This Netflix description of Doctor Who is hilariously bad
WHO came up with this?
Doctor Who is one of the BBC’s best-loved sci-fi shows with fans all over the world – but it seems someone at Netflix is a little unfamiliar with the premise.
A synopsis used by the streaming service and posted on Twitter by journalist Martin Belam describes the series as: "Evil aliens. A wacky but brilliant tourguide. Flying through space in a tiny blue box is the trip of a lifetime.”
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Belam captioned the description “the worst ever Doctor Who synopsis” – and amused fans were generally in agreement...
By describing the TARDIS as a tiny blue box, one questioned whether the person who wrote the synopsis had ever watched the show.
https://twitter.com/Dougy74Design/status/1103772180675022848
Others criticised the failure to mention the TARDIS’s ability to travel through time – odd, considering that's basically the entire premise of the show.
https://twitter.com/macwrites/status/1103763540547158018
Some questioned the decision to label all the show's aliens "evil"...
https://twitter.com/sebpatrick/status/1103756003013787650
And there was plenty of fun recalling other terrible descriptions of Doctor Who, with this former Google synopsis equally off the mark...
https://twitter.com/VictorVentolin/status/1103778862348029952
The Netflix synopsis is used by the streaming service's app on Virgin Media TiVo boxes – so won't appear on everyone's platform.
The description on Netflix's website fairs better, reading, “An updated incarnation of everybody’s favourite time-travelling Doctor sets about fighting nefarious aliens and other foes in this epic sci-fi series.”
Netflix and BBC iPlayer is where we’ll find Doctor Who for the time being, with the new series not returning to TV until 2020.
Jodie Whittaker will reprise her role as the Thirteenth Doctor, alongside companions Graham (Bradley Walsh), Yasmin (Mandip Gill) and Ryan (Tosin Cole).
Showrunner Chris Chibnall said, “We adore making this show and have been blown away by the response from audiences, so we can’t wait to bring more scares, more monsters and more Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole to BBC1. Brilliant!”
Doctor Who returns to BBC 1 in 2020
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