I think a key source of my discontent was my impatience and frustration with the fact that they kept picking up and dropping storylines left and right when they were supposed to be wrapping up the show.

Interesting. I saw it as them bringing all the threads together, the ones I was worried they'd forgotten about, and making them all make sense. I found it really satisfying.

There are some episodes of Doctor Who that I loved on first viewing that now make me think of someone's dissertation on sexism or whatever.

I HATE that. I think it's easy to find sexism in things if you're looking for it. It's easy to find a lot of things if you're looking for them. Some people have their soapboxes they want to get on, and if it's going to dampen my enjoyment of the show, I don't want to play.

Edit: which isn't to say that they're wrong, and that what they're seeing isn't there. It's just that sometimes I don't care. I have strong political views myself, but sometimes I just want to watch stuff instead of making sure it lives up to my lofty moral standards.