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

[JD]

I'm curious because the way he's talking there, it almost like the Doctor doesn't even exist in the show's world, but I thought the whole idea of the show was that it took place in the Doctor Who universe.
At the end it mentions different species existing in the Sea Devils world, so I'm wondering if that will the explanation for the different ways they look.

A bunch of Doctor Who commentary youtube channels are talking about rumored talks between BBC and HBO Max as a new international platform for the Doctor Who back catalog and future content (minus the Disney+ seasons for now).

What are ya'll thoughts on that?
Isn't HBO Max as part of the Warner bros group about to be merged into another company? Would it be wise to sell rights to a company that has a very uncertain future?

Yeah, now seems like a really weird time to be selling it to a company like WB. It also seems a little weird that this would come as a possibility so soon after they pulled all of the pre-Disney seasons off of HBO Max, you'd think if this was a possiblity they would have left them on there.

 

[jaime]

A bunch of Doctor Who commentary youtube channels are talking about rumored talks between BBC and HBO Max as a new international platform for the Doctor Who back catalog and future content (minus the Disney+ seasons for now).

What are ya'll thoughts on that?
Isn't HBO Max as part of the Warner bros group about to be merged into another company? Would it be wise to sell rights to a company that has a very uncertain future?

If they can’t have the Disney stuff, well, that might force an interesting loop where the Xmas special forces a reset to 14, because then viewers could just hop from power of the Doctor, maybe keep wild blue yonder, then everything from the giggle to whatever comes after the special is just essentially looped out for non uk viewers. (Which would be bleh)

 

[jaime]

I'm curious because the way he's talking there, it almost like the Doctor doesn't even exist in the show's world, but I thought the whole idea of the show was that it took place in the Doctor Who universe.
At the end it mentions different species existing in the Sea Devils world, so I'm wondering if that will the explanation for the different ways they look.

Yeah, now seems like a really weird time to be selling it to a company like WB. It also seems a little weird that this would come as a possibility so soon after they pulled all of the pre-Disney seasons off of HBO Max, you'd think if this was a possiblity they would have left them on there.

RTD doesn’t understand that even members of the same species can look radically different?

It’s probs just the silurians anyway. Warriors of the Deep two, electric boogaloo.
(CGI Myrka inbound.)

 

[Samurai8472]

The end for Kate? Jenna Redgrave claims in this interview there's nothing left for her character to explore once we conclude The War Between

Not to get melodramatic but it wouldn’t be a “war” if there wasn’t any casualties

 

[jaime]

The end for Kate? Jenna Redgrave claims in this interview there's nothing left for her character to explore once we conclude The War Between

Not to get melodramatic but it wouldn’t be a “war” if there wasn’t any casualties

There’s never really been that much exploration done with the character anyway. All her meaty contributions were under Moff, and her main role is to be Lethbridge-Stuart.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

Not that the Brig did a lot of flexing, character-wise, either.

 

[The Grinch Doctor]

Not that the Brig did a lot of flexing, character-wise, either.

The best character story for the Brig happened after the UNIT years. Maybe the same could happen for Kate.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

I mean…. Kate could join the TARDIS team proper and travel with the Doctor for awhile.

 

[Starkers]

Reviews have started to drop of the first 2 episodes of the War Between the Land and the Sea and they seem mostly positive. The worst I've seen is it being given 3/5 with a few suggesting it's the best the Whoniverse and RTD has been in a while. Given I've enjoyed a lot of the last two seasons of Who that alone is really promising.

Sounds a bit talky and light on action (but this isn't necessarily identified as a weakness) and a bit preachy, but I'd expect that. Anyone who doesn't see this is going to feature climate change as a major plot point has been living under a rock of late!

 

[JedGelt67]

I'm not saying I'm not going to watch it, but I have little interest. Hope its a success tho!

 

[Rich Watson]

Blimey.

Doctor Who Sold Matthew Perry Ketamine Sentenced to 30 Months

Salvador Plasencia had asked "I wonder how much this moron will pay" as he supplied the 'Friends' star with over 20 vials of ketamine in the weeks leading up to the actor's fatal overdose.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

No wonder there won't be a Christmas special this year!

 

[Rich Watson]

Hmm, so Netflix have bought Warners/HBO.

What does that mean for the series finding a new co-Producer, if anything?

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

Doctor Who on a joined Netflix/HBO Max streaming platform might be the best of all possible outcomes to keep the show viable?
What that does for the production side? No idea.

 

[camdudetenger2018]

Hmm, so Netflix have bought Warners/HBO.

What does that mean for the series finding a new co-Producer, if anything?

lol did netflix buy the warner brothers

 

[JD]

I don't think it's finalized yet, and it still needs go through the government, but it looks like they will be.

 

[Rich Watson]

*Sigh* Twenty years and he never changes.

Doctor Who boss says plans for 2026 Christmas special left BBC bosses "with jaws agape"

The next episode is still a year away, but Russell T Davies has already teased a jaw-dropping special as the Whoniverse expands.

www.radiotimes.com

 

[camdudetenger2018]

*Sigh* Twenty years and he never changes.

Doctor Who boss says plans for 2026 Christmas special left BBC bosses "with jaws agape"

The next episode is still a year away, but Russell T Davies has already teased a jaw-dropping special as the Whoniverse expands.

www.radiotimes.com

i did not click on the link

but what was the doctor who style breaking news update

 

[The Grinch Doctor]

Like I said recently about something, just more Davies hyperbole.

 

[Brendan Moody]

Twenty years and fandom still gets the vapors when someone whose job is to hype the show says something to hype the show.