5 Reasons Chibnall's Doctor Who Era Failed

5. The Music

Remember the days of Doctor Who when the music would enhance the scene and emotionally tip you over the edge? What would Doomsday be without Murray Gold’s score? What about the tragedy of the Singing Towers or the haunting Heaven Sent? The pain of Amy and Rory’s sacrifice or the drama of Vampires of Venice?

Murray Gold knew how to do something magical with his music. His influence in the episode was as important as that of the writers, the actors and the crew who filmed and edited and directed. Murray Gold was an important staple of the Whoniverse. Concerts were held to honour his music. His work could pack the Royal Albert Hall at the Proms. He was always going to be a hard act to follow.

Unfortunately, Segun Akinola doesn’t even come close. Where Murray Gold’s score was memorable and every Whovian can name their favourite tracks without even thinking, we’d have a harder time recalling any music in Chibnall’s era. Rather than being big, bold and dramatic, it’s more basic and ambient. It's nice, but only Thirteen's theme and the closing credits of Demons of the Punjab stand out.

We can only hope that with RTDs return, we might see Murray come back and breathe life back into the show too. We can only wonder just how much this era would be if he had been around.