A BIG Spoiler Is Coming

[Saul]

Are you talking about the David Yates movie talked about years back? Even though Moffat publicly lambasted and ridiculed it when it was announced, he did not kill the plans for it, nor was he ever in a position to do so. Whatever else resulted in that movie being abandoned, Moffat had nothing to do with it.

Really? Seemed like he was totally against it and it was he that put the kibosh on it. He claimed Doctor Who should only be on TV and when the word of the movie came out he got annoyed and had words with someone. To quote Moffat on the movie he said

‘The BBC own Doctor Who and, for the moment, I run it for them’.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Really? Seemed like he was totally against it and it was he that put the kibosh on it. He claimed Doctor Who should only be on TV and when the word of the movie came out he got annoyed and had words with someone. To quote Moffat on the movie he said

‘The BBC own Doctor Who and, for the moment, I run it for them’.

He said all of that but at the end of the day, he doesn't have final say on whether BBC would make a movie or not. He was personally against it, but that's not enough.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I could be misremembering but I think it came out in the Sony hacked emails that it was basically a total lack of communication by Cardiff that caused them to give up on It?

Internal BBC politics were the problem. From one of the leaked emails:

Spoke to Danny and he doesn’t think [a discussion between Sony and Moffat] makes sense right now and actually might hurt our cause. He said that the creative team on the show have been having the movie conversation with BBC Worldwide in recent weeks and are very hot under the collar that their position on it is not being listened to or accepted….

The "Danny" is Danny Cohen, the former BBC exec. He was apparently quite keen to get the ball rolling on a Doctor Who movie. BBC Worldwide was certainly interested. Moffat was decidedly not, and he was pissed that people internally at the BBC were pushing it. As EMH notes, it wasn't Moffat's call, and the BBC could have gone forward with Sony, but I guess Sony decided it was more trouble than it was worth and backed away.

 

[Starkers]

News: "William Hartnell brought back from the dead for Who appearance!"

Fans: "Well that's not really brain melting."

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

News: "William Hartnell brought back from the dead for Who appearance!"

Fans: "Well that's not really brain melting."

In the age of Digital Tarkin, not that far fatched.
Technically a digital model of the Doctor exists already because of Star Wars.
It's just the wrong Doctor!

 

[Mr Soak]

Doctor! You're wearing the wrong body!

You would prefer another body, a canon body? Then name the Doctor!

(Romana from The Apocalypse Element and Tarkin from you know where.)

 

[Haggis and tatties]

They can't string together 13 epsiodes a year without issues and long periods of nothing within the BBC itself, so i wonder how are they ever going to make a Who movie with third parties involved. lol

 

[Allyn Gibson]

John Simm (and the BBC) has confirmed his return to the series.

 

[StCoop]

John Simm (and the BBC) has confirmed his return to the series.

Yet another in the long, long list of Doctor Who publicity fails...

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Damn, you beat me to it!

I'm good with this. I like the idea of a "Two Masters" story and the press release sounds like Simm and Gomez are working together, as oppose to just seeing Simm regenerating into Gomez (although I could be misinterpreting the statement).

 

[kirk55555]

Well, it will be interesting, at least. Simm is my second least favorite Master after Roberts, but since Roberts is the only Master I outright dislike that's not too bad. I like Missy a lot, so having her and Simm together (which will hopefully happen, I don't know if they confirmed that or just said he's going to appear at some point) will be interesting. I'm betting he'll regenerate at the end of the story into Missy, either while they're in the same room (Two Missy's in one room would be weird) or by himself right at the end.

At the very least, I hope he's not a super powered skeleton man like in his last appearance.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Besides the two Masters, from the article we'll also see (as we knew) "the Daleks, the Ice Warriors and – returning for the first time in over 50 years – the Mondasian Cybermen." Series 10 is feeling like a reprise of Season 20, with returning villains every week, and I wonder if Moffat's taken all the wrong lessons from the JNT era.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

Well, like JNT, he was all about events, and characterization was second. So... all is in order?

Seriously though, that is something I've wanted to have seen in series 9. Instead of the awful Hell Bent, an episode that'd have the 12th Doctor meet Simm just before his regeneration into Gomez.

Anyway, I gotta admit that got me excited a bit. its too early to tell, and its probably nothing, but I hope we're up for something nice this time around.

 

[StCoop]

Besides the two Masters, from the article we'll also see (as we knew) "the Daleks, the Ice Warriors and – returning for the first time in over 50 years – the Mondasian Cybermen." Series 10 is feeling like a reprise of Season 20, with returning villains every week, and I wonder if Moffat's taken all the wrong lessons from the JNT era.

