Pretty much.
Shame.
But pretty much.
Maybe they could do a team a and team b approach, to avoid burn out, but I am not sure the egos could allow that to work.
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Pretty much.
Shame.
But pretty much.
Maybe they could do a team a and team b approach, to avoid burn out, but I am not sure the egos could allow that to work.
Or they accept J. Michael Strazinski's old bid from a few years ago since he's now living in England.
Which is genuinely sad and pathetic. And also exactly the JNT situation, except RTD and Moffat are both genuinely good TV writers who understand drama.
Or they could grab someone without a fan following that would allow them greater control over the product.
They won't. RTD's the guy BBC offered a "dump truck full of cash" to in 2009 to stay on, and they considered ending the show when he refused. Moffat did succumb to pressure from BBC to stay longer than he planned to. Part of the reason they got Moffat to stay was to wait until Chibnall was ready to start. And when Chibnall left, they were going to end the show until RTD came back at the eleventh hour.
The only other person in contention is Toby Whithouse, who BBC tried to get to fill in as a temporary showrunner of the interregnum between Moffat and Chibnall. And he refused on the grounds that he doesn't want to be a showrunner of a show he didn't create. So for the foreseeable future it'll either be RTD, Moffat or Chibnall running things or there will be no Doctor Who.
Not sure about RTD so much anymore. XD
JNT was an excellent producer. He left the creative writing side to others.
Which we should basically do again. RTD can do the hype man producer business, and Moffat can do the story aspect, like a script editor. Play to both their strengths.
The BBC let RTD run with it in the first place because he was enormously popular with two hit dramas on his back, and he leveraged that success to get Who back on the air. Same thing happened this time around - its not like RTD was doing nothing between The End of Time and The Star Beast, he was an active showrunner who produced two hit shows that were critiically acclaimed.
Moffat was chosen clearly for his remarkably well-received work in the show during RTD's time, and the BBC is completely aware that he's the most popular Who writer of the era, perhaps even ever.
I wouldn't be so sure, times and economics change. Clearly what was working in 2009 isn't quite working to the same degree in 2025.
That's cause you're biased who set himself up for incredible expectations, like those people who thought Who was gonna be It's a Sin drama every week in-out.
That is meant to be a joke, correct?
JNT literally interfered in Saward's story editing. He famously asked Eric to change the ending of The Ultimate Foe, which Saward refused to do as it would insult his late friend's memory* and quit the show and also disallowed JNT from using the very draft of the episode, probably thinking JNT would come to his senses and allow him to do the show as intended. INSTEAD, JNT brought Pip & Jane Baker to pen a completely different version of the second episode that had nothing to do with Saward's but could still be produced in time to come out.
*late friend was, in fact, Robert Holmes.
Gods no
I wouldn't mind JMS writing the odd episode, but I don't think I want him as a showrunner.
That said, I did greatly enjoy Sense8...which featured a certain Scottish Doctor...
That said, I did greatly enjoy Sense8...which featured a certain Scottish Doctor...
And certain Companion,
That and he was probably even more successful than Davies with his other writing work.
Nope.
I’m very aware of the history. Including why Who needed toning down in the eighties in the first place.
I’m not biased concerning RTD. I think he’s done an offensively terrible job these last few years, and I would think that if someone else had done the same terrible job. I also don’t think much of Moffat’s choices in the Xmas special (to the point I refuse to watch it)
You know, the back of my brain was buzzing about a companion when I made that post but I didn't follow through.
I think this is Netflix. The article also mentions that if the show were to be left entirely by the BBC, fewer episodes per year, perhaps a few special episodes per year. In such a case, they could make seasons of 3-4 episodes, each 90 minutes long, like the BBC's Sherlock TV series, if they came out every year.
Why? Their are more than 3 writers in the world.
I would like if they picked him. He would no doubt do a great job.
He's hit or miss for me. B5 being a miss. (Yes I know...)
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Well, if they ask me, I'd be happy to do it! No need to end the show! You all can thank me later!
I think Chibnall only reluctantly accepted being the showrunner before and it seems unlikely he'd take that up again.
Now, Moffat seems to have a hard time staying away . . .
