Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner
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Eh. It's still probably arbitrary.
I’m sure it’s a PR angle, but there’ll probably be something more to back it up than just a new Doctor and a “new” producer. I hope so, anyway; the show could use a pretty fundamental shakeup at this point.
I disagree with the idea the show needs a reboot or shakeup. I think the format is fine. The problem from my point of view has been the execution of the premise during the Chibnall era.
I'm talking about not doing a reboot in the sense of a continuity reboot. If you're talking about a softer reboot in the sense of a larger change than usual between seasons (series), I'd be more on board with that. The term reboot has grown to have various meanings. But I'd rather not have continuity (weak as it already is) rebooted. The next Doctor should be the 14th and follows Whitaker's and not something else like a new first or original doctor.
Given that we know RTD's approach during his first era, I'd guess that he won't do a hard reboot. That would've made more sense when he restarted the show to make easier for new viewers, but less sense now that it's firmly reestablished.
I'm talking about not doing a reboot in the sense of a continuity reboot. If you're talking about a softer reboot in the sense of a larger change than usual between seasons (series), I'd be more on board with that. The term reboot has grown to have various meanings. But I'd rather not have continuity (weak as it already is) rebooted. The next Doctor should be the 14th and follows Whitaker's and not something else like a new first or original doctor.
Given that we know RTD's approach during his first era, I'd guess that he won't do a hard reboot. That would've made more sense when he restarted the show to make easier for new viewers, but less sense now that it's firmly reestablished.
Reboot in this context pretty clearly means creative/stylistic reinvention rather than any change in the attitude toward continuity, which has always been “it all fits somehow but we won’t worry about the details.”
I’d say some major aspects of the style and format have been pretty consistent across Davies, Moffat, and Chibnall.
I’d say some major aspects of the style and format have been pretty consistent across Davies, Moffat, and Chibnall.
More so every time we change showrunners, I find, at least in the modern era. IE, there are linking elements between Eccleston and Tennant or Smith and Capaldi that aren't there between Tennant and Smith or Capaldi and Whittaker.
Even Tennant and Smith felt like the same show - maybe there aren’t many in-universe elements linking them, but from a production perspective it feels like a continuation.
The Whittaker era felt like a substantially different production - new composer, new aspect ratio, mostly new writers, no more cold opens, longer episode lengths.
Yeah, that's how I'd classify it. And a soft reboot would be good now too.
Since this is from the company responsible for the creature effects, I suspect it means a visual reboot. So redesigning everything.
Yes that's true. I think we forget sometimes how much of a shift it must have been for the newer fans between Tennant and Smith. An insanely popular Doctor leaves, there's no continuity of companion or anything else beyond the name of the character and the exterior of the Tardis, but Moffat, Smith, Gillan and Darvill hit the ground running thankfully.
Ahhhh, no, AMY POND for the Win!
Amy Pond became such a great companion because of Rory. Arthur Darvil totally killed it.
Whilst Rory is awesome, there is a bit of an issue in telling blokes that if they just hang around being dedicated then eventually the hot redhead will fall for them in place of the dangerous but exciting chap in tweed.
This is life my friend. Although in my case it's a hot brunette, and if I could time travel it would be to finish yesterday's laundry for her
New TARDIS console room definitely. Hopefully, it'll be better lit and won't look like a sewer or an underground cave.
I wouldn't be so sure of this if I were you given some things that have already been confirmed with regards to the BBC Centenary Special.
Yeah, the first Smith console room was welded into the studio's support beams. It couldn't be disassembled, like the second console room.
