No Christmas Special, May Be New Year's Day?
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Much like the shift to Sundays I can't help but think this was an intentional decision to maximise viewers. Like I said I'm looking forward to relaxing on Christmas day for once!
Yeah, I've never been able to watch the Christmas Special right away because of course family comes first. I've never been a big New Year's Eve partier in the first place but what little I did is long past, so no hangovers. Perfect scheduling far as I'm concerned.
Of course, I'm sure there are still people who are predicting the end is nigh and Chibnall has irrevocably destroyed Doctor Who forever...
Of course, I'm sure there are still people who are predicting the end is nigh and Chibnall has irrevocably destroyed Doctor Who forever...
Xmas Day is food and booze and the only telly you need to be relatively coherent for is the Queen's Speech, and fuck that if you are under 50.
I liked Doctor Who on Xmas Day because it was some fun to get my adrenaline going again after a big meal and several glasses of wine, but - as mentioned - rest of family don't follow Who plots well even sober and interrupt with inane questions.
After Time Of The Doctor, Mum loudly complained there was a bunch of stuff she'd never seen about "a church" at which point I had to slot in all the Matt Smith eps regarding River Song to jog her memory.
If we get a simple, fun Who romp on NYD that can be understood by a 74-year old who occasionally calls me by her dog's name, I will pleasure him in ways even RTD hasn't imagined.
I liked Doctor Who on Xmas Day because it was some fun to get my adrenaline going again after a big meal and several glasses of wine, but - as mentioned - rest of family don't follow Who plots well even sober and interrupt with inane questions.
After Time Of The Doctor, Mum loudly complained there was a bunch of stuff she'd never seen about "a church" at which point I had to slot in all the Matt Smith eps regarding River Song to jog her memory.
If we get a simple, fun Who romp on NYD that can be understood by a 74-year old who occasionally calls me by her dog's name, I will pleasure him in ways even RTD hasn't imagined.
Of course, the damage Chibnall has done to the franchise is appalling and unspeakable. I demand he be removed to that I can start hating his replacement for destroying the franchise and moan that I want Chibnall back.
Exactly! The cycle of life must continue!
Or Chibnal just might say, screw you guys I'm going home, and take Jodie with him.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/jodie-whittaker-chris-chibnall-rumored-leave-doctor-2019/amp/
^ I've got a real nice bridge for ya'.
Chibnall can check out any time he likes, but there's no way Auntie Beeb's getting anything less than the standard three years out of Jodie (barring a catastrophic ratings collapse, in which case the series 'rests' with her still in place). A premature exit for the first-ever female Doctor couldn't be seen in anything but a negative light. The phrase 'too big to fail' comes to mind.
Sound like the fantasy of one those idiots who posts their rants to YouTube every week. This is the most successful series in years and while I might have some issues with some of the choices being made, it's clear that that's a minority view.
Chibnall was allowed to massively reinvent the series for a mass audience and Jodie proved the haters wrong from her first scene; the BBC will be doing everything they can to hold on to them.
Chibnall was allowed to massively reinvent the series for a mass audience and Jodie proved the haters wrong from her first scene; the BBC will be doing everything they can to hold on to them.
The only part of that article I remotely believe is the part where they say the episode count is being cut back to five or six plus New Year's special. It may not happen next year, but whenever it does happen I will not be surprised one bit.
I wouldn't believe that either. If they were going to do that (and it would have been 8 plus a special, more like what Poldark gets, though that doesn't have a special) it would have been when Chibnall took over. 5 or 6 is apparently what Tilda Swinton put as a condition when she was asked. And that put her right out of the running.
Christmas special!
Santa is awfully skinny. 
Not having a Xmas special is no deal for me because it was already Boxing Day in Australia when it aired.
I never had peace and quiet to watch on Christmas Day, so I always watched Boxing Day.
Outside of the Christmas Invasion, which was the year before I met my wife, we've never watched Doctor Who on Christmas. It's a Christmas activity for her and I, but not any of our extended families, and by the time we're home or they've gone home, we're too tired to properly enjoy it, so we've always watched it the next day. It being on New Years will actually greatly increase the chance we will watch it live.
Chris Noth introduced himself as President-Elect 
So, the current conspiracy theory amongst the rabid haters is that the switch to New Years Day and the use of a Dalek in the New Year's Special is just because of the "appalling" fan reaction and the "disastrous" ratings. Which even if the fan reaction and ratings debacle was as true as they claim, would have had no effect on a BBC Xmas schedule that would have probably been finalised in the autumn, and that the script and filming was complete months ago.
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