I get constantly dinged for taking people's comments at face value, and yet Lydia West denying that she's the new Doctor is just accepted by other posters?
Double standards much.
Double standards much.
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No, you got dinged for making confident and authoritative predictions based on counterintuitive inferences (for example, "the actor facing scrutiny for unsavory behavior not appearing in promotional material nor being publicly censured or exonerated is a sign they will continue to be in the show").
Having said that, it was pretty shitty of me to keep teasing you about it even in this thread, where it didn't really apply to the situation, and a mod probably should've told me to cut it out. So, this is me, cutting it out.
Until the actual actor playing the Doctor is revealed I can still hope.
And I guess I can hope even after they are revealed.
Is it in the can? On tape? The Harddrive? Is it still physical or 'in the cloud....'
After lord of the rings, I like to think of it as ‘on the pod’
I guess there could be a lot of stuff filmed that doesn't feature the Doctor, so maybe he or she won't be on set right away, but you have to imagine whoever it is is hired now so what's the point in delaying the announcement? Presumably they have something planned but like you say there's a limit to how long they can keep it under their collective hats.
I see the Tennant rumour has been flying around again and I have to say (not for the first time) that if it's true I'll be incredibly disappointed.
If it is Tennant, Broadchurch joins the likes of ‘Jude’ in uniting contiguous Doctors before they were Doctors, and thus becomes a source for fan fiction illustrations.
What about Sean Bean? That would be a laugh, because he would *still* have to ‘die’ before the end.
What about Sean Bean? That would be a laugh, because he would *still* have to ‘die’ before the end.
Broadchurch already has so many actors who've also done Doctor Who (including three Doctors) it practically feels like an extension of the franchise anyway.
He's got a second series of 'Around The World In 80 Days' plus a 'Jekyll & Hyde' series for Peacock (or one of the other 10,000 streamers) in the works, so no...
Tennant says returning to the show (at least in the role of the next current Doctor) is something you would not 'normally expect' out of Doctor Who
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1517910811871690752
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1517910811871690752
He's not wrong about no matter what he says, people will continue believe whatever they want. 
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Rachel Talalay is hanging out in Cardiff for some reason. Hmm...
https://twitter.com/rtalalay/status/1515736798206562315
https://twitter.com/rtalalay/status/1515736798206562315
I'm basically convinced she's handling a DW shoot, until proven otherwise.
I genuinely will not be surprised at this point if (a) Tennant is back, even for an episode in some weird Time Lord Biology funk around and (b) yeah, I can see Talalay doing the job too. A ‘getting the band back together’ to right the ship would not surprise me *at all*.
In some ways this is a more difficult knife edge than we had going into the wilderness years… Doctor Who is kind of too big to fail for the BBC worldwide even now. It’s like Top Gear was in that regard. Whatever controversies exist to this point, the Beeb will be desperate to move on and get its goose laying eggs again as soon as it can.
Heck… what are the odds on Matt LeBlanc for the Doctor?
In some ways this is a more difficult knife edge than we had going into the wilderness years… Doctor Who is kind of too big to fail for the BBC worldwide even now. It’s like Top Gear was in that regard. Whatever controversies exist to this point, the Beeb will be desperate to move on and get its goose laying eggs again as soon as it can.
Heck… what are the odds on Matt LeBlanc for the Doctor?
I could see them doing a Tennant-based special for the 60th anniversary (hopefully with other Doctors appearing) before heading into a new series with the Fourteenth Doctor. Getting the band back together for a party before doing something completely new.
It would avoid the awkwardness of the anniversary story also being a regeneration story.
And I'm sure I'm not the first person to post this idea in here.
It would avoid the awkwardness of the anniversary story also being a regeneration story.
And I'm sure I'm not the first person to post this idea in here.
I very seriously doubt that the show is going to postpone the conclusion of Jodie's regeneration for an entire story,
it's also already been confirmed by RTD that the 60th Anniversary Special is the kickoff to Series 14.
especially since we already know that she starts regenerating outside of the TARDIS
it's also already been confirmed by RTD that the 60th Anniversary Special is the kickoff to Series 14.
More of a "dream team" than getting the band back together, I should think. Talalay was Moffat's not-so-secret weapon directorially, she never worked with RTD or Tennant (or even Smith!) on Doctor Who before now. Which I'm all for, I've been saying that, in retrospect, Moffat and RTD's respective tenures seem more like one big era (heck, I started saying it before we even saw what Chibnall was going to do). If Davies is willing to expand his team to include people who had only worked with Moffat as being "Doctor Who-proven," I think that's great, and an easy, early step to dispel the fear that Doctor Who's last desperate gamble is to make it 2008 again through science or magic.
Sophie Aldred and Janet Fielding also attended the series wrap party last year. Janet came dressed as her former boss, 80s era producer John Nathan Turner!
https://twitter.com/jfmouthonlegs/status/1519189861655367681?cxt=HHwWgsC-parIn5UqAAAA
Also add Jessica Hynes to the list of rumors for 14th doctor. Jessica has previously had a guest role on the show before as Joan Redfern in “Human Nature/The Family of Blood.”
https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoPage1963/photos/a.621661394548686/4979674735413975/?type=3
https://twitter.com/jfmouthonlegs/status/1519189861655367681?cxt=HHwWgsC-parIn5UqAAAA
Also add Jessica Hynes to the list of rumors for 14th doctor. Jessica has previously had a guest role on the show before as Joan Redfern in “Human Nature/The Family of Blood.”
https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoPage1963/photos/a.621661394548686/4979674735413975/?type=3
