Someone else picking it up?
Spoilers Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner
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Someone else picking it up?
I hope they end up with whoever helps fund Series 16+, it's really annoying not having the whole series together in the US. I was thinking it would be cool if Britbox picked it up so we could get everything Doctor Who going all the way back to 1963 in one place, but then I remembered that 50% of Britbox is The BBC, so that's not going to work if they someone else to help fund the new seasons.
Disney Plus reportedly gave the show a budget increase strictly in order to facilitate technical upscaling from 2K to 4K.
Some reports have that the budget was tripled. More than upscaling going on with that much money.
To soon. They got find a new showrunner and maybe partner if HBO is part of the process. My guess is we are at least 5 years away from new Who.
No idea if RTD is out the door or not.
I think he is. He didn't exactly bring back the ratings liked hoped so my guess they will want to reboot the show with a new guy or lady.
Yeah it is possible. But who knows what Bad Wolf's contract is like.
BBC has in the past shown heavy reluctance to change showrunners. They begged and pleaded RTD to stay the first time and even considered ending the show when that didn't work. They did successfully persuade Moffat into staying after he declared his intention to leave. And they were going to end the show when Chibnall left until RTD returned to the fold in the eleventh hour. RTD's not going anywhere unless he chooses to do so.
Well he did, The Star Beast got almost 8 million, Wild Blue Yonder got over 7 million and The Giggle got close to 7 million before The Church on Ruby Road leapt up to almost 7.5 million.
Then season 14 starts and we're down to 4 million and dropping.
There are a couple of interpretations of this I guess, one somewhat more distasteful than the other.
1. People like Dr Who and are happy to watch in small doses/when it's a special occasion but they're not fussed when it's on every week/don't want to commit to a full season.
2. People loved seeing Tennant back but weren't as keen on Ncuti.
I hope it's the former, I loved Ncuti and frankly it isn't like the last straight white male Doctor was pulling the viewers in either (and I adored Capaldi as well).
It might be a mixture of the two I guess, or it could be another reason that doesn't occur to me.
What I think we can say is that it isn't a case that the show has run its course. Millions of people still watch it and enjoy it week in/week out, and I suspect if it wasn't for the budgetary issues the BBC would likely carry on indefinitely.
I still think a smaller scale show can still work, they just need to be clever about it.
Yeah I think RTD likely has the gig as long as he wants it. Just worries me what happens when he gets tired again.
