I didn't like Fugitive. Its greatest twists felt like steals from the past (the Professor Yana Master and the War Doctor, I suppose also the Valeyard). Moreover, the tone just felt wrong to me. This reminded me of The Sarah Jane Adventures, which I liked, but which aren't Doctor Who. It's a bit like they made The War Games, but did it in the style of Delta and the Bannermen. To be honest, in theory I would be at least tentatively curious about a War Games/Delta mash-up, but I just could not get into this. Worse, while Spyfall seemed good, but uninvolving, too much of Fugitive had me complaining about acting, plotting, characterisation... I guess I'm not (yet?) convinced by Ruth-Doctor in a way that I did accept the War Doctor fairly easily.
I've always had mixed feelings about Captain Jack. He's hard to dislike because John Barrowman is so fundamentally likeable, but I feel I like the actor, not his character. I didn't have strong feelings about his appearance here one way or the other and wouldn't object to a more significant return appearance.
I am still trying to puzzle out why I'm not liking this series. On paper, most of it should be ticking my boxes, but somehow I haven't really enjoyed any of it, at all. I thought I'd stopped being a hater, but maybe it turns out that I just like new Who when it's showrun by Steven Moffat, or even that my autistic fear of the new stops me enjoying a lot of Who until a second or third (or later) viewing, although that doesn't explain why I liked some new Who episodes straight off. I did come to enjoy pretty many new Who episodes on repeat viewing more than first time around, so maybe there is something in that, and I should just sit through this series without sharing my views, then buy the DVD later in the year and try to watch with a fresh eye.
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I've always had mixed feelings about Captain Jack. He's hard to dislike because John Barrowman is so fundamentally likeable, but I feel I like the actor, not his character. I didn't have strong feelings about his appearance here one way or the other and wouldn't object to a more significant return appearance.
I am still trying to puzzle out why I'm not liking this series. On paper, most of it should be ticking my boxes, but somehow I haven't really enjoyed any of it, at all. I thought I'd stopped being a hater, but maybe it turns out that I just like new Who when it's showrun by Steven Moffat, or even that my autistic fear of the new stops me enjoying a lot of Who until a second or third (or later) viewing, although that doesn't explain why I liked some new Who episodes straight off. I did come to enjoy pretty many new Who episodes on repeat viewing more than first time around, so maybe there is something in that, and I should just sit through this series without sharing my views, then buy the DVD later in the year and try to watch with a fresh eye.