Sarah Jane Adventures revisited (and comparisons with current DW)

My son (Jack, now aged 15) and I have started rewatching the Sarah Jane Adventures, since we finished our rewatch of Doctor Who (which I just realised I haven't posted yet, so will do that next!!!). We are four stories in (just finished Warriors of Kudlak). And boy, coming headlong back into the RTD era from the Chibnall era is just... mindblowing. Here, there are stories, there are emotions, there are characters we care about, and it's... well, to be honest, we're agreed we rather wish we hadn't made the transition because it's made it so damn clear what the latest reinvention of DW is missing! I know we moaned about RTD at the time, but damn, the man knew what was important and how to tell a story.

I've been trying very hard to convince myself that the last two seasons of DW haven't been that bad, but damn. That's just not true. I feel genuinely sorry for Jodie Whitaker and Bradley Walsh and everyone else who's a good actor who's had to make do with really shit writing, because it's true, it really has been shit.

Apologies for language. It's Friday night and I've had a couple of gins. That doesn't make this any less true, sadly. :-(

As I said to Jack, at least we have lots of DVDs of the good stuff.

(Also, wow, I don't have a SJA tag! Well, I didn't. I do now!)

Doctor Who Season 12 rewatch - 12.6-12.11

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