Posted on 06/10/2026 10:57:46 PM PDT by Cronos
DOCTOR Who showrunner Russell T Davis has QUIT the show after the series was slammed for being “too woke” – and the Christmas special was cancelled.
It comes after actor Ncuti Gatwa, 33, quit the role last year, amid plummeting ratings after fans were left disgruntled over some of the storylines.
Fans said the “wokery” hit an all- time high when Doctor Who was taken over for a second time by showrunner Russell in 2023, with storylines including non-binary aliens
The latest series of Doctor Who, which aired last year, faced a huge backlash from fans.
A poll revealed that fans had been left “bored” with the “woke series”.
James Johnson of pollsters JL Partners said: “This is the first ever major poll done on attitudes to Doctor Who and the results are bleak.
“The public believe a once-great show has lost its way — and their biggest complaint is it puts pursuit of wokeness above entertainment value.
“The main words associated with it are rubbish, boring, and woke.
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the iconic show has seen viewing figures plummet amid woke storylines featuring transgender characters.
The recent series suffered abysmal ratings with fans outraged by the BBC shoehorning wokery into the storylines.
The woke bits were there, but subtle during the Eccleston/Tennant/Smith eras, as the showrunners at least understood the assignment of telling good Dr. Who stories. The Day of the Doctor movie featuring John Hurt comes to mind.
Then during Capaldi’s run, it started escalating (and even his acting prowess, as great as it was, could only do so much).
Then the Doctor became a woman. Then a black guy. Wokeness was elevated above even established lore, and it just became...dull.
The best thing they could do is retcon the Whittaker/Gatwa eras, and take only what they need from the Eccleston/Tennant/Smith/Capaldi eras.
Seems like the Woke crowd is always into pretend games and that in entertainment. They can’t face reality. They could never deal with the civil war of the 1800s. Too real.
But meanwhile they’re all super heroes, women can fight like Zena, warrior princesses. Oh, that’s another thing, they’re princesss, more pretend.
As to how to handle the infection of the woke into these franchises…take the “Dallas” route…it was all a bad dream. It never happened.
The future is woke.
Is he quitting because it’s woke, or because of the criticism?
Wasn’t it already cancelled because he made it too woke? Go broke lol
The latter.
Good!
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