10 Things Nobody Wants To Admit About Doctor Who

When it was announced that Russell T Davies was coming back to run Doctor Who, it was like the second coming of Christ. Which is ironic given that he'd previously written a drama about how badly that would've gone down.

Fans who despised the tricksy plotting of Steven Moffat or the understated tone of Chris Chibnall found their saviour in Saint Russell of Davies, the King of Television.

This hype was rooted in nostalgia for the golden years of 2005 to 2009, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. After all, that was an amazing time for Doctor Who – a time when Toys 'R' Us had an entire wall of Doctor Who toys, and the show was bringing in 13 million viewers on Christmas Day.

However, this hype also overlooked the fact that Russell T Davies was never the greatest writer of Doctor Who during his original tenure.

The first RTD era was never some unimpeachable home run of banger after banger after banger. For every Midnight, there was a Long Game and an Aliens of London. And though it's not as bad as people make out, nobody can deny that Love & Monsters is one of the most hated episodes of the show. And guess who wrote it?! RTD is an incredible writer on his day, but he's also a human man with flaws and limitations, something that was overlooked in the run-up to his second era.

And how has that era shaped up thus far? Well, we got what we always get with Russell – a couple of corkers, and some utter tosh.