Going Woke Drove Doctor Who Into Oblivion
Going Woke Drove Doctor Who Into Oblivion John Sexton 1:20 PM | June 11, 2026 Ben Birchall/PA via AP I watched a bit of Doctor Who in the early 80s. My main memory of it at the time was that it seemed incredibly cheap compared to just about anything on American TV. I found it a bit hard to suspend disbelief when some of the special effects seemed to be made out of actual cardboard.
- ▪Going Woke Drove Doctor Who Into Oblivion John Sexton 1:20 PM | June 11, 2026 Ben Birchall/PA via AP I watched a bit of Doctor Who in the early 80s.
- ▪My main memory of it at the time was that it seemed incredibly cheap compared to just about anything on American TV.
- ▪I found it a bit hard to suspend disbelief when some of the special effects seemed to be made out of actual cardboard.
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| Original publisher | HotAir |
| Canonical URL | https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/06/11/going-woke-drove-doctor-who-into-oblivion-n3815828 |
| Publication time | Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:20:00 -0400 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-06-11T17:23:56.242Z |
| Last seen | 2026-06-11T17:24:10.648Z |
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Going Woke Drove Doctor Who Into Oblivion John Sexton 1:20 PM | June 11, 2026 Ben Birchall/PA via AP I watched a bit of Doctor Who in the early 80s. My main memory of it at the time was that it seemed incredibly cheap compared to just about anything on American TV. I found it a bit hard to suspend disbelief when some of the special effects seemed to be made out of actual cardboard. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); The show went off the air in 1989 and wasn't revived again until 2005. I wasn't paying attention then but sometime in 2006 I decided to give the show a try and I was impressed.
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