The obsessive wokeness and diversity of Doctor Who has been a growing problem, but there is another that’s more serious, but hard to pin down. Watch samples from the past decade, and you’ll notice the Beeb has been moving away from BBC “proper” accents for characters to make them more regional and working class. The problem is, for US viewers, it’s gotten to the point where they need subtitles to be understood.
The problem is, for US viewers, it’s gotten to the point where they need subtitles to be understood.
“British......Extremelely British...I didn’t understand what they were saying.”
“I thought they were speaking a foreign language.....I don’t think I heard a single consonant.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPY-sCiRCeA