldn't get any worse. Ugh, soon there will be a bloodbath.

Autumn!

Titmice have appeared.

Seems like it.

Okay, fine...