The sentiment at the end "I want to love this show, I want it to be good" *Fans everywhere nod in agreement*

I want 13 to talk to her companions like someone who has loved and lost for 1000 years. The lack of understanding/ communication with Graham was weird. It was like this Doctor had forgotten her past.

Thank you, Nathaniel, for being one of those fans who can dislike a season of a show and still give it credit for what it did right. Too many people turn into bundles of raging, unadulterated negativity the second something doesn't work for them. It takes a much more level-headed and thoughtful individual to find the positive within the negative. That's how people find middle ground, and middle ground is what makes discussions discussions instead of screaming-matches.

Let The Doctor mentor! There were so many times when a line would come up to give characters advice, which felt like something The Doctor would say, and they gave it to Graham.

I just want the Doctor to be in charge again. She didn't have much authority in season 11, and it felt like she never figured out a situation before it was too late.

I hope Yaz gets SOMETHING. She was pretty pointless and badly written in season 11. Hell, we know more about her grandma than her.

Some of my favorite moments of Doctor who is when the doctor is about to go REALLY dark and his companion pulls em back. When the doctor was about to fall into dispair over Pompei and Donna convinces him to save at least one family or when Amy aimed a gun at him and yelled that they needed to be better than their enemies when the doctor was going to let a man be killed as examples. I really want to see a moment like that between 13 and her companions

-For Jodie to get some more depth (go dark please) -Classic monsters there for a reason -Characters to get more depth -Some scariness -(Probably a pretty big one for me) Make the TARDIS feel alive again rather than just a machine -Less dependency on the sonic

I've been rewatching Series 11 recently and I think the fundamental thing that holds it back for me is that the Doctor feels a bit distant. The companions share moments with each other in pretty much every episode but the Doctor is rarely involved. If anything, she feels like a teacher chaperoning a school trip rather than part of the family, so my main hope for series 12 would be for there to be more of a connection between the Doctor and her companions. Aside from that, I agree about Yaz, and keeping the way the historicals were used (might be a long shot but I'd be really happy to see a pure historical or two). I'm glad there will be some returning monsters but I hope that any new ones are a bit more interesting than the fairly bland ones from last series. And on more of a structural level I hope more emotional stuff is shown to us rather than a character just talking about something that's already happened off screen (hopefully having 2 parters will help with that).

Maybe it’s because for me, based on Resolution, using the old stuff is when Chibnall is paradoxically at his most inventive. It feels like he’s the kind of writer who needs an established foundation to comment on and twist to really get his creative juices flowing. If the best his writing can be is based on older monsters and cliffhangers where he has had ideas since he was a kid about how he would make them fresh, that’s more exciting to me. I hope that’s the case. Some people need a baseline to shine, and he seems like that kind of writer so far.

I want a full emotional breakdown from Jodie in this series, or at least some deep introspection.

Better writing. That's all I need. Well something more specific is to split the tardis team. Some stories with just Yaz, some just Graham. All three should be saved for big episodes. We need more focused time on the characters, especially THE DOCTOR!

I want a darker persona for Jodie (think of Series 11 as her Season 24, and this as her Season 25), and just overall better writing.

I think they are going more into Yaz's policing background One of the spyfall clips shows her interviewing Lenny Henry's character, very much police-like

I fear that they'll double down on what series 11 was about, in spite of general fan reaction, just to remind us who's in charge.

I hope the Doctor gets into a sword fight, because from the way she uses her sonic screwdriver it seems that she'd really like to draw a sword. So I'd like her to get to do that at least once.

