Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner

[jaime]

Dialogue from episode 8 "The Reality War" reportedly leaked. The episode is said to be around 54-55 minutes, hence why there are timestamps on the lines uttered

Spoiler

04:26 – “Myths are just science in its infancy.”
08:55 – “Time dulls the gods, just as it makes forgotten truths impossible to ignore.”
09:15 – “The sister is a bit of a Negative Nancy, isn’t she?”
10:01 – “Don’t follow me.”
11:01 – “If you see this man, push the button—understood?”
12:01 – “Nurse who?”
12:08 – “Look over there and read what it says: are you trying to get us killed?”
13:00 – “What is a spoon?”
14:38 – “What happened to ‘love thy neighbor’?”
15:08 – “Oh no, my dear—you’re just lacking a bit of vision!”
17:11 – “You’ve twisted the threads of life, death, and order for years—so why couldn’t I spin the same defiance into my own creation?”
22:21 – “They’re always there, you know. Scattered all around. I can smell them—hiding in the shadows like the cowards they are. At first I thought it was because of me… but now I think it’s something else. Oh, you know, don’t you? You finally know.”
29:21 – “Subtlety is essential; it’s something he never seemed to understand.”
30:03 – “You had the chance to be so much more than this—something eternal. But you chose weakness. Now look at yourself, all these years later, always hunting ghosts, always clinging to a world that never wanted to be saved. You’re nothing but a child!”
38:19 – “Make a wish on a star, make a wish on a star? Make a wish on a star!”
39:22 – “You don’t understand? I did this for you, for all of you. A world that doesn’t need the Doctor anymore… because I have become the cure. I did what had to be done, I bore the burden, I crossed the line, so that you wouldn’t have to.”
43:09 – “I’m here to take back the show, honey.”
43:58 – “Honestly, you both should think long and hard about your tastes in men.”
48:22 – “Do you remember our tree, Grandfather? The one we planted on the day we left.”
53:16 – “By the way, I loved the outfits.”
54:22 – “You’re not alone. You never were. We have walked beside you—with every step, with every heartbeat. And we are here now. Until the end.”

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That lot could seriously read as though there is going to be a major ruction to precisely Who a certain actor has been playing. It would be an impressive bit of patching. Bold and courageous, but extremely likely to cause upset.

 

[The Wormhole]

Dialogue from episode 8 "The Reality War" reportedly leaked. The episode is said to be around 54-55 minutes, hence why there are timestamps on the lines uttered

Spoiler

04:26 – “Myths are just science in its infancy.”
08:55 – “Time dulls the gods, just as it makes forgotten truths impossible to ignore.”
09:15 – “The sister is a bit of a Negative Nancy, isn’t she?”
10:01 – “Don’t follow me.”
11:01 – “If you see this man, push the button—understood?”
12:01 – “Nurse who?”
12:08 – “Look over there and read what it says: are you trying to get us killed?”
13:00 – “What is a spoon?”
14:38 – “What happened to ‘love thy neighbor’?”
15:08 – “Oh no, my dear—you’re just lacking a bit of vision!”
17:11 – “You’ve twisted the threads of life, death, and order for years—so why couldn’t I spin the same defiance into my own creation?”
22:21 – “They’re always there, you know. Scattered all around. I can smell them—hiding in the shadows like the cowards they are. At first I thought it was because of me… but now I think it’s something else. Oh, you know, don’t you? You finally know.”
29:21 – “Subtlety is essential; it’s something he never seemed to understand.”
30:03 – “You had the chance to be so much more than this—something eternal. But you chose weakness. Now look at yourself, all these years later, always hunting ghosts, always clinging to a world that never wanted to be saved. You’re nothing but a child!”
38:19 – “Make a wish on a star, make a wish on a star? Make a wish on a star!”
39:22 – “You don’t understand? I did this for you, for all of you. A world that doesn’t need the Doctor anymore… because I have become the cure. I did what had to be done, I bore the burden, I crossed the line, so that you wouldn’t have to.”
43:09 – “I’m here to take back the show, honey.”
43:58 – “Honestly, you both should think long and hard about your tastes in men.”
48:22 – “Do you remember our tree, Grandfather? The one we planted on the day we left.”
53:16 – “By the way, I loved the outfits.”
54:22 – “You’re not alone. You never were. We have walked beside you—with every step, with every heartbeat. And we are here now. Until the end.”

