I missed all the meta, probably because I was ending my reporting career and dealing with a bumpy second part-time career in 2018-19-20. I need to go back and find more.

Another reason I didn't hate it was because I know how many times the fandom has been in turmoil over things: looms vs no looms, human mother vs no human mother, Rose vs anti-Rose, the missing or confusing Unit year(s) ... I mean, it could be argued that continuity is a bug, not a feature, in the Whoniverse.