I think Doctor Who is one of the lamest/dumbest fucking shows ever and people try to act like it's better than it actually is. I've had long arguments with people who are into it about why it's good or why they like it. When I explain why I like a show to someone I can usually explain it clearly like in something like Breaking Bad, the writing is excellent and you see this main character completely change in a very believable way. Or in something like Lost, the characters are handled very well and you really grow emotionally attached to them and there's always a cool element of "there's this event that happened a long time ago, not a lot of people were around for it, and those who are don't like to bring it up" so getting a clearer and clearer picture of that is really satisfying.
With Doctor Who it was just "yeah the tardis is cool, and he time travels around and it's really witty and charming" and someone even described it as like scooby doo in space, which sounds super lame. Like in a lot of the shows I love, the main thing is that the characters are relatable, the writing is usually great or there is a message the writer is trying to impart onto the audience. I just don't see what is relatable about a time traveling alien that can't die but forms into new british men and fights trashcan robots. Maybe there are well written episodes but I've never been given any hook or anything that would indicate why some part of Doctor Who is actually good, and it's not because it's weird. Lost is a weird show but it wrote its characters well enough that you were able to sympathize with a dead man who could turn into smoke.
Sherlock is probably alright but I don't want to watch anything in the superwholock shit combination that tumblr made.
