Doctor Who Series 11 - half way thoughs

First of all my sincere apologies for no review for three episodes now. They will be arriving. My brief thoughts were that Rosa was a good episode, Arachnids of the UK was unresolved and last nights was odd but alright.

We are half way through the series and quite frankly to sum it up I'm disappointed. Jodie is still trying to work out the role and so far has not been the greatest. There are too many companions that sometimes just don't do anything. As one Digital Spy user said, Graham and Yas haven't even spoken to each other. Look back and you realise that that is true.

The villains have taken a back seat as has the plot and both, on the most part are weak or average in idea but almost all are weak in execution (as in story to screenplay, not in terms of direction that has been superb).

The crux of the problem, and I am ashamed to say it, is Chris Chibnall. The writing needs to be improved so four weeks away from him might just up the series in my mind. I do apolgise to Chibnall who does have the second hardest job in the UK at the moment, behind Theresa May.

Comparing Series 11 to other modern who series highlights just how bad it is. Here is the combination of where we were at five episodes in for past series (bearing in mind they had more episodes before being half way)

Series 1: one 8, four 7s
Series 2: four 8s, one 7
Series 3: three 7s, two 6s
Series 4: two 8s, three 7s
Series 5: one 8, two 7s, two 6s
Series 6: three 8s, one 7, one 6
Series 7: two 8s, two 7s, one 6
Series 8: two 8s, two 7s, one 6
Series 9: two 8s, two 7s, one 5
Series 10: one 8, one 7, three 6s
Series 11: two 7s, two 6s, one 5

Obviously Series 11 is somewhat behind on a large front. All but series 3 had achieved an 8 at this stage of the series, with some that being the average score.

The argument of having 10 episodes of superb quality over 12 episodes of a mixed bag is ludicrous because we've had two good episodes, 2 average TV standard and one below bar.

In short Series 11 needs to up its gain!

Reviews will be materialising soon!