I mostly like Doctor Who for being a fun, campy show. I stopped watching after Capaldi initially because it felt like the show wasn’t really doing that anymore. I’ve been re-watching the modern show after checking out classic Who for the first time along with family recently. We recently got back up to where I had stopped and… I’m still not really feeling it. But the show has been on for quite a while since then. So I’m kind of curious what it’s like now and if it’s worth pushing through/skipping ahead to get to a part that I’ll like more.
Capaldi’s era is definitely a bit more on the serious side. Jodie’s era is unfortunately not very well made as you’ve probably heard, a lot of early episodes take themselves too seriously, and often try to make a point but completely miss the mark.
You’ll probably like the new season with Gatwa though, a lot of it is very campy (sometimes to a fault IMO), with some amazing more grounded episodes mixed in.
You can mostly skip to the new season. The only thing you need to know is:
Spoilers
Galifrey is destroyed again by the master, who reveals that the doctor isn’t a time lord, but an unknown species from another dimension that the time lords stole regeneration from.