Doctor Who's just had one of it's best episodes in years but reception to it proves there's something wrong that can't be easily fixed.
Lux aired on Saturday to critical acclaim (Picture: BBC Studios/Bad Wolf/James Pardon) I'm a massive Doctor Who fan, so it brings me no pleasure to write what I'm about to write. Since 2005, I've travelled with the titular Time Lord to alien worlds and the distant past, meeting incredible people, and watched in wonder as they did the impossible. So, it's with a heavy heart (I've only got the one) that I admit that I think the show's broken. And sadly, I can't see how even regeneration can fix what's wrong. Just look at the abysmal ratings for Doctor Who's latest episode, Lux. A rather paltry (in TV terms) 1.58 million viewers tuned in to watch The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) battle the new villain Mr Ring-a-Ding (Alan Cumming) on Saturday night, despite the episode receiving rave reviews from critics. Now it's worth saying that those viewing figures don't paint the full picture as they don't include those watching on iPlayer. Get personalised updates on Doctor Who Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Still, it's clear we're light-years away from the show's heyday when it attracted millions of viewers every Saturday. So, if an episode hailed by some as the best in years (for the record, I thought it was tremendous) can't get bums on seats, we have to ask ourselves, 'what's wrong with the BBC's former golden child?' Well, were I the diagnosing physician, I'd say there were two main issues. Firstly, let's address the Judoon in the room: The show isn't as good as it was. Yes, I know I just wrote that Lux is one of the best episodes in years, but the emphasis should be on the latter part of that phrase, 'in years'. Sadly, the episode received abysmal…