Doctor Who Series 10 Recap: The Lie of the Land
Doctor Who attempts to take on the same themes as other Peak TV shows, with mixed results at best.
The Doctor Who reboot has a problem. It’s called Peak TV.
Not every show on television is a “Peak TV” show, nor should it be. Not everyone turns in for the same reason. For instance, as much as I dislike a show as mindlessly dumb as The Big Bang Theory, it’s one of the most popular shows on television. There’s a market for it. Nor should all shows aspire to be “Peak TV” like, as Agents of SHIELD learned at their peril. (Though the balance they struck this between the “network fodder” they are and the “Peak TV” they wish to be was quite impressive last season.)
Doctor Who came back to TV two years ahead of the beginning of Peak TV boom, and though it has impressive history, nerd cred for decades, and a 12 episode Peak TV-esque schedule on its side, it’s not a show that has attempted to rise above its regular sci-fi serial roots.
