This may just be a me thing, but with both the recent doctor who season finales, both of my reactions to the main villans/villains have just been “meh” to their reveals, and the main reason is cause most people have no clue who these guys are and only will know if they have watched classic who, Which a majority of people are either new-who or newer who fans or who have just gotten into the show.
The reason that most villain reveals worked in prior seasons is cause THE AUDIENCE KNOWS WHO THE VILLAIN IS BEFORE THE FINALE.
for example, for each season of new who:
season 1: as well as the fact that the daleks are one of the most well known villains, the episode dalek still introduced people to what they are and how deadly they can be when its just one dalek they are dealing with, so obviously having about 10,000 is a huge deal
season 2: the cybermen were introduced 7 episodes before the finale so people could actually know what they were, + the cult of skaro which sets up for a later season
season 3: this one doesnt really count as knowing who they are before hand, but the clues are there such as the face of boe’s final words + the pocket watch introduction in family of blood, so we know that yana was a timelord almost as soon they showed the watch, but no mention of the master however
season 4: once again, we know who the daleks are, but not necesserily davros but the build up to his reveal through sarah janes terror was enough
season 5: the timecrack has been there since the first episode and most of the villains were seen prior to the finale
season 6: once again, silence were in episode one, and madame kovarian was sneak peaked in almost every episode
season 7 part 1: weaping angels are known from blink
season 7 part 2: the whispering men are shown in the near finale which counteracts my main point, but this is another season that doesnt have a main villain reveal
season 8: we know who the master is
season 9: everyone knows who the timelords are and what gallifrey is, but this season doesnt have a massive villain finale so doesnt really count towards my point
season 10: not only is the saxon master known, but since fans will already know who the cybermen are, no one is that confused about the classic mondesian cybermen
season 11: tzim-sha was in the first episode
season 12: the new master was in the first 2 parter and gallifrey and the timelords are well known by now
season 13: this season may as well be separate from the rest of the show cause its only new monsters/characters
14th doctor special: the toymaker has only been in an episode with the FIRST DOCTOR, around 60 years ago
season 1: the only mention of sutekh was from 1975 when the episodes were released, and people were assuming that the “mystery pantheon member” would be forshadowed in some way other than a homophone
season 2: no one knows who the fuck Omega is and people only know the rani cause its a gag that every mysterious female is the rani, but then again, no one knew who she actually was or what she did do, they just know she existed
My point is if u want the audience of the “fresh start reboot” to have a fun time, maybe INTRODUCE THE CHARACTERS PRIOR TO THE FINALE.
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