this month's SFX has a quote saying 'if last year's season was the funfair, this year's the ghost train'...
Richard Curtis returns for Series 6/Season 32!
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It does seem like Moffat is going for a darker, scarier vibe for this year.
Excellent news.
Moffatt, Gaiman, and Curtis all in the same season?! Wow!!
Moffatt, Gaiman, and Curtis all in the same season?! Wow!!
Excellent news.
Moffatt, Gaiman, and Curtis all in the same season?! Wow!!
Well, Gaiman and Moffat in the same series.
It's pretty much confirmed now that it was all just a rumor. The Doctor Who Information Network just posted a listing of the confirmed writers citing DWM as the source and I don't see Curtis' name anywhere:
http://www.dwin.org/expressionengine/index.php/site/putting_together_the_2011_stories/
And we know Moffat's doing the Comic Relief skits (though I agree, since Curtis co-founded the charity, it wouldn't have been a surprise to see him write them).
That leaves the Christmas special as the only short-term option, though that would make it the first time the current showrunner hasn't written the holiday special.
Curtis' episode was so well received I would personally expect to see him back, maybe of Series 7, but I figured it was too much to hope for him to be back so quickly.
I personally still have my fingers crossed they'll manage to snag Alan Moore one of these days (since Moore is a DWM comic strip veteran).
Alex
http://www.dwin.org/expressionengine/index.php/site/putting_together_the_2011_stories/
And we know Moffat's doing the Comic Relief skits (though I agree, since Curtis co-founded the charity, it wouldn't have been a surprise to see him write them).
That leaves the Christmas special as the only short-term option, though that would make it the first time the current showrunner hasn't written the holiday special.
Curtis' episode was so well received I would personally expect to see him back, maybe of Series 7, but I figured it was too much to hope for him to be back so quickly.
I personally still have my fingers crossed they'll manage to snag Alan Moore one of these days (since Moore is a DWM comic strip veteran).
Alex
You do know what Alan Moore thinks of Doctor Who, right?
^ Moore seems to have a propensity for burning bridges. Difficult genius and all that. Maybe he's gotten over himself by now.
A pity this turned out to be a rumor but I certainly hope he returns sometime soon. And someday, someday Stephen Fry may finally have some free time to write another script (although I want him to appear on House first).
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