Disney and Doctor Who part ways

[camdudetenger2018]

There's no report of him leaving but I am curious how long he will stay/is contracted for.

i doubt that he will leave again this time

well at least not yet maybe in 5 or 6 years

 

[Rich Watson]

I don't think it will be Paramount at least.

Paramount Layoffs Hit Motion Picture Execs In Production, Marketing, Music & More; Studio Co-Chairs Say, “Today Has Been A Difficult One”

Paramount cuts hit the motion picture division across production, marketing, music and mark. Randy Spendlove President of Worldwide Music is exiting.

deadline.com

 

[Chaos Descending]

See, that's precisely why it bothers me. I hate that crap in the comics.

But good to read that Marvel is (finally) including the legacy issue number.

Marvel has been doing that off and on for 20 years.

 

[bdub76]

Most of RTD 2.0 has been a disaster.

Can we get another showrunner stat?

 

[Zombie Cheerleader]

Most of RTD 2.0 has been a disaster.

Can we get another showrunner stat?

Nothing seems to be "stat" with Doctor Who at this point.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Most of RTD 2.0 has been a disaster.

Nah, only the finales.

 

[The Gatekeeper]

Indeed, finales aside, RTD's second term has been some great television.

 

[The Nightmare Doctor]

Marvel has been doing that off and on for 20 years.

I'm well aware. Doesn't make me hate it any less.

 

[JD]

I think he might have meant to legacy numbering, it's not something new, they been doing it for a while now. I think they used to put it on the title page somewhere, but now they've moved it out onto the cover.

Honestly, I've made my peace with not continuing the number from the classic show. It works because the season/series structures are vastly different, the major gap between classic and modern, and the very usage of season and series.

But the Disney season number reset was done purely for marketing reasons and I'm eager to forget that ever happened.

Yeah, the Disney renumbering was weird since they literally just picked right up where the last season left off. It would have at least made sense if they treated as more of a soft reboot.

I would prefer a renumbering to Number of the Doctor and a Season number.

3:1 for Pertwee's first season and so on.

I have to admit, that's how tend to think of the seasons most of the time. Instead of "oh this episode was the second episode of Series 5", I tend to think "oh this episode was the second episode of Matt Smith's first season".

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

Indeed, finales aside, RTD's second term has been some great television.

That's what I've been saying!

ps: okay, maybe Space Babies also wasn't particularly good, but beyond that, not a bad record.

 

[The Nightmare Doctor]

I think he might have meant to legacy numbering, it's not something new, they been doing it for a while now. I think they used to put it on the title page somewhere, but now they've moved it out onto the cover.

Oh, I see that now. I think I did know that but I haven't been a regular reader since the 90s.

 

[Judge Death]

Another vote here for the Ncuti era being great outside of the finales.

 

[Captaindemotion]

I'm probably not gonna be the majority...but I wish RTD stays.

Whether one likes his writing or not, if he leaves, what I fear is that the BBC will either not try or not be able to get a replacement and the show will thus be binned by default.

 

[Jedman67]

That's what I've been saying!

ps: okay, maybe Space Babies also wasn't particularly good, but beyond that, not a bad record.

I do not recall such an episode. Surely it has been scrubbed from existence by now?

Whether one likes his writing or not, if he leaves, what I fear is that the BBC will either not try or not be able to get a replacement and the show will thus be binned by default.

He's not sticking around forever. And Moffat is not going to come back to the job full time. It's time to find a talented showrunner who can take over when RTD steps down

 

[Steve Roby]

Maybe time for Sally Wainwright to get a shot at it, though she’s probably more used to working on her own concepts than coming into existing shows.

 

[Captaindemotion]

He's not sticking around forever. And Moffat is not going to come back to the job full time. It's time to find a talented showrunner who can take over when RTD steps down

I don’t disagree but if memory serves, the BBC nearly rested the show after he and Tennant announced their departure first time and had no successor lined up for Chibnall, until RTD unexpectedly volunteered to return. It could all of course be different behind the scenes now. I don’t know.

 

[Samurai8472]

So this might be a bad scale/ example but how much did it cost to make an episode like season 1’s “World War 3”?

If we have to go back to the nuts and bolts of new era Doctor Who relying strictly on BBC and Cardiff to churn out an episode Im fine with that

 

[Jedman67]

I don’t disagree but if memory serves, the BBC nearly rested the show after he and Tennant announced their departure first time and had no successor lined up for Chibnall, until RTD unexpectedly volunteered to return. It could all of course be different behind the scenes now. I don’t know.

If he's writing Christmas 2026 now, they have a year and a half to hire a new showrunner for Spring 2027.
Even if he ends up producing that season, by that point there should already be a successor coming online.

So this might be a bad scale/ example but how much did it cost to make an episode like season 1’s “World War 3”?

If we have to go back to the nuts and bolts of new era Doctor Who relying strictly on BBC and Cardiff to churn out an episode Im fine with that

Probably like £600,000 lol