Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner

[kirk55555]

It just sucks that Capaldi apparently doesn't like multi-Doctor stories, even though he was already in one and most of them tend to be fan favorites. I'd love to see at least Tennant to Whittaker come back for a big anniversary, and stick the Fugitive Doctor in there for good measure. I'd also want Eccleston, but I think there is a better chance of pigs spontaneously growing wings and flying.

I mean, even if its really just Tennant and Tate I'm excited, but as long as we're wishing for stuff you might as well go all out with wishing.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

I'm holding out hope for Capaldi. Been revisiting his run lately and it's really grown on me.

Capaldi was great, i thought he captured the grumpiness of Hartnell yet the caring of Pertwee, and just a twist of the darkness of Colin Bakers doctor, while still infusing his own take into the charactor.

 

[Starkers]

Rose Ayling-Ellis is leaving EastEnders and there is a lot of postulating on Twitter that she's going to be the new companion. She's a good actress, and she was fantastic on Strictly (and seems genuinely lovely), and having a disabled companion would be a hell of a great move in terms of diversity (no I didn't forget Ryan's dyspraxia, it was Chibnall who forgot that every other bloody episode) but at the moment it is just rumour and speculation heightened by her following RTD and Ncuti on Instagram!

 

[Mitty]

I'm holding out hope for Capaldi. Been revisiting his run lately and it's really grown on me.

I keep re-watching "The Pilot". It's probably one of my fave first companion stories I think. Bill is just wonderful. It's a real shame we only got one season of her and how many of Clara... don't get me wrong I loved Clara but she did go on a bit longer than I would have liked.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I keep re-watching "The Pilot". It's probably one of my fave first companion stories I think. Bill is just wonderful. It's a real shame we only got one season of her and how many of Clara... don't get me wrong I loved Clara but she did go on a bit longer than I would have liked.

Clara should've left with "Last Christmas." It was a far better ending for her than we ultimately got. I enjoyed much of the following season for the individual stories but I don't think they really added anything more to Clara's story (aside from her ending).

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

I always felt the Clara in season 9 should've been one of the splinter Claras anyway. Keep the Last Christmas ending that way and employ Coleman on something similar.

 

[Gov Kodos]

I loved Clara but her character suffered from a common problem with modern Who which is the companions have to get specialer with every passing season. The companions don't need to be the key to all things and destiny in the universe. Neither does the Doctor for that matter.

 

[Sci]

I loved Clara but her character suffered from a common problem with modern Who which is the companions have to get specialer with every passing season. The companions don't need to be the key to all things and destiny in the universe. Neither does the Doctor for that matter.

Eh -- the magic Clara stuff was over by "The Name of the Doctor." After that she was more normal and also more interesting.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Eh -- the magic Clara stuff was over by "The Name of the Doctor." After that she was more normal and also more interesting.

And then it came back with arrogance and full-on immortality in series 10, because of her last minute decision to stay.

 

[Sci]

And then it came back with arrogance and full-on immortality in series 10, because of her last minute decision to stay.

*shrugs* Your mileage may vary. I have less problem with the idea of a companion who becomes extraordinary as a result of traveling with the Doctor than I do with a companion who was already secretly extraordinary before the Doctor met them.

 

[publiusr]

I hope we see some sort of return to the psychic circus….

 

[jaime]

I hope we see some sort of return to the psychic circus….

I do too.
But… that’s largely because of Mags.

 

[Samurai8472]

Well if there was still any doubt about just being ONE special. Multiple outlets are saying plural specials

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63186096

A series of special episodes to mark Doctor Who's 60th anniversary will take place later this year.

https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headline...nt-enigmatically-denies-he-is-the-next-doctor

The three specials starring David Tennant as the Doctor are expected to air in 2023, the 60th anniversary year for Doctor Who.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Excellent news! I can't wait to see them!

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Well if there was still any doubt about just being ONE special. Multiple outlets are saying plural specials

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63186096




https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headline...nt-enigmatically-denies-he-is-the-next-doctor

Cracking stuff, are these three specials the start of RTD show running again?

 

[The Wormhole]

Cracking stuff, are these three specials the start of RTD show running again?

Yes, RTD takes over with these three specials, featuring Tennant, then we get the new season with Gatwa afterwards.

 

[Australis]

Eh -- the magic Clara stuff was over by "The Name of the Doctor." After that she was more normal and also more interesting.

And then it came back with arrogance and full-on immortality in series 10, because of her last minute decision to stay.

I'm with Lonemagpie on this one. Her level of hubris was infuriating and what got her killed.

In other news RTD has a new ssupervillain...

 

[Haggis and tatties]

^^^^
"To hold in my hand a mini budget that contains such power, to know that tanking the pound on such a scale was my choice... To know that the tiny pressure of my BP chums, enough to break the econony, would end everything... Yes, I would do it! That power would set me up above the gods! AND THROUGH THE TORIES, I SHALL HAVE THAT POWER!"
Lol

 

[jaime]

I'm with Lonemagpie on this one. Her level of hubris was infuriating and what got her killed.

In other news RTD has a new ssupervillain...

In some ways it’s a long game replay of ‘Doctor-Donna’ especially when you consider she is in part engineered by Missy, and splintered through time by jumping into the Doctors timestream.

 

[jaime]

Which means arguably that (a) Clara is a very tragic figure because (b) the Time Lords *always* meant to get her, because it essentially cleaning up their own mess — her entire existence(s) is as the result of Time Lord intervention. She is a literally personification of their non-interference being broken, a weapon in the time war ultimately, and an embarrassment in the sense that she is a human literally responsible for the saving of their whole race, *and knows that* via her saving the Doctor and by extension Gallifrey — on multiple occasions. And… she is ultimately the creation of their “worst” criminal.
I mean — no wonder she got a bit full of herself.