To be fair he kind of did both. But not enough of the former.
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To be fair he kind of did both. But not enough of the former.
I really like the idea of the 60th being comprised entirely of past Doctors. Then, continue with the new Doctor with the start of the regular season. Although, I guess there's potentially an issue of excluding Jodie from the big special. Perhaps she could appear but making it clearly in her past before the regeneration. But that might be confusing for general viewers.
The 60th Anniversary is the 'start of the regular season' for Doctor Who Series 14.
You're jumping to conclusions, at least based on what I can find. Here's a direct quote from RTD from the article reference earlier in this thread.
So, the first one to air will be the 60th Anniversary, but that doesn't mean it's the start of the next season. That's an assumption you're making--unless you can cite something more specific.
Mind you, I'm not saying that the 60th anniversary will contain only pre-Jodie Doctors, but I do think that would be nice. Heck, I wouldn't mind if it contained Jodie herself. But, having her regenerate and then appear in the very next special would be confusing.
Actually, the best scenario would be to retain her through the 60th Anniversary and have her regenerate at the end of that.
I haven’t checked a calendar, but it’s perfectly possible to get an episode or two in before any anniversary special.
(The way he says it is just saying his first episode will go out in November, and then points out that November is the anniversary. There may be no anniversary special at all.)
(The way he says it is just saying his first episode will go out in November, and then points out that November is the anniversary. There may be no anniversary special at all.)
I am sure i read somehwere there are still two more Chibnall/Whittiker episodes to air through 2022, with the last one being shown for the BBC's Centenary.
@Mr Awe I really don't see how RTD's comments can mean anything other than that the first episode of Series 14 will be the 60th Anniversary episode given the way he worded them.
Re: Jodie, she leaves the role in October of this year (2022), after which point we won't get new Doctor Who for 13 months (November 2023).
Re: Jodie, she leaves the role in October of this year (2022), after which point we won't get new Doctor Who for 13 months (November 2023).
So, no, you cannot cite anything more specific--which means it's an assumption on your part.
Yes, that is one possibility. I might be persuaded that it is the most likely possibility. But we don't really know. And there are certainly other possibilities--even though you apparently can't imagine them!
I still maintain the best scenario is to retain Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor until the 60th Anniversary. Chibnall might have had her regenerate at the end of his final special, but with editing and new scenes that can be changed to an extended regeneration as we've seen before. Have her regenerate at the end of the 60th Anniversary Special.
^^^I am up for the new actor playing the doctor to wear a Whittiker wig and be rolled over mid regen on the tardis floor to see them become the new doctor, as it worked great the last time, and it's cheap. ha
In this day and age of seamless digital trickery, I half want this to happen just because.
Agreed. I'm not even saying it would happen. Definitely unlikely. But, to me at least, it feels like a nice solution. It lets Whittaker be in the 60th without the confusion of her regenerating the story before but appearing in the 60th.
Given the issues involved, she probably won't be in the 60th if she fully regenerates at the end of the centenary special.
Of course, we don't know that the 60th will be a multi-Doctor story, but traditionally, it should be. On the other hand, we've never had a new Doctor's first episode occurring on a big anniversary. In that context, it seems more likely RTD would ditch the multi-Doctor tradition to get a good launch for the new Doctor.
But who knows? I'm just spit balling ideas here!
I remember a panel or interview or something that included RTD where there was a suggestion of a single-Doctor multi-Doctor story where the Doctor un-regenerated into various past bodies. That could be a fun way to split the difference, have the prior actors involved in the 60th anniversary without being side-by-side with the new Doctor and stealing their thunder. I'm thinking half to two-thirds of the runtime being the Doctor being various retro Doctors, and then the final climax and the big hero moment being with the actual new Doctor. It'd also be one hell of a shocker for Whittaker's final episode, we still haven't had a new actor announced, and suddenly David Tennant or Paul McGann or somebody comes out of the glow.
Though they'd need to give away the game very quickly for RTD to not have to put up with a world of shit in the year between the BBC 100th special and the DW 60th special. Maybe first David Tennant, then Paul McGann. Or whatever other combination, something to make it clear they're not just trying to make it 2010 again through science or magic and that this is a temporary gimmick and the new Doctor isn't actually an old Doctor.
Though they'd need to give away the game very quickly for RTD to not have to put up with a world of shit in the year between the BBC 100th special and the DW 60th special. Maybe first David Tennant, then Paul McGann. Or whatever other combination, something to make it clear they're not just trying to make it 2010 again through science or magic and that this is a temporary gimmick and the new Doctor isn't actually an old Doctor.
So, if they do some wobbly-wobbly regeneration trickery reverting the Doctor into an earlier version…
How far out there would it be to have them end up as… Jo Martin?
How far out there would it be to have them end up as… Jo Martin?
So basically Dimensions in Time? RTD does love his Londoners so mayhap get the EastEnders angle in there again.
LOL! Also, love "shreksplosion"!
Is that one of her...old favourites?
