A Show Post Timeless Child: The latest series finale revealed more about the Doctor's origin than expected and still kept a lot of it REDACTED. There's no doubt that once her latest run in with the Daleks is out of the way that we'll be delving into the aftermath of that particular reveal. After all, it's going to be a lot for her to take in and should provide some emotional consequences next series but I'm hoping Chibnall will have other arcs besides expanding upon/massively rewriting the Doctor's history.
Mister Master: The highlight of Jodie's era so far has been the inclusion of Sacha Dhawan's take on the Master. Like his predecessors, he's done an exceptional job in bringing the Doctor's best enemy to life and if the character can survive various perilous situations, then no Death Particle will take him out of the equation for too long. Now, there's a danger of the show possibly overusing the character, but at the same time, I expect to see him causing the Doctor more headaches in Series 13.
Moving Away From The Fam(ily): Right now the tabloids are circulating a rumour that both Tosin Cole and Bradley Walsh will be departing the series in the upcoming Dalek special while Mandip Gill will be staying on for Series 13. Personally, I think it's better for all three current companions to depart and to allow the show and Jodie's Doctor to have a clean slate going into her third series. Companion wise, they've not been the best ones we've had and often, the 13th Doctor has worked better with guest characters than her own Fam.
New Blood: Expanding on the previous point I made, new companions are needed. I would like a similar situation to Series 10 with at least one companion not being from present day UK but if we're having only one companion next series instead of an entire group, it should be a solo male companion.
Marketing: If you follow me on Twitter, one of my ongoing sources of contention with the current era has been the marketing. Now, I don't expect and wouldn't want the BBC or Chris Chibnall to reveal too much in advance but it definitely wouldn't kill them to reveal more than they do, like actually featuring the monsters in the promo pics and trailers for each episode Even Jack's return in Fugitive Of The Judoon really didn't need to kept secret after, especially when he didn't materialise during the whole Lone Cyberman trilogy we just had.
Writers: Right now, for Series 13 the three writers who Chibnall should bring back are Vinay Patel, Pete McTighe and Maxine Alderton. I think I can and will speak for most fans when I say we really don't need another Orphan 55 or Can You Hear Me? style misfire and going into his third series as executive producer, it might be nice for Chibnall to bring back a writer from the two previous eras. More effort needs to be put into the standalone episodes.
More Recurring Characters: Series 12 introduced two of the most interesting new characters with both Ruth Clayton (Jo Martin) and Brendan Bildbriain (Evan McCabe) and both of them turned out to be variations of the Doctor, with the latter even being a false memory. Grace (Sharon D. Clarke) aside, there's a dearth in interesting recurring characters this era. Ruth definitely feels like someone who will pop up from time to time but it might be fun next series if the Doctor discovers that Brendan is actually real and have her y'know appear in Ireland for real next series. Basically, just make this current universe a little bigger in some respects. This also leads to my final point.
Rebuild The Expanded World: Series 12 threw in a UNIT name check after Resolution disbanded the organisation for the sake of a Brexit joke while Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) made his return in the series as well. Enough time has passed that perhaps while Torchwood currently still seem to be the property of Big Finish, perhaps it's time for UNIT to be brought back into the main show. Keep both Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) and Petronella Osgood (Ingrid Oliver) and maybe add another member into the mix.
Right that's my thoughts on where the show should go from Series 13 onwards. What are yours? How did you find Series 12? Am I too harsh with Chris Chibnall's era or not harsh enough? Let me know, lol.
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