I wouldn’t say it’s me. I take pride in dissecting why so much of it serves as an obvious betrayal of the original series, how it prides itself on its popularist and anti-intellectual qualities, and especially how, in light of series 11, the whole thing can be interpreted as an unfunny farce created by a large number of spoilt and frankly dislikable egotists who also pride themselves on their supposed superiority to those who took part in the creation of the classic series, but I don’t loathe all of it. I have a biased soft spot for the early Moffat era (I’d probably dislike it a lot more were it not for that bias, mind) and don’t think all of it is irredeemable. I think a strong part of my dislike for it is also down to the fact that I prominently experienced it growing up alongside TruWho, and thus became more aware as I grew older that a good proportion of what I was watching and enjoying at that tender age was actually a load of shite, not exactly leaving the greatest artistic impression on me early on.
Genkimonk is a prime candidate, yes, as is ClockworkOcean. I’d also consider UncleDeadly as well- he’s written many excellent posts which extensively tear apart both the RTD and Moffat eras to shreds, all with a strong hint of passionate loathing for it all.
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