I was mixed-to-positive on the last series, and there's lots of room for improvement- - We need Thirteen to have her Dalek/School Reunion/Amy's Choice moment, where the episodes and series start to shift and the character gets more complex. Give Whittaker some heavy material to chew on as we know she can. -More stories like Rosa, Demons of the Punjab and It Takes You Away that have balls and take risks. - A story arc. I think Ryan and Graham's development in Series 11 was great but that was to the detriment of a lack of any forward momentum for Thirteen, any really good episodes (except Demons) for Yaz or an arc to keep people watching week by week was poor on Chibnall's part. -IF (and with the Judoon and Cybermen returning it's a WHEN) monsters from the show's past return (I absolutely don't think this has to be a necessity however) make their stories worth the return. Don't just use them for fanservice like Moffat did, give their return some umph like Resolution did to the Daleks. - I don't need every episode to be a Vincent and the Doctor or a Waters of Mars. But try to make the bare minimum quality be something like Kerblam, not deep or complex but just fun (Gatiss, criticise him all you want, was great at this). -Make a truly original, interesting and memorable monster to add to the show's mythos. Tennant had the Ood and Angels, Smith had the Silence and Capaldi was missing one of these. Give Thirteen "her" villain because Tim Shaw is a bit shit. - Absolutely do not let fan demand dictate the direction of the series. This is where last era fell to pieces because Moffat tried to appease the Whoffaldi Tumblr shippers and the show descended into stupid fanfiction. Chibnall should write what works for the characters. - Have a pure historical. It really isn't that hard. If all of these points are addressed, then we should get a great series. I found Series 11 to be a breath of fresh air and a return to the show I loved from 2005-2013 (and Classic Who, of course) but it was FAR from perfect. I don't think it holds a candle to Series 1, 3, 4, 5 or 6 but is about equal with 2 and 10 and far better than 7, 8 and 9. If Chibnall wants to bring back goodwill to people who weren't as lenient as me he needs to take some of these points into consideration. I pretty much agree with all the points here, although I don't really care about the TARDIS needing to be a home all that much.

Couldn't agree with you more on the sonic screwdriver arm thing 😂

4:34- Yes, I agree completely! I watch DW because I love the character of the Doctor and 13 doesn’t have that “thing” that defines her Doctor. Although, I do find the sonic quirk a little endearing actually. As far as hopes, I’m going to try to go into any IP with really low expectations and try not to hype it up too much. 2019 had so many properties that I hyped up that failed to meet my expectations: GOT, Stranger Things, Frozen 2 (haven’t seen Star Wars: ROS) and I want to go in and enjoy what I watch

I have a good feeling about this series, I think they've learned from their mistakes.

I just want a big emotional doctor speech, because from what I remember , in series 11, we didn't have one.

I want (a) episode(s) that do the Sontarans and/or UNIT justice as much as The Poison Sky did

I honestly think the best route would be to give Yaz a small character arc and then kill her off in the finale (keeping her dead this time) and give 13, Graham, and Ryan more to emotionally tether them together. I like her, I just feel a 4 person Tardis Team is too crowded, only for certain occasions, like Mickey joining jack and rose for an episode or River joining for a few scenes or an episode. They did 4 in classic who but tv has changed and is more character and plot focused now. Also with the familiar elements (I.e recurring monsters, mystery box arcs, two parters) I think they could have pulled it off in a series that wasn’t a fresh start (new doctor, companions, tardis, etc) it would have worked a lot better if they kept at least some those familiar elements in to help us adjust to the fresh slate and then they could have slowly taken some of those elements out for series 12 if they really wanted to experiment with removing those elements.

Let me guess, number 1 on the list of hopes is the return of Anthony Stewart Head as Mr. Finch? XD

Stu's video on Voyage of the Damned helped me realize what I loved about Doctor Who, and how it's probably lost forever - the combination of stupid, campy, corny monsters and ideas and jokes... with brutal, cruel death and drama that really hits you. It makes you feel like you're listening to a serial killer tell you childish jokes. I don't think I will enjoy Doctor Who ever again unless that feeling comes back. I think the closest thing that can scratch that itch is Big Finish, but I haven't listened to anything from them yet

Based upon the little bits we’ve seen I am hopeful. I want to love Doctor Who again as well!!

