Whenever someone claims not to like series 11 because it was "too politically correct" I tend to discount their opinion on principle.

I think, as a generalisation, people who fell in love with the show in series 1 often really liked series 11 and I think there are some definite similarities in approach. I think their strong points are similar though their flaws are rather different.

I'm not sure I'd say political correctness got in the way of character development this season, almost the opposite. In that I think the characters of Graham and Ryan were developed really well, but somewhat at the expense of the Doctor and Yaz. I'm reserving judgement until I see who gets the limelight in series 12 but I'll admit to a slight concern that the male characters fared so much better than the female characters.