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Originally Posted by Paul
Jodie Whittaker was a PC/Woke choice, a large number of her early stories have been PC/Woke based - that did die off somewhat until the recent specials when they [of course] had to go for the whole lesbian theme with Yaz.
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The series since the revival has been 'woke' in that it was fairly good at being agnostic around sex and gender (and species) along with dealing with many other issues in a way that worked. When the main character is a 900 old Time Lord (potentially) flirting with a
sentient tree, then issues around sex, gender or race aren't that difficult if you know what you're doing as a showrunner.
Where the Chibnall series has fallen down is removing all subtlety about the issues they're trying to deal with - but that is true for all the stories. It's been so much 'tell not show' that it doesn't let people make their own mind up about the issues.
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The stories themselve just got more ludicrous - the whole Flux thing, which was almost incomprehensible, and the Timeless Child nonsense. Chibnall has managed to destroy in 4 years what was built up over the previous 12. When I look back at so many of the amazing episodes (esp with Tennant and Smith) its sad how low its fallen.
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Unfortunately I think that is true no matter what gender The Doctor was or who was playing them.