A quote from an interview Doctor Who Magazine had with Chris Chibnall: "In 2018 we had standalone adventures and we didn’t use any old monsters. That was phase one of a strategic plan. We’re just about to go into phase two of that plan. Within that you have a deliberate development and progression. “Having brought new and old viewers into the world of the Thirteenth Doctor, we’re now going to take you into the deeper corners of the Doctor Who universe... There’s a sense of, now you’ve got to know the Thirteenth Doctor, how can we test her? What are the profound challenges we can set for this Doctor and her friends?”

Before I even watch the video, my own number one hope: better scoring! I felt like so many of the best beats in season 11 that were delivered in wonderful ways just weren't supported by the music, which really undermines the actors' performances

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I hope someone remembers how to write a Doctor Who story.

I really want some strong villains, more abitious and experimental story telling and a better sense of what kind of Doctor 13 is. I hope I enjoy it, and if I don't I want other people to enjoy it.

I never noticed the big arm arch for the sonic before.... but now i can't unsee it..... thanks... lol

Thank You for every time you come in with a well thought video.

its going to be member berries all the time

I feel s11 is a lot like torchwood s1 VERY mixed thoughts on it so I hope s12 is the torchwood s2 which is way better than the other series

What I want from Series 12: -Classic Monsters -Character Development for The Doctor -Less "happy-go-lucky fun time" for the whole season (It's fine to have fun but when every episode is just a lot of bumbling about it's hard to take the "dark" stuff seriously) -Dark Doctor -Give the TARDIS it's character back (also dislike the design of TARDIS and Sonic but that's just prefrence) -Give Yaz a role -Stop using the Sonic to yadda yadda your way out of things (E.g: The Doctor can just sonic a Dalek's weapons off) -Stop making it feel like SJA (E.g: too kid orientated and too simple solutions, like killing a dalek with a microwave) -Stop underestimating your audience (without going Moffat and overestimating your own writing) -Have The Doctor stop using casual language (This is more a peeve of mine, The Doctor has always spoken in proper English, and now it's all "fam" and "pals" and such) -Don't just have The Doctor be a female and brush it off like it's nothing. It *does* matter that she's changed, and it does need to be addressed in more than a one line joke -Bring *interesting* new monsters/characters. All the S11 monsters are forgetable, do like RTD or Moffat, with Weeping Angels, Silence, even Slitheen -Make the stakes clear. The "series finale" (which just felt like a filler episode) was supposed to have massive stakes, but it didn't feel big at all -Get Segun Akinola to stop writing shit music that a GCSE student could write and get him to use the themes of Murray Gold while still writing his own (instead of just background noise and ambience) *My biggest issue is the music, because I, a 17 year old British Kid who got a C+ in his Music GCSE, can write music to that standard, it's rubbish ambience, Akinola straight ignores Murray Gold's work, which is 10 seasons of solid music that was a constant through the good and bad, and they're just throwing it away. USE MURRAY GOLD'S THEMES but also make your own!!!*

The sonic screwdriver reminds me of Star Trek tricorders. They started off sensible but turned into a prop that was waved around constantly. In TOS Spock would occasionally scan something. By Voyager the whole crew were dependent on them to identify manure.

One thing i like about the doctor is that when the companion isnt there the mask will slip and youll see a glimpse of how broken they are the darkness that comes with having lost so much. So far he haven't seen this from jodies doctor and i think we should

Definitely feeling optimistic about the new series (I pray they have listened to videos / feedback so they can improve the series for next year). It does seem, from the trailer, that a lot of these hopes may perhaps be answered! Great video :D

I hope that if the cybermen are the big threat, which they seem to be, they actually are doing something interesting. The I hope they at least name drop the Shadow Proclamation because I want the show to mention them again since extended stuff shows how important they can be in the universe.

Haha your complaint about the screwdriver flourish is small but I sympathise completely. The sonic hasn't felt like a scientific instrument since Tennant.

I'm so excited!!! little thing for the new year, are you ever going to do a video on the hunger games?

