This month in culture: December 2024
What to watch this December
Doctor who
Thursday
Monday
Bored of the rings: ‘wokery’ takes on Tolkien
The chief sin of Amazon’s The Rings of Power is that it is often simply dull
Monday
How progressive will the new Doctor Who be?
The show is perhaps the most overtly liberal mainstream entertainment in the English-speaking world
Thursday
The new Doctor Who Jodie Whittaker is a delight – but the script isn’t
The phrase ‘get woke, go broke’ captures well why Doctor Who was losing fans – and I’m not sure the writing in the new series dispenses with this problem
