"A Veritable Who-fest" Ctd

A reader writes:

I feel a little embarrassed writing into a site that routinely takes on serious issues to dissent with you and your readers about the state of Doctor Who. The show started going off the rails in the mid '80s. When it finally
went off the air in '89, it was nothing more than a vehicle for slagging
off Margaret Thatcher (a political stance I doubt you'd agree with).
After it was resurrected in 2005, it rapidly degenerated into a maudlin
soap opera. 

The modern series is...