I'm super happy that one of the first things we learned about Season 12 is that they'll focus more on Yaz I feel like the expansion and updating in the console room will draw more focus to it in this season Chibnall also said that the arc will impact the Doctor more personally and we'll see more impacting her this season The arm thing didn't bother me, but I get the complaint, and it would be nice to have something smaller, yeah. With having two parters and some cold opens, but with plenty of new monsters it seems like it'll balance it out in terms of "dropping everything new and bringing back everything old" I'm honestly looking forward to this season. It seems like it'll be a bigger step back to great stories (versus decent-to-bad stories) and return to "form" in a sense.

I'm very excited for the new season; and you're right about the historical episodes. As a history student, they tend to be my favourite stories and the one I appreciated most last season was actually 'The Witchfinders'. I've studied James I quite a bit and I think they handled his appearance as 'celebrity historical figure' very well--his morals and ideas were opposed to the Doctor's but there was still an appreciation for him being a product of his environment and background. Hopefully, this new series will keep that vibe going.

The thing I really missed in series 11 and have little to no hope of seing in S12 is that charming bit of madness that made the show so different from your regular sci-fi tv-series. I mean, The British Empire travelling through space on a giant whale! Statues that move when nobody watches them! Time paradoxes! Doctor Who was allways as close to "Star Treck meets Wonderland" as it could be as non-one-time gimmick. And then came the guy, who ironically is the screenwriter of an episode called "Dinosaures in Space" (yeah, i know, i know, it was not his own pitch). The guy takes over the show and he just seems to think the time travell itself is enough to call the stories he writes Doctor Who stories. Hope this will change someday.

I’ll live anywhere with a custard cream dispenser

I'd like a darker 13. Not by a lot, as that would feel out of character, but it just looked as if she was almost permanently stuck in quircky mode. I also hope for some kind of arc, because the finale of S11 felt like any other episode and just didn't have that weight to it. Overall, i want the series to kick into high gear

I just want to love this show again, please no shitty stuff shoved in my face, i wanna cry and laugh and be scared by this show, please bring it all back

Hi councilofgeeks, you're my favourite youtuber and I hope you have a happy new year and enjoy spyfall!😊❤❤

I just had a dream about this last night. The first episode was awesome and I actually started cheering for this Doctor..

I just want my favorite show back.

I think you're extremely well spoken and you've took the words right out of my mouth. Doctor Who is a show I will endlessly love despite it's ups and downs and all I want is for it to be good. I found a lot of what S11 tried to do enjoyable, and I found some of it horrible. It's hard to say from just two one-minute trailers, but it really feels to me like S12 will be a major improvement while still adhering to Chibnall's vision. It seems to be the perfect middle ground for the first ten Series and S11.

Don't throw out everything you did....*cough* Rise of Skywalker

There are more of us that want this show to succeed than to fail. There are more of us that are tuning out the ones that want it to fail just so they can get more KZfaq followers, the ones that shout “series 12 is doomed” (real title) before it even begins. I agree with Yaz needing more to do. And I would like to see a bit more of the darker side of the Doctor, the one that told the Dalek “say it to my face”, in Resolution. Whitaker is a good actor, I hope she gets to show it.

Awesome video have a lovely New Year :)

Yeah I'm hoping for some character development for Yaz. And for season 11 to be great.

Hard agree on the last point. For me one of the fundamental issues with series 11 was that they didn't take enough risks. If they want to fix that by taking even less risks, well... I am unlikely to enjoy it.

Can't wait for your reaction to the first episode - which I just watched.

Coherent writing, less pandering, more character development and better villains

When 9 met Charles Dickens or when 10 met William Shakespeare. Those are some good historical episodes.

Pretty much everything you said I'm hopeful for. Keep the approach of a vast universe with people and aliens who don't know the doc. Bring original aliens and planets we haven't seen. Maybe explore The Nine Systems that apparently The Stenza have or whatever. I loved how S11 looked so keep that. Either do something with Yaz or, sadly, boot her off the TARDIS. Give us a better sense of The Doc. Stay away from stupid Mystery Box, which we shall see how the whole "something is after the doctor" thing goes. If that's just an episode thing or if it spans.

