In the wake of Doctor Who’ s controversial (and, largely, critically panned) season 15 finale , everyone has thoughts about what went wrong and how the show can turn things around in its next era. And to be fair, there’s a lot to consider, from thoughts on the identity of the next Doctor, the meaning behind Billie Piper’s surprise appearance in “The Reality War’s” closing moments, and what kind of stories the show should tell in the franchise’s next era. But should we be thinking about how the show does so?

After all, Doctor Who has experimented with multiple formats over the course of its 60-plus-year run, from 40-minute weekly installments to feature-length specials and even a TV movie. The series’ classic era mixed serialized adventures with multi-episode installments, cr

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