Don't forget the Movellans!

Given that from all accounts (not to mention the title) the first episode is basically Rose-Redux in terms of reintroducing the series from scratch, it's odd what they're following it up with.

Part of me wonders how much of it is a way of keeping Capaldi happy so he'd come back for one more series.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Part of me wonders how much of it is a way of keeping Capaldi happy so he'd come back for one more series.

I have to admit, I've had precisely the same thought. Moffat saying to him, "Peter, we'll do anything you want, anything at all, if you'll stay one more year." And then Capaldi trots out every absurd little thing he's always wanted to do in Doctor Who like a challenge. It's entirely possible that we'll have a series of "checklist episodes" like the good ol' days of JNT, Peter Grimwade, and Pip and Jane Baker, just so Capaldi can get his fanboyish moments.

To be clear, I am not blaming Capaldi for wanting fanboyish moments. In his position, I'd do exact the same thing.

 

[kirk55555]

Well, I'm excited for all the returns. I hope its just a bunch of adventures with The Doctor fighting/meeting some classic villains/aliens (and I think at least one new one) and just traveling through space or time. No poorly written season long arcs about his super special companion, just The Doctor getting to be The Doctor. I want this Series to be maximum fanwank, because that sounds both fun and, more importantly, a lot different then Capaldi's other two series. In the end, what I want most is for the show to be fun. Now, that doesn't mean I don't want more emotional or darker scenes depending on the context, but I just want some more personality to Series 10 and not get bogged down with stuff that has been plaguing Capaldi's run.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

At the end of the day, I just hope we'll get a good story arc, hopefully the best one since series 5, and a great collection of episodes to send off Capaldi with.

Really, though, it sucks that we know this early on. Was that ever the case with the other Doctors, sans Tennant?

 

[Mark_Nguyen]

Big Finish did a "Two Masters" thing, matching Geoffery Beevers' decomposing Master from Tom Baker's era with BF's home-grown incarnation, portrayed by Alex MacQueen. It was okay. I suspect they're doing this mostly so Moffatt can write two Masters sniping at each other as the Doctors do when THEY meet up, without actually doing another multi-Doctor story.

Also, it'd be great if one Master actually KILLED the other because they can't put up with how annoying their preceding/subsequent incarnation is. :P

Mark

 

[Mr Awe]

If Moffat's doing a "Two Masters" story or, more intriguingly, a story in which the Doctor has to team up with one of the Masters to defeat the other (Twelve/Gomez versus a batshit insane Simm?), I'd be excited. However, if all Moffat's doing is a gimmick cameo to show how Simm and Gomez connect (because, let's be fair, we don't know how or if they do), then he's just wallowing in fanwank. And sometimes, I feel like Moffat does things solely for the fanwank, like it's the 1990s all over again and he's trying to win an argument at the Tavern or in rec.arts.drwho.

I'd agree that if it's a story along the lines you suggest, that could possibly qualify as melting fans brains. That could be interesting.

Ah, rec.arts.drwho, wow, that brings back memories!

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Besides the two Masters, from the article we'll also see (as we knew) "the Daleks, the Ice Warriors and – returning for the first time in over 50 years – the Mondasian Cybermen." Series 10 is feeling like a reprise of Season 20, with returning villains every week, and I wonder if Moffat's taken all the wrong lessons from the JNT era.

Well, speaking as someone who largely enjoyed Season 20 (I think Mawdryn Undead is one Davison's best stories), I don't mind aspect. I'm pretty excited to see the old Mondasian Cybermen, Ice Warriros, hell even the Movellans again.

I have to admit, I've had precisely the same thought. Moffat saying to him, "Peter, we'll do anything you want, anything at all, if you'll stay one more year." And then Capaldi trots out every absurd little thing he's always wanted to do in Doctor Who like a challenge. It's entirely possible that we'll have a series of "checklist episodes" like the good ol' days of JNT, Peter Grimwade, and Pip and Jane Baker, just so Capaldi can get his fanboyish moments.

To be clear, I am not blaming Capaldi for wanting fanboyish moments. In his position, I'd do exact the same thing.

I wouldn't be surprised by this either (and wouldn't blame him one bit). While the trailers could be way off, this series looks like it could be a lot of fun.

Also, it'd be great if one Master actually KILLED the other because they can't put up with how annoying their preceding/subsequent incarnation is. :P

I would love this.