Digging the Bajoran ear jewelry

All the old monters back yes peles

Yaz definitely needs some purpose apart from just being there as a companion. I'm rewatching the season right now (Xmas Blu-ray) and it really seems like several episodes were written before they decided to make her a police officer, then they didn't change the already written episodes. In particular, when a gun is pointed at her in Arachnids In The UK, there's no way she wouldn't have stated her job at that point. Here's hoping they were saving her arc for the upcoming season, as they had other stuff to deal with last season.

She could always cook Curry and do the cleaning, in fact I'm surprised that they haven't just forgotten about her and left without her, for instance on one of those Junk Galaxies

Congratulations on top 50. 😁

I just want it to keep the scale sensible. Nothing bores me faster than saving the entire universe on a regular basis.

The only thing I want for Series 12 isnt something to add to what they did its for them to stop with the Deus Ex Machina. Oh dear there is no way we can win this... wait we won it easily in one scene (for example the Spider Dying on its own)

I would actually go one step further with the historical episodes and say they should have some that don’t even have aliens. It’s what they did during William Hartnell’s era, and more often than not, it worked. I actually preferred the ones that didn’t have a historical figure. I also want to see more episodes like “It Takes you Away” that have a stranger concept. Oh, and about the two parters; they’re going to have to come back if we’re keeping four members of the Tardis crew. One of the reasons we didn’t get more character development is because every episode was self-contained.

Oh! I normally watch everything on 1.25x because...life, but there is little released over christmas (i'm living in asia so christmas isn't really a thing and i'm missing my shows lol) this is the first time i've heard the outro music at normal speed....honestly ,it's so much more awesome a 1/4 faster, maybe you should consider....but anyway, you're the content creator, i'm just making the suggestions ;)

To me, my main complaint is having the lack of Good dialogue and character development. I think if they focus on those two things , it’ll be a really great season!

A new TARDIS control room would be nice.

i had a lot of problems with s11, similar to you, not the same as the shouty people, just did a rewatch which surprised me and made me more hopeful for s12

Great points! Totally agree! Chibbers, I hope you’ve been listening to the fan base 👂 😬

I’m hopeful, but actually confident that it will be good. There were a lot of good episodes, I really like Jodie, second only to Capaldi in nu who. There were so many changes and they pulled it off it though. I have no problem with a full Tardis...Beyond that I’m pretty much in agreement with most of what you’re saying. I’m looking forward to this!!

Good job!

I didn't have any issue with last season. In fact, this was the first Dr. Who season that I watched all the way through. So I hope they don't change much

I do hope they give 13 a new intro. Her first one was good, but I want her to have a full on intro not just a snippet of the song with the names and logo and then done. I also want them to go back to the way of, “beginning of the episode-intro-rest of the episode”. Instead of having the intro at the immediate start of the episode.

I agree with you. The series felt half assed in the writing. What really got on my nerves was I could see myself enjoying most of them if they were done differently.

I want to enjoy the show again. I hope Jodie finds her inner doctor because that was what I felt was missing in Series 11. I also found the show a little preachy last series, and I didn't enjoy that. Still, I'm open to the new series.

Throw the Yaz into the fires!

When is it premiering?

