what makes doctor who more "woke" now than it's ever been?
Well, there have been many instances that just seem to be annoying.
The first thing that Donna's 'daughter' does after finding an alien is
judging the doctor for assuming the gender of an alien...
I understand that maybe you will want to know if an alien is male or female according to its species as all biology revolves around two possibilities. But adding 'they' to the list just sorta annoyed me and most other people.
Secondly, after Donna wakes up from 'dying' from the metacrisis - I loved the explanation that the crisis would have split in half from her brain to her child's which would help her survive and give her brain less to burn with,
However, the part where Donna starts saying "Binary. Binary. Binary." and it cuts to her 'daughter' saying non binary is blatantly shoving gender identity in a place where it doesn't belong. As the binary that Donna was referring to were the ones and zeros that computers communicate with.
Now, I have no problem if they want to include a trans character but they could have done better by not making her gender identity and politics her whole character. It simply felt like she was added as a way to share the message.
Finally, the ending of the Star Beast involved two things that really annoyed most fans:
1. They insulted men and the doctor - claiming that a 'male' presenting time lord couldn't understand how to fix the metacrisis. Aka letting it go.
2. They fully destroyed the reason Donna had to lose her memory in the first place. If it was as easy as 'letting go' why did she just not do that?
3. They broke the fourth wall just for Donna to say "it is a shame you aren't a woman anymore." even though he never told her who he was in a previous generation.
All of this doesn't even mention the final special where they introduced 'bi-generation' that completely destroys the 60 years of plot and sacrifice that the doctor made - as all the doctors are allegedly all alive in their own reality. Which is what is called the 'Whoniverse'.
Russell T Davis has done nothing but make horrible changes to the show since he returned - he doesn't care about the fans that got him to where he is or to where doctor who currently was at its prime. He just cares about pushing what he believes.
(even Davros, the creator of the daleks wasn't safe from his progressiveness)