Looks like they're off to do some shooting in Bulgaria soon. They might be going back to the studio which has permanent New York street sets where they shot the Christmas Special I always forget exists.
Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner
- Thread starter Allyn Gibson
- Start date
Potential leak (and deleted from Gallifrey Base)
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1644100487556263947
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1644100487556263947
Putting aside the fact that his head is on backwards, it's amazing that these alleged spoiler photos that crop up every few months are always conveniently low quality. The phone in my (and your) pocket can take photos and video at 4k that will still look decent even when zoomed in but of course that would allow us to see the joins.
And just to show how easy it is, this is 100% AI art created in Midjourney. (Not by me, to be clear.) Just slap a blur on it and voila an exclusive spoiler.
Chibnall expects his stories to be contradicted but is fine with that https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-chris-chibnall-contradicted-newsupdate/
Certainly more grounded and reasonable than some of his critics.
Of course, there's precedent for stories to be contradicted later on. And not just The Brain of Morbius.
Of course, there's precedent for stories to be contradicted later on. And not just The Brain of Morbius.
If only he could have been this chatty during the five years he should have been promoting the show.
Speaking up once when asked isn't chatty.
And so what if he didn't speak up much during his run. That's his prerogative.
And so what if he didn't speak up much during his run. That's his prerogative.
Bit of sad but unsurprising news. DT confirmed at a convention that Bernard Cribbins didn't get to shoot everything that had originally been planned for him.
Last edited:
Blondie are an excellent band. Debbie Harry is a legend.
Damn. I could've sworn it had been reported that he had finished filming already. I guess someone jumped the gun on that claim.
Could be a situation where he did film all his material for the first special, but there were plans to have him in one or both of the other two, which he couldn't get to?
Yeah, that makes sense. If that's the case, I wonder how they'll address his absence.
I remember they shot a scene where Sylvia, Shaun and Rose say goodbye to the Doctor and Donna as they leave in the TARDIS and being surprised that Wilf wasn't there as well.
Atomic.
I always thought "Call Me" sounded like it could belong in Doctor Who at some point
I was hoping Capaldi would rock out to it at some point
Hopefully deleted Cyberman style. His reign was borderline atrocious.
Actually, Chibnall's run of episodes was pretty good, until Covid caused a lot of difficulties. A refreshing change of pace from Moffat's overly contrived arcs. I hope Jodie Whittaker does some Big Finish audios someday.
I don't know if RTD will feel the need to undo anything. When he was running things the first time, fans didn't know if RTD would include Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor as a valid part of the series -- or even if he could, given that the TV movie wasn't a regular BBC production. And some fans remembered RTD's TV series Queer as Folk, in which one of the main characters lists the actors who've played Doctir Who and ends on Sylvester McCoy. The other asks, what about Paul McGann? And they both say in unison, "Paul McGann doesn't count." So when McGann references started showing up in RTD's Who, it was a big deal. He respected what had come before. Maybe he'll continue to respect what's come before. One obvious way is just not bothering to do any stories about the Doctor's distant past and origins. The original series barely touched on that in 26 years, so it doesn't really have to come up any time soon.
I don't know if RTD will feel the need to undo anything. When he was running things the first time, fans didn't know if RTD would include Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor as a valid part of the series -- or even if he could, given that the TV movie wasn't a regular BBC production. And some fans remembered RTD's TV series Queer as Folk, in which one of the main characters lists the actors who've played Doctir Who and ends on Sylvester McCoy. The other asks, what about Paul McGann? And they both say in unison, "Paul McGann doesn't count." So when McGann references started showing up in RTD's Who, it was a big deal. He respected what had come before. Maybe he'll continue to respect what's come before. One obvious way is just not bothering to do any stories about the Doctor's distant past and origins. The original series barely touched on that in 26 years, so it doesn't really have to come up any time soon.
The Timeless Child does provide a means for bringing in another celebrity guest appearance as a previously unknown former Doctor, which I'm sure someone will want to do again at some point.
I want to see that happen. The insufferable fans would melt.
Indeed. I love a good portion of her run (even certain parts of The Flux season). I should revive my Thirteenth Doctor appreciation thread now that we've had some space from it.
Considering how much she loves the role, I would be very surprised if she didn't. Especially since her friend and former co-star David Tennant is such a big fan of Big Finish, before and after his run (and then before again and presumably after again).
Quite right. I really do think some fans have really short-attention spans, poor memory, or simply refuse to see how the past played out. All of this has happened before and all of this will happen again.
Oops. Wrong franchise.
Well, yes, that's true, but it's also important to remember that John Hurt happened only because Christopher Eccleston wouldn't return, which forced Moffat's hand to create The War Doctor in the first place.