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Can’t wait until tomorrow

I agree with generally most of your points. For me when they announced the historic episodes I was worried it could be too preachy. Classic who at it's time was good at educating while still entertaining and worried the format wouldn't work as well today. So I was glad when they announced the historics would have a scifi twist. Yet this was the worst part in my opinion with the historics. It felt like the scifi elements where just tacked on like they had the historic idea first and forced a scifi element on top of it. I do now think a pure historic could work and would love to see one. As for the companions I do believe the tardis is crowded and sadly Yaz is the weakest link which is odd as being a police officer should work great for a companion but it's never really used. My only problem is I've yet to really find that 13 moment. I don't know if it's the writing or Jodie. Sometimes I've felt shes been playing too much Matt Smith and david Tennant without her own spin but this isn't helped by the fact the show didn't get a lot of time to focus on her. I'd love to see a standalone doctor episode to really showcase 13. I did kind of miss the returning monsters/villains in series 11. It was generally a spoiler free series with a lot of it tight lipped so I thought a surprise return would have been good slap bang in the middle of the series. Kind of a shock surprise to the audience and a way to remind them it's the same show. Series 11 just felt a bit bland to me. I do agree though the answer is not bringing everything back. What we need is balance. I did love how at one point each new series reintroduced us to a redesign of a classic monster and I'd love them to keep doing that if possible

In season/series 12 I want more sonic screwdriver action and more trips in the T.A.R.D.I.S. I know the Judoon are coming back and that's awesome! I want more interactions with Daleks and Cybermen.

I completely agree with you

I hope they balance the use of the companions. Yes that means Yaz gets to do more. I really like her character. I hope we get to really see Jodie Whittaker be the Doctor. I hope we get dark, scary, and good stories along with fun ones. Can we get more lights in the TARDIS?

Great commentary. I pretty much agree with most of your comments except for the one about the sonic screwdriver. For me it's a MAJOR problem (not a minor one). I absolutely hate her big waving arm-arc whenever she uses it. It's so annoying that it interrupts the story for me because I can't help thinking, "Oh ****, here she goes again." Actually, I'd love it if they got rid of the sonic altogether. I know it'll never happen because of merchandizing but it's such a crutch now. It's pretty much a Star Trek tricorder.

The lack of two parters annoyed me most. It’s like, if you need twice the run time to tell a good story, then use twice the run time! Rather than trying to cram everything into one (because Chibnall REALLY struggles to end his stories, it’s like Climax then The End) use the extra time to develop side characters so we can *feel* for them when they inevitably die

They should probably have another companion death. That always reinforces the jeopardy

-A season finale that actually feels like a finale -Actual plot arc, more than just "my mom died" -Creative and unique expanding upon the Timeless Child stuff (please actually have a satisfying payoff this time, looking at you Moffat) -New Master, I feel like Chibnall has the potential to write a really good incarnation -Imagine what it would be like if every episode had a returning villain. Series 11's gimmick was that it was a bit of a soft reboot with no returning villains. So what if they did the opposite with Series 12? -Character dabbing at least once, something that was sadly absent from series 11

For many of us, the problems started with anti male dialog under late Capaldi. This past season just completed the transformation. Ghostbusters seems to have figured it out and corrected. Perhaps there is hope for Dr who.

I always end- up agreeing with everything you say

Series 11 felt too much like Class, which I hated. I want to know and like the characters, without that I don't really care what happens to them. Most of all I want clever scf-fi ideas back, Rick & Morty type stuff.

My hopes: 1)Better writing of the episodes - Writing was shocking TBH 2)A darker more emotional series (for me the best series and episodes of dr.who have been the darker ones) 3)A darker doctor which feels the full emotion of her past and not glances over it and really feels emotion 4)Less overly political correctness - yes don't be offensive but it became too much the other way. Usually if there was a female and male character the male would be weaker or meaner and it became cringey (this is from a female perspective) 5)BETTER NAMED THINGS - like wtf was that about "pting" "kerblam" "battle of raskavor thingy" "Tim Shaw" like omfg what 6)A story arc - Bad wolf,Missing planets, The crack and memory loss etc... allowed you to feel the series more but not that rope thing that killed people last series but come on 😂😂 7)Music - love the theme tune however the older themes for the older characters were beautiful Long list but I feel that's how my favourite series went x

Yes i want more of the Tardis, more of the Doctor and more of Yaz, too!

10:46 a lack of vision, which is my main (and basically only) concern with Chris. I don't think he has an interpretation of Doctor Who. Russell did soap, Steven did fairy tale. I want a clear picture of what Chris's Doctor Who really looks like.

Hope 1: less exposition dumps.