The key word missing there is "made". They'll make a series next year but there's no word on any being broadcast next year.
Peter Capaldi Hints At 'Who' Departure
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The key word missing there is "made". They'll make a series next year but there's no word on any being broadcast next year.
I wanted to see Matt Smith with another executive producer, and I wonder what David Tennant would have been like in series 5 (or Matt Smith's proposed "two Doctors" series 8). Alas, we don't live in those (more interesting) alternate worlds.
I now wonder if Capaldi and Moffat will leave at the same time so that the next producer can start fresh with a new Doctor and a new production team.
If so, I would like to see a beginning sort of like "Rose" -- rather than beginning with a regeneration, we're some unspecified point after a regeneration. Maybe Capaldi's era doesn't end with a regeneration. (I actually thought RTD was going to do this with Tennant.) And when the series picks up again, we're well past that. This would be a clean break with the past and a jumping-in point where new fans can join. This would be bold, different, and non-traditional -- and I'd love it.
I'd still prefer Capaldi to outstay Moffat, just to see him under a different producer who could maybe satisfy his character more.
But, at the same time, a new Doctor and producer could benefit from a Rose-esque new beginning, certainly.
But, at the same time, a new Doctor and producer could benefit from a Rose-esque new beginning, certainly.
I wanted to see Matt Smith with another executive producer, and I wonder what David Tennant would have been like in series 5 (or Matt Smith's proposed "two Doctors" series 8). Alas, we don't live in those (more interesting) alternate worlds.
I now wonder if Capaldi and Moffat will leave at the same time so that the next producer can start fresh with a new Doctor and a new production team.
If so, I would like to see a beginning sort of like "Rose" -- rather than beginning with a regeneration, we're some unspecified point after a regeneration. Maybe Capaldi's era doesn't end with a regeneration. (I actually thought RTD was going to do this with Tennant.) And when the series picks up again, we're well past that. This would be a clean break with the past and a jumping-in point where new fans can join. This would be bold, different, and non-traditional -- and I'd love it.
I think the trouble is that you're creating a gap that a future producer could insert another Doctor (or two) into ala the War Doctor. I think The Eleventh Hour worked just perfectly as a jumping on point, a new Doctor, new companion and new show runner and I don't see why you couldn't do that again.
I don't put much stock in off the cuff remarks like this. He might just be tired right now and then rethink his situation when it's contract time or he's saying this because he wants a better contract and is getting ready to bargain in advance by playing the "Well, I don't have to stay" card OR he's just saying it because he has no idea what he'll do next.
You'd have to get an actor that was fine with a 9-month commitment per year for 5 or more years. Unless they alter the show to make the filming times shorter with fewer episodes, that's what's required these days to play the role. I forget Matt Smith's actual quote about it, but he said something to the effect of "You couldn't do what Tom Baker did these days. The show is too large. Every episode is like a movie."
Juat at random I checked the filming dates of the 14th season, it started on April 28, 1976 and ended on Feb. 10, 1977. Now that doesn't mean all of the old series took taht long to film, but that's still nine months.
I really hope this is just idle talk and not set in stone. I'll add to the chorus that Capaldi indeed hit his stride in the second half of last season.
Season 8 was meh. The writing just wasn't there. However, I did like Capaldi's prickliness and his mild dislike of humans. Something that hasn't been broached since the first Doctor.
Season 9 was the opposite. The stories were much better as a whole but I didn't like the direction they went with the Doctor (although I understand why due to the plotline). I just didn't like the sunglasses, the guitar and the "mid-life crisis" attitude of the Doctor. But beginning with the Zygon 2-parter, things really began coming together.
I could have sworn I read somewhere that Capaldi originally wanted to give Tom Baker a run for his money in terms of longevity. I hope, if true, it is indeed his decision and not a matter of being forced out or a "3-year" standard. And is it really so weird to have a regeneration in the middle of a season?
Season 8 was meh. The writing just wasn't there. However, I did like Capaldi's prickliness and his mild dislike of humans. Something that hasn't been broached since the first Doctor.
Season 9 was the opposite. The stories were much better as a whole but I didn't like the direction they went with the Doctor (although I understand why due to the plotline). I just didn't like the sunglasses, the guitar and the "mid-life crisis" attitude of the Doctor. But beginning with the Zygon 2-parter, things really began coming together.
I could have sworn I read somewhere that Capaldi originally wanted to give Tom Baker a run for his money in terms of longevity. I hope, if true, it is indeed his decision and not a matter of being forced out or a "3-year" standard. And is it really so weird to have a regeneration in the middle of a season?
He did say that, IIRC. But I think that was before he actually started the show, and series 8 was something of a rude awakening for him as to what the modern show requires, especially for a guy his age.
Try Sept. 4 not April 4.
Date4th Sep 1976Time6.12pmDuration24'31"Viewers (more)8.3m (40th)· BBC18.3mAppreciation58%Episode 2Date4th Sep 1976Time6.12pmDuration24'31"Viewers (more)8.3m (40th)· BBC18.3mAppreciation58%Episode 2
Comparing the beginning and end of shooting on given seasons is misleading. Over the nine months of season 14's production, there were only 62 days of actual filming, with long gaps between those sessions. A 13-episode production cycle of the new series requires roughly 180 days of filming, or about three times as much.
Yeah, Peter Davison was able to record a whole nother programme (as lead!) during a gap in the Season 19 shooting schedule!
Peter Davison was on two sitcoms Hold The Fort and Sink Or Swim while he was filming Doctor Who.
Where'd you get those numbers from?
Tom Baker's record will never be broken or even challenged. It's rare for an actor in Britain to stay on a show for seven consecutive years. Granted, it was rare even back in Tom Baker's days on Doctor Who. But regardless, Tennant was just as much the uberfan who dreamed of being the Doctor since childhood as Capaldi is, and even he didn't stick around much longer after his three years were done, and even turned down another season when it was offered. I'll be very surprised if Capaldi agrees to a fourth season.
Tell that to the cast of Coronation Street and Eastenders.
