The Doctor loves JKR

Graham was the most believable one. Line got left off.

But yes. This idea that the Doctor would change time because her friends had moved on without her? That's not the Doctor. The Doctor should be someone who would be happy that Ryan was feeling more rooted on earth.

I think it was too many companions, introduced all at once. None of them truly seemed to gain any depth. Bit like Chalet School characters. Graham was

At one point, I noticed that Yaz's family, who are barely in any episodes, seemed to have more life than Yaz did.

Pothole, oh, I completely lay the blame at Chibnall's door. The writing is woeful, but she is miscast, too. I was reticent about the sex swap, even though it was inevitable, but there are plenty of actresses who could have carried off the alien cleverest-person-in-the-room Doctor schtick. The Doctor just isn't being written that way and she isn't lifting the material at all.

But seriously, who writes the Doctor as very insecure about change and getting a pep talk about it from the weakest, dullest companion ever? Someone who hasn't got a grasp on the character in the first place.

I do notice a trend for baddies to be white middle aged females at the moment. I said to my boys as we were watching, watch the "Karens" they're bound to be evil.....

Bunting

The scriptwriting has been incredibly poor. Jodie Whittaker has been wasted in the role they've given her.

that is a joy. I might have to watch that instead - I've currently got University Challenge on with lots of senior academics but even with my worsening eyesight and in the all-teams screen shot, I spotted a telling head-tilt of one of the competitors, which, while obviously not being an issue to me in any way but I am then distracted from the quiz at hand and in the current climate, makes me want to find out a bit more about whether this person is involved in the push to remove the rights of myself and my daughters (so it cannot help but be a bit personal).

Hopefully it will be an interesting and well-fought contest and I am heartened to find that the female-presenting competitor in question plays for a gay football team in Brighton.

Yeah, it did occur to me that this might cause a few raised eyebrows.
Unfortunately it's not even slightly enough to rescue the 13th Doctor for me, because other than being a Potter fan (which we already knew from the 10th Doctor) she's a complete wet blanket disappointment to me. Can't even say how gutted I am about that as a feminist and a Who fan.

I loved it.

I can't wait to see how twitter responds.

Of all the books to read, she chose that one.