Spoilers Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner

[Emperor-Tiberius]

IMO, a lower episode amount than 8 episodes will not make the situation markedly better. Not when the 8 episode amount is in itself a factor, again imo, for its lack of superlative expectations met.

 

[Starkers]

Thing is there are plenty of UK shows that only have 6 episodes, let alone 8! We were very much spoiled with 13 episodes and a Christmas special.

The breakout hit from last year was Ludwig, six episodes. This year there's been Death Valley, again six episodes.

A guaranteed 6 episodes of who every year? Right now I'd take that to be honest.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

If they go down to 6 episodes. They might as well embrace serialization again.
1 or 2 deeper stories.
only 6 stand alone stories don't feel right.
And then make those 1-2 stories as great as possible.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Six episode blocks would be fine if they came with greater regularity.

 

[Starkers]

Heck at this rate I think there's an argument for going full circle (see what I did there) and making the show half an hour again.

 

[The Wormhole]

I'm more and more convinced there's a story beyond his departure. Not a full-on Eccleston situation but something happened.

He went from talking about shooting S3 this year to them having to reshoot the ending to get rid of him in the span of a few weeks.

Admittedly I may be reading too into things seeing things which may not necessarily be there, but does anyone get the impression some manner of rift has developed between Gatwa and RTD? Maybe not to the same extent as RTD's falling out with Eccleston, but I do kind of get the impression RTD and Gatwa might not be best pals either these days.

Which leads me to further wonder, could RTD be difficult to work with? Granted, there are plenty of actors who have praised him, and Tennant clearly has no problems with him. Though RTD himself as admitted to some character flaws and some less than pleasant personality traits in The Writer's Tale, and even actors who are positive of him doesn't not necessarily negate the possibility of him being difficult. After all, Eccleston thought very highly of RTD before Doctor Who, indeed, it was a primary reason why he took on the role of the Doctor.

I dunno, just an idle thought of mine.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Not to mention, Tennant's back was wrenched pretty badly filming "The Next Doctor." And Matt Smith's knees were already shot from his earlier football injury.

Less running? Less physical stuff? More stuntmen? The physical toll filming Doctor Who takes appears to be a real problem. There has to be a solution.

Well honestly why are there no stunt performers for situations where these things might happen. Seriously why isn't that an option for the BBC or whoever is in charge of production?

Not all actors are Tom Cruise /s

Maybe the next season could be like 8 episodes