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.
Yeah just don’t do it outside my house at 4am in trying to get some fucking sleep