Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner
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Ah the only entry I found in a very cursory search was for Nick Fury Agent of Shield. Mind you, I doubt the DW production team had heard of it lol.
Whether or not Derrick Sherwin had heard of SHIELD is ultimately irrelevant, because UNIT really doesn't have much of anything in common with it.
Plus SHIELD was originally created as a rip-off of Man From UNCLE.
Flying bases xD
Though its most recent iteration was more captain scarlet, especially with Captain Jack.
I think we would see that continue.
Units best single story remains Battlefield. XD
I mean, they're both nominally international (but really dominated by the nation of their franchise's publication) paramilitary organizations specializing in fantastical threats as supporting plot devices for the main characters in sci-fi adventure stories, they both have silly elaborate names used to rationalize referring to them by initialisms, and they both operate flying aircraft carriers.
Amusingly, those right-wing arseholes who somehow think they're DW fans are not happy with the thought of a female-led spin-off. Can't wait for them realise that it will also star a woman in a wheelchair and, if rumours are to be believed, a certain former Companion recently returned to the UK after years on American TV, who happens to be a black woman.
The horror! The horror!
The horror! The horror!
Sounds like someone needs to remind them the best Doctor Who spin-off is a female led one.
Amusingly, those right-wing arseholes who somehow think they're DW fans are not happy with the thought of a female-led spin-off. Can't wait for them realise that it will also star a woman in a wheelchair and, if rumours are to be believed, a certain former Companion recently returned to the UK after years on American TV, who happens to be a black woman.
The horror! The horror!
Pics or it didn’t happen. Female Doctor is one thing, spin off quite another.
Amusingly, those right-wing arseholes who somehow think they're DW fans are not happy with the thought of a female-led spin-off. Can't wait for them realise that it will also star a woman in a wheelchair and, if rumours are to be believed, a certain former Companion recently returned to the UK after years on American TV, who happens to be a black woman.
The horror! The horror!
Guessing that certain former companion will have no doubt divorced her husband or been widowed off screen
Guessing that certain former companion will have no doubt divorced her husband or been widowed off screen
Or they could recast. No reason Mickey can't be a viable character just because his former actor turns out to have been a monster.
No spin-offs for children for the foreseeable future. Sad but not surprising when you consider the almost non-existent state of kids TV in the UK.
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-kids-spin-off-newsupdate/
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-kids-spin-off-newsupdate/
Rickey who? Oh wait you mean the tin dog.
Just a reminder; as of today it's now eighteen years since Doctor Who returned.*
Just imagine. A world before President Trump. Before Tik-Tok or Instagram or Twitter. Before iPhones or Smartphones. Hell, a world where YouTube barely existed.
God I wish I has a real TARDIS. I'd go back there in a heartbeat.
*Can people stop calling it "New" or even worse "Nu" Who now?
Just imagine. A world before President Trump. Before Tik-Tok or Instagram or Twitter. Before iPhones or Smartphones. Hell, a world where YouTube barely existed.
God I wish I has a real TARDIS. I'd go back there in a heartbeat.
*Can people stop calling it "New" or even worse "Nu" Who now?
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As demonstrated by the new companion Ruby, whose actress has been barely alive when Rose first hit the screens!
I remember back in 2005 when people still called what we now call "Berman era Star Trek" "Modern Star Trek." Basically everything from the start of TNG through to the end of Enterprise was called the "modern era." I remember the popular joke many made at the time. "You know Star Trek fans are out of touch when they consider something from 1987 to be 'modern.'"
2001: well, DS9 and B5 are over, X-Files is dying a slow and painful death. I need something to get excited about. Time to get into Doctor Who. Tons of stuff to catch up on, I've seen a little of it and liked it, Laura used to watch it way back when and liked it, let's go.
July 2003: oh, wow, they're bringing Doctor Who back as an animated web series! Cool! We're not even close to being caught up with the original series, we don't necessarily need new stuff, but this sounds pretty interesting.
September 2003: holy shucking fit, they're bringing it back to real TV!
April 2005: AAAAAAAHHH it's back! It's good! (The Canadian premiere date was April 5, 2005.)
What a trip it's been, and what a trip it keeps on being.
July 2003: oh, wow, they're bringing Doctor Who back as an animated web series! Cool! We're not even close to being caught up with the original series, we don't necessarily need new stuff, but this sounds pretty interesting.
September 2003: holy shucking fit, they're bringing it back to real TV!
April 2005: AAAAAAAHHH it's back! It's good! (The Canadian premiere date was April 5, 2005.)
What a trip it's been, and what a trip it keeps on being.
