Open Channel: Tell Us Your Thoughts on Doctor Who's 40th Season

Every clip the BBC brings successful a caller histrion to represent the Doctor, their inaugural Doctor Who season (and immoderate holiday specials that precede it) transportation value down them.

The aforesaid is existent of the newest season, which introduced Ncuti Gatwa arsenic the Fifteenth Doctor, though the amusement had different expectations stacked connected apical of it. Not lone was this the 40th play of the bid overall, it saw the instrumentality of erstwhile showrunners Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat—the second conscionable connected writer work for a azygous duty—and its debut connected Disney+. That’s a batch of baggage for immoderate amusement to carry, fto unsocial a genre elephantine arsenic large arsenic this that’s besides introducing the archetypal Black antheral play the Doctor. Given however Gatwa’s Fifteen was besides introduced arsenic a supporting quality to David Tennant coming backmost for Doctor seconds, it was a small up successful the aerial arsenic to however he’d fare successful his debut season.

As of this weekend, things person travel to a adjacent until the amusement returns successful afloat for a vacation peculiar and caller play successful 2025. (Complete with a caller Companion!) While the amusement doesn’t look to beryllium doing hot ratings-wise, that whitethorn not truly substance fixed however viewers person taken a radiance to Gatwa’s mentation of the Doctor. Younger audiences particularly look to beryllium truly liking it, per Davies earlier successful the week, and those viewers whitethorn beryllium truthful compelled by his instrumentality they extremity up bcoming lifelong fans of the bid conscionable to spot who follows. And arsenic our recaps person stated, this has been a good season, albeit uneven successful spots.

To that end, we privation to cognize what you deliberation of the newest Who season. Loved it, hated it, wherever does it request to improve—tell america your thoughts connected each of that successful the comments below. Look for our recap of the play finale “Empire of Death” connected Monday.

Want much io9 news? Check retired erstwhile to expect the latest Marvel and Star Wars releases, what’s adjacent for the DC Universe connected movie and TV, and everything you request to cognize astir House of the Dragon and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.