I’ve long liked the idea of cheekily acknowledging that new stories are always being added for already-past Doctors. “Oh, things used to happen to me that didn’t used to used to happen to me all the time!”
This gives a feel for many of the issues the BBC are dealing with.
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Part of me would quite like this - especially if the team behind The Devils Hour was given the reigns, Moff as an EP but with the other talent working on it day to day.
Heck, Tom Moran as showrunner with Moffat's watchful eye as an EP could be fantastic. The Devil's Hour is a great example of what Who could look like in this next iteration - quality, but not ridiculously high-budget, mind-bending concept and fantastic production.
High praise. I heard about The Devil's Hour prior to its first season but then forgot all about it. Starring Jessica Raine and Peter Capaldi is a big plus. Definitely sounds like my kind of show.
Honestly? I think its a pretty fresh show. Season 2 IMO not quite as good as S1, but it didn't suffer from "Season 2 death everything falls apart" like so many other shows with great first seasons do either. It expanded the arc and pushed things forward nicely. I believe S3 is going to be the last, and I think that is right for the story, but I personally found it gripping.
The tone would have to be a little lighter, but actually the production model, style, casting, writing etc would be perfect for this next iteration of Doctor Who. Think "Moffat-influenced with another voice adding something new to that voice"
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I really like The Devil's Hour. What I would say is that I've watched/read a whole heap of genre stuff in the same wheelhouse. I understand what's going on etc, and the show still makes my head hurt at times!
Also the gap between seasons did leave me scratching my head trying to remember what the hell was going on
Also the gap between seasons did leave me scratching my head trying to remember what the hell was going on
I enjoyed the first season of The Devil's Hour but still haven't gotten around to checking out the second.
I've watched both seasons without being entirely sure whether I like it.
Dean Devlin is reportedly interested and thinks bringing Tennant back is the way to go.
Honestly, this just feels like a rehash of, oh, about 1994. Devlin instead of Spielberg. Tennant instead of Tom Baker. Everything old is new again, right?
Honestly, this just feels like a rehash of, oh, about 1994. Devlin instead of Spielberg. Tennant instead of Tom Baker. Everything old is new again, right?
Devlin I'm indifferent about. His name doesn't fill me with excitement, but it doesn't turn me away either.
But No, NO, to bringing Tennant back. Like I've said before, I love Tennant and consider him My Doctor, but the franchise can not and should not revolve around him.
But No, NO, to bringing Tennant back. Like I've said before, I love Tennant and consider him My Doctor, but the franchise can not and should not revolve around him.
Hmm. CultBox is commenting on a Times article that says Devlin's talking with the BBC. Then CultBox adds:
So I'm not going to spend much time just yet pondering whether this would be good or bad.
So I'm not going to spend much time just yet pondering whether this would be good or bad.
Agreed about Tennant. No more. I didn’t like the idea of him returning the first time. While I ultimately enjoyed his three episodes, I absolutely do not want to repeat that. The show needs a new Doctor and not yet another return from the past.
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"Re-re-introducing David Tennant as The Doctor"
Yeah. Revisiting an old favorite was on the bucket list somewhere. They checked off that item.
Once is enough.
Once is enough.
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Tennant will never be my favourite modern Doctor, Smith and Capaldi will probably always be ahead of him, but I accept that he is popular, but if Doctor Who is going to continue it has to have new blood, the whole premise is based upon changing actors every few years.
I get the idea of him providing a shot in the arm and can see the logic, I saw the logic when RTD brought him back...but...I do wonder, did those Doctor/Donna specials inadvertently harm Ncuti? Would it have been better if he'd straight up been the replacement for Whittaker rather than being the replacement for the most popular Doctor since Tom? (I will debate this point because you can argue Matt was pretty darn popular)
It's a question we probably can't ever answer.
Setting aside the idea of bringing him back, would Tennant even want to come back? I know he loves the show and the character, but surely even he realises the show now needs to look forwards not back.
I get the idea of him providing a shot in the arm and can see the logic, I saw the logic when RTD brought him back...but...I do wonder, did those Doctor/Donna specials inadvertently harm Ncuti? Would it have been better if he'd straight up been the replacement for Whittaker rather than being the replacement for the most popular Doctor since Tom? (I will debate this point because you can argue Matt was pretty darn popular)
It's a question we probably can't ever answer.
Setting aside the idea of bringing him back, would Tennant even want to come back? I know he loves the show and the character, but surely even he realises the show now needs to look forwards not back.
No
No
Picard season 3 all over again.
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