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I'm going to say right now. 48:22 does not mean what I'm sure many are going to think it means.

 

[Mr Awe]

I'm going to say right now. 48:22 does not mean what I'm sure many are going to think it means.

That would be disappointing after all the teasing. What makes you think that?

 

[The Wormhole]

That would be disappointing after all the teasing. What makes you think that?

It just feels like the sort of thing that whoever leaked this stuff intentionally included specifically to wind the fans up and get them thinking That Character is indeed showing up when in fact they're not coming at all. Strictly IMO, go ahead, bookmark this, I'll own it if I'm wrong.

Well, maybe I'll retcon my claim after the fact to line up with whatever actually happens. Haven't decided on that yet.

 

[Rich Watson]

Given the world we live in I'd like to see some proof it's not just an AI fake.

***

And in other news, the series, sorry season, finale will not be released on iPlayer/Disney+ until after its TV broadcast.

I wonder why...

 

[Mr Awe]

It just feels like the sort of thing that whoever leaked this stuff intentionally included specifically to wind the fans up and get them thinking That Character is indeed showing up when in fact they're not coming at all. Strictly IMO, go ahead, bookmark this, I'll own it if I'm wrong.

Well, maybe I'll retcon my claim after the fact to line up with whatever actually happens. Haven't decided on that yet.

Oh, I'm not out to get you if you're wrong. I mean, I hope you're wrong! But I was genuinely just curious if you had a good reason for doubting it.

But, yeah, it does seem like the type of thing someone would say just to wind people up.

Well, you can retcon your claim, but the your original claim is preserved here in my reply for all time!

 

[Captaindemotion]

Given the world we live in I'd like to see some proof it's not just an AI fake.

***

And in other news, the series, sorry season, finale will not be released on iPlayer/Disney+ until after its TV broadcast.

I wonder why...

Ooooh, being an old school fan of Event Tv/Watercooler tv, I like this

 

[Samurai8472]

So reading up on Ruby's boyfriend being a fan of the doctor after meeting him as a boy I wonder if this might be about him

Doctor Who 'Lucky Day': Conrad is a Doctor superfan

Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) is back in the Fourth episode of Doctor Who Season Two, Lucky Day. She’s got a loving family and a handsome new man in her life but she misses her best friend the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa). When a savage alien creature from Ruby’s past brings terror to a remote English...

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Spoiler

39:22 – “You don’t understand? I did this for you, for all of you. A world that doesn’t need the Doctor anymore… because I have become the cure. I did what had to be done, I bore the burden, I crossed the line, so that you wouldn’t have to.”

So could the finale be about basically an obsessed fan of the doctor that goes to extreme lengths (bending reality somehow with some assistance)

?

 

[jaime]

Maybe Ncuti and Tennant were just the maternity cover. Just saying. XD

 

[Rich Watson]

So could the finale be about basically an obsessed fan of the doctor that goes to extreme lengths (bending reality somehow with some assistance)

Spoiler

Set dressing from the finale has posters of him appearing to be the altered world's 'Benevolent Leader'.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

So reading up on Ruby's boyfriend being a fan of the doctor after meeting him as a boy I wonder if this might be about him

Doctor Who 'Lucky Day': Conrad is a Doctor superfan

Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) is back in the Fourth episode of Doctor Who Season Two, Lucky Day. She’s got a loving family and a handsome new man in her life but she misses her best friend the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa). When a savage alien creature from Ruby’s past brings terror to a remote English...

cultbox.co.uk

Spoiler

39:22 – “You don’t understand? I did this for you, for all of you. A world that doesn’t need the Doctor anymore… because I have become the cure. I did what had to be done, I bore the burden, I crossed the line, so that you wouldn’t have to.”

So could the finale be about basically an obsessed fan of the doctor that goes to extreme lengths (bending reality somehow with some assistance)

?

If that villain is also using AI for his schemes to work, then the final insult from RTD to Ian Levine would finally be complete.

 

[Samurai8472]

Well at least it won’t be that LINDA group