As we leave 2012, one of the worst years Doctor Who has had in an awfully long time, and enter the 50th anniversary year of 2013, it’s worth taking a look at where and why the show has been going so very wrong lately, and we will be doing so by standing on the shoulders (and nicking the best ideas) of former authors of Doctor Who novels from the ’90s. Long-time readers will know that your correspondent is a fan of the writings (if not necessarily the opinions) of Lawrence Miles, a curmudgeon of some repute in the Who fan community. Miles is also one of the most astute critics of modern Who (or was, before he stopped watching) and though he had a personal conflict with Stephen Moffat which might have coloured his opinions on the latter’s reign somewhat, he has been consistently correct about the show’s downward plummet in quality of late, and the nature thereof (though he called perhaps it a little too early). Lawrence Miles was right, ladies and gentlemen.
