The thing is that the residuals is a huge deal for something like DW where it's basically rerun forever. I'm sure that was an intentional cost saving move. It is possible to have residuals and not have the ability to prevent something from airing.
Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner
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Something else I realized: If RTD decided to leave but Ncuti decided to stay, he could very easily have ANOTHER year of special with Tennant, ending with him regenerating into Ncuti, or whoever could be a Doctor between Tennant and Ncuti - point being, RTD could leave the show again via his ideal avatar, and maybe THEN poke fun at his first regeneration et al.
I doubt it'd happen, but man what a genius idea it'd be!
I doubt it'd happen, but man what a genius idea it'd be!
Ncuti novelisations coming as well. I'm guessing the Christmas Special and finale.
Ncuti novelisations coming as well. I'm guessing the Christmas Special and finale.
I miss properly painted covers. And the digital Chris tributes are tired.
some images from the Christmas special
https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1730330885688377485
https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1730330885688377485
It really is amazing how everything from the leak back in August has turned out to be 100% correct.
That creature looks like a changeling to me.
Not that it really matters since you're still free to call it whatever you want but yes, calling it Season 1 is not just for internal paperwork or only on Disney+
https://www.doctorwho.tv/stories
https://www.doctorwho.tv/stories
Why, it's perfectly simple.
Season 1 is Ncuti Gatwa's first season.
Series 1 is Christopher Eccleston's only season.
Season 01 is William Hartnell's first season.
What could be clearer and more self-evident? Of course, we'll run into trouble if the new numbering continues for nine more years, because then Season 10 will mean some future Doctor's xth season and Jon Pertwee's fourth season, so someone at the BBC will have to come up with a new grand scheme of numbering. But they have time to figure something out. If classic Who has 26 seasons, then why not seasons A-Z, for example.
Season 1 is Ncuti Gatwa's first season.
Series 1 is Christopher Eccleston's only season.
Season 01 is William Hartnell's first season.
What could be clearer and more self-evident? Of course, we'll run into trouble if the new numbering continues for nine more years, because then Season 10 will mean some future Doctor's xth season and Jon Pertwee's fourth season, so someone at the BBC will have to come up with a new grand scheme of numbering. But they have time to figure something out. If classic Who has 26 seasons, then why not seasons A-Z, for example.
JJ Abrams was in charge during the Hartnell years?
I will just stuck to the old way of doing it before the internet came along and had to fit it all into complicated boxes....
Hartnell
Throughton
Pertwee
Baker
Davidson
CBaker
McCoy...
...simple and done.
Hartnell
Throughton
Pertwee
Baker
Davidson
CBaker
McCoy...
...simple and done.
Honestly, people keep trying to make a big deal of this and I just shrug. The classic run has a clear set of numbered seasons and the modern run does, too. Anything else is silly and probably will be forgotten before you know it.
The treating of this whole 'Season 1' thing as something that has any practical meaning whatsoever has hit Fandom's TARDIS Wiki, and it's rather sad.
DenOfGeek seems to think what we know about the Xmas story hints at a loose adaptation of RTD's novel Damaged Goods. I say loose as I can't imagine someone getting a blowjob in a taxi at 6:30pm on BBC1. He'd also need to tone down some of the scenes of racism, homophobia, violence, etc.
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor...link-to-cult-favourite-russell-t-davies-book/
Interestingly, I didn't know until reading the article that RTD stopped a reprint run of the book in the lead-up to the 2005 revival, because he didn't want people getting the wrong idea about what the show would be like. Though the original story would fit perfectly with Torchwood.
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor...link-to-cult-favourite-russell-t-davies-book/
Interestingly, I didn't know until reading the article that RTD stopped a reprint run of the book in the lead-up to the 2005 revival, because he didn't want people getting the wrong idea about what the show would be like. Though the original story would fit perfectly with Torchwood.
Den of geeks is wrong - the trailers line up perfectly with spoilers from earlier in the year and it’s not that.
Damaged Goods wouldn’t really work on TV in family friendly who. There’s a bunch of novels that wouldn’t tbh. It was a wild time.
So we won't be seeing dead children and the Doctor off his tits on drugs on Christmas Day? Damn!
As you say, the entire plot was leaked back in August, title, Davina and all.
