Is the new Doctor Who out of this world?

HAVING watched every episode of Doctor Who (originally from behind the sofa as was de rigueur for my generation), it is sad to see such a travesty. The Doctor has been played by many actors over the years, some better than others, but all with an essential dark side. Jodie Whittaker is a familiar TV face, but by no stretch of the imagination can she portray the sheer power, steel and presence that characterises The Doctor. Sadly, this looks like the demise of the all-powerful Time Lord who can overthrow his enemies with his mere presence and name. Jodie’s performance is more WI than sci-fi!

ROBERT BRYAN, Morpeth, Northumberland. JODIE WHITTAKER was brilliant as The Doctor and the three companions are well written, so I hope they stick together for at least a couple of series. S. BROOME, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

DOCTOR Who? Doctor No Thanks.

D. MURRAY, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. I UNDERSTOOD the storyline, there was not too much running hither and thither, no cringeworthy grinning and no long monologues. Welcome back Doctor Who!

A. HARRISON, Tamworth, Staffs.

GLAD to see Doctor Who has returned, but I am sorry that the BBC gender gap still exists. After all the weird and wonderful planets the other Doctors explored, Jodie Whittaker gets sent to Sheffield.

JOHN VARLEY, Doncaster, S. Yorks. A FEMALE Doctor is sexual appropriation. At a time when boys are doing badly academically, the last thing they needed was to lose a heroic, male, geek role model.

RUSS BALL, Leicester.