Right, we're three episodes in, and in my view the Moffat episodes have been good and great, while the Gatiss one was poor. I think we can mostly agree that Moffat's a safe pair of hands, so if we take it as read that his episodes are likely be at the least acceptable, then for the rest of the series we've got Toby Whithouse, Simon Nye, Chris Chibnall, Richard Curtis, and Gareth Roberts. Toby Whithouse of course wrote School Reunion (good), so despite writing an episode with (yawn) vampires, I think that could be good. Simon Nye is best known for Men Behaving Badly, which I'm not especially a fan of, but how he'd write a DW episode is anyone's guess. Chibnall can take a fair share of the blame for Torchwood, Roberts is similarly responsible for some meh DW episodes and SJA, and Richard Curtis' previous writings range from the just tolerable to the contemptible (in my view obviously, others seem to love him).
So, who would you like to see writing for the show? Out of those who have never written for the show, I'd say David Renwick ought to be a major candidate. The imagination he's often shown for Jonathan Creek and even the subtle surreality that underlied much of One Foot in the Grave could translate very well into a Doctor Who story. I actually don't watch an awful lot of TV, so I'm a bit hazy on TV writers, but one of my favourite shows ever is Life on Mars. Matthew Graham of course wrote the awful Fear Her, but perhaps co-creator Ashley Pharoah could put in a good showing. Waking the Dead's another favourite, and though you'd think it's a completely different type of show, some of those writers (Declan Croghan especially) could put in a dark Androzani-type story. Still also on my list is Lawrence Miles. And I'm working on some sad little stories no one will read in the hope of sending millions of copies to BBC Wales until they're so inundated that they're forced to read it before they eventually tell me to sod off (I may or may not be joking).
As for those who've already written for the show, I think Rob Shearman should definitely write another, being responsible for the sole decent Dalek story since Remembrance. Whether the rumours of his falling out with RTD are true or not, he's gone now, so maybe we will get that. It's also near unbelievable to me that Paul Cornell hasn't written one this series, after the alright Father's Day and the extremely well-received Human Nature.
So, who do you think should be writing for the show?
So, who would you like to see writing for the show? Out of those who have never written for the show, I'd say David Renwick ought to be a major candidate. The imagination he's often shown for Jonathan Creek and even the subtle surreality that underlied much of One Foot in the Grave could translate very well into a Doctor Who story. I actually don't watch an awful lot of TV, so I'm a bit hazy on TV writers, but one of my favourite shows ever is Life on Mars. Matthew Graham of course wrote the awful Fear Her, but perhaps co-creator Ashley Pharoah could put in a good showing. Waking the Dead's another favourite, and though you'd think it's a completely different type of show, some of those writers (Declan Croghan especially) could put in a dark Androzani-type story. Still also on my list is Lawrence Miles. And I'm working on some sad little stories no one will read in the hope of sending millions of copies to BBC Wales until they're so inundated that they're forced to read it before they eventually tell me to sod off (I may or may not be joking).
As for those who've already written for the show, I think Rob Shearman should definitely write another, being responsible for the sole decent Dalek story since Remembrance. Whether the rumours of his falling out with RTD are true or not, he's gone now, so maybe we will get that. It's also near unbelievable to me that Paul Cornell hasn't written one this series, after the alright Father's Day and the extremely well-received Human Nature.
So, who do you think should be writing for the show?
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