Spoilers Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner
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I’m just going off what I saw on Adam Martin talking about just Christmas Day and Boxing Day. It did look pretty stale across the terrestrial board.
It’s half animated, but I bet if they did that on Christmas afternoon, with proper trailers showing Tom it would do bigger special numbers than anything since Capaldi regenerated.
Unfortunately so, and I'd argue since Smith's regeneration even!
Quite possibly. With the animation ‘for the kids’ and the retro nature, and the ability to market it as ‘lost and never shown on BBC television, from when Tom Baker was Doctor Who…’ I suspect it would possibly have the biggest numbers since City of Death. But like to hedge my bets.
Davies on the current state of the series future:
"There was funding for Doctor Who before Disney and there will be funding for it after Disney. I'm sure people at the BBC are running around with clipboards and spreadsheets trying to work something out - and they will. I do look at the Christmas schedule for 2025 and see a horrific gap and think ‘Where is Doctor Who?!’ but don’t worry, it will absolutely be coming back.”
And just a reminder; he's not a BBC employee so not being involved in whatever is happening has no reflection on whether he gets asked to continue making the show or not.
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"There was funding for Doctor Who before Disney and there will be funding for it after Disney. I'm sure people at the BBC are running around with clipboards and spreadsheets trying to work something out - and they will. I do look at the Christmas schedule for 2025 and see a horrific gap and think ‘Where is Doctor Who?!’ but don’t worry, it will absolutely be coming back.”
And just a reminder; he's not a BBC employee so not being involved in whatever is happening has no reflection on whether he gets asked to continue making the show or not.
Doctor Who boss speaks about show's future and Billie Piper's return
The showrunner of Doctor Who has spoken about the series’ future after Billie Piper returned in its latest episode.
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That's quite literally the funniest thing I've read on here in ages!
Whittaker got more than 7 million viewers for Resolution, as did Tennant for The Star Beast and Wild Blue Yonder (and The Giggle got close to 7 million) and Ncuti for the Church on Ruby Road.
But no, a half animated story from the 70s is going to blow them all out of the water!
Ah Jaime, sometimes I wonder if you're actually a parody account
That's quite literally the funniest thing I've read on here in ages!
Whittaker got more than 7 million viewers for Resolution, as did Tennant for The Star Beast and Wild Blue Yonder (and The Giggle got close to 7 million) and Ncuti for the Church on Ruby Road.
But no, a half animated story from the 70s is going to blow them all out of the water!
Ah Jaime, sometimes I wonder if you're actually a parody account
No.
But sometimes I am not entirely being serious
(As is the case here. Though it would have been a worthwhile experiment this year since there’s not much new on. I spent most of my Who Fan life thinking Tom was extremely overrated, and it was annoying seeing modern Who run by people who thought his era was the be all and end all. I have come around to Tom, but not to the people, and still think it’s not so much overrated as that other eras are underrated.)
Also, only one of those is a Christmas Special, so the others aren’t really relevant.
Shada is the kind of thing they'd stick on either BBC 2 or 4 around Christmas like the episode of the Ice Warriors last night.No.
But sometimes I am not entirely being serious
(As is the case here. Though it would have been a worthwhile experiment this year since there’s not much new on. I spent most of my Who Fan life thinking Tom was extremely overrated, and it was annoying seeing modern Who run by people who thought his era was the be all and end all. I have come around to Tom, but not to the people, and still think it’s not so much overrated as that other eras are underrated.)
Also, only one of those is a Christmas Special, so the others aren’t really relevant.
No.
But sometimes I am not entirely being serious
(As is the case here. Though it would have been a worthwhile experiment this year since there’s not much new on. I spent most of my Who Fan life thinking Tom was extremely overrated, and it was annoying seeing modern Who run by people who thought his era was the be all and end all. I have come around to Tom, but not to the people, and still think it’s not so much overrated as that other eras are underrated.)
Also, only one of those is a Christmas Special, so the others aren’t really relevant.
Except you didn't specify Christmas specials. You said:
Everything I mentioned is a Special. You really do need to be specific
Except you didn't specify Christmas specials. You said:
Everything I mentioned is a Special. You really do need to be specific
Lol.
To be fair, I also mentioned Capaldi regenerating….
i wonder if doctor who 2023 aka doctor who 2005 was still with disney would we have a 2025 christmas episode
That's thin
Was honestly my intent though. I quite liked most of Power of The Doctor, though the regen cause itself was weak and it just sort of petered out and was a bit odd plot wise in places. In fact, I probably enjoyed it a bit more than TUAT.
Given we’ve also a got Two Ronnies from the mid seventies in the schedule though…
What does that mean in English?
if doctor who 2023 was still with disney plus and renewed then a christmas episode would have been made and out today which would have kicked off doctor who 2023 season 3
If they made their decision in the same time frame then probably not.
Christmas Day ratings were jaw-dropping bad, with the most watched programme getting barely over 4 million.
Leaving aside the reasons for casting her, a Doctor Who special starring Billie Piper (and possibly Tennant) would easily have wound up near the top.
Leaving aside the reasons for casting her, a Doctor Who special starring Billie Piper (and possibly Tennant) would easily have wound up near the top.
Gee, makes BBC and fuckin' Disney had any sense, huh?!
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