The writing is just so awful. This week, we have the writing staff sending a companion into a quarantined room, and then (with his bare hands), pulling the cover off of the quarantined patient, and THEN, reaching out and touching the quarantined patient, in a hospital where EVERYONE else has "gotten the heck out of Dodge", because of that patient.
And then, not five minutes later, we have another companion deciding to blindly follow some alien through a transporter device, about which they known nothing, and with no idea where it leads. But that's actually not the stupidest part. The alien was clearly in a suit, with specialized breathing components, making it obvious that they probably can't breath our atmosphere, which, to anyone with an IQ above 5, would sort of suggest that the atmosphere at the other end of that transporter, might be "unfriendly" to humans.
So, I can almost hear the showrunner saying, "this week, your characters have to act like you have the intellect of a two-year-old, and do outrageously stupid things". It's insulting to the cast, insulting to the viewers that have had to put up with the horrendously poor writing, and sadly, just the "tip of the iceberg" in terms of how far "off the rails" the series has gone, under the current production/writing team.
I simply do not understand why someone at the BBC hasn't stepped in to put a new showrunner, and writing team in place, before they completely destroy one of the most beloved series in TV history. The series used to be clever, and sassy, but now it's just a waste of time.
And then, not five minutes later, we have another companion deciding to blindly follow some alien through a transporter device, about which they known nothing, and with no idea where it leads. But that's actually not the stupidest part. The alien was clearly in a suit, with specialized breathing components, making it obvious that they probably can't breath our atmosphere, which, to anyone with an IQ above 5, would sort of suggest that the atmosphere at the other end of that transporter, might be "unfriendly" to humans.
So, I can almost hear the showrunner saying, "this week, your characters have to act like you have the intellect of a two-year-old, and do outrageously stupid things". It's insulting to the cast, insulting to the viewers that have had to put up with the horrendously poor writing, and sadly, just the "tip of the iceberg" in terms of how far "off the rails" the series has gone, under the current production/writing team.
I simply do not understand why someone at the BBC hasn't stepped in to put a new showrunner, and writing team in place, before they completely destroy one of the most beloved series in TV history. The series used to be clever, and sassy, but now it's just a waste of time.