Spoilers Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner

[Captaindemotion]

It's kind of surprising that Disney doesn't have a Star Wars TV series on ABC. Doesn't have to be as epically expensive as Andor reportedly was, but surely it would draw a lot more viewers. Star Wars is a much bigger mainstream phenomenon than Doctor Who or Star Trek.

Is the explanation not simply that they want people to subscribe to D+, rather than see Star Wars on free tv?

 

[Jayson1]

Only old people still watch network tv I am afraid. To them Star Wars is those movies they took their kids to see back in the late 70's, early 80's.

 

[Steve Roby]

Is the explanation not simply that they want people to subscribe to D+, rather than see Star Wars on free tv?

Sure, but they also own ABC, so they're not ready to completely give up on broadcast TV. Having one Star Wars TV series on regular TV might draw viewers to the other shows on Disney+.

 

[Samurai8472]

The 12th Doctor rocks up with his sonic shades, "Oh Clara, I just popped into Glastonbury 2025, sang on stage with Franz Ferdinand, no biggie"

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And then the 15th Doctor showed up to introduce Jade

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[Allyn Gibson]

Capaldi looks like he stepped out of Series 8... which was eleven years ago. Time has gone weird.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

Capaldi looks like he stepped out of Series 8... which was eleven years ago. Time has gone weird.

This will sound insensitive to Jodie, but I'm just being honest: He should've stayed, as the Tom Baker of the new era, and the Chibnall era, even if it was functionally the exact same, would've been more easy to take in with Peter Capaldi as the Doctor.

Perhaps the definitive Doctor Who.

 

[Steve Roby]

I'll be honest too. He could have been a definitive Doctor if Moffat had provided better writing and not wasted a couple of years on arcs like "Am I an asshole?" and "Does hybrid actually mean anything in English?" Moffat took too long to figure out how best to use Capaldi as the Doctor. Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall were a welcome reset.

 

[Commander Troi]

The 12th Doctor rocks up with his sonic shades, "Oh Clara, I just popped into Glastonbury 2025, sang on stage with Franz Ferdinand, no biggie"

I could totally headcanon that! Peter is Ultra Cool.

 

[Samurai8472]

I could totally headcanon that! Peter is Ultra Cool.

The 12th doctor- And then I sang with the Scottish rock band named after Franz Ferdinand



I love this comment.

It’s now officially part of my head cannon. That this song was written in the late 1800s by the actual franz ferdinad and doctor took all his music and gave it to the band and that’s why they took the name.

This will sound insensitive to Jodie, but I'm just being honest: He should've stayed, as the Tom Baker of the new era, and the Chibnall era, even if it was functionally the exact same, would've been more easy to take in with Peter Capaldi as the Doctor.

Perhaps the definitive Doctor Who.

In another place and time.

The Doctor and Clara visit Glastonbury to stop an alien disguised as someone attending Glastonbury