Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner

[Samurai8472]

I think it's a certified lock at this point Susan is back at the end of the current series

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-f...tm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=linktest

It's official, Steven Moffat has written the 2024 Christmas Special, titled Joy To The World. Moffat also reveals he is not involved with the 2025 series

https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headline...s-he-penned-2024-doctor-who-christmas-special

 

[Rich Watson]

So he did indeed drop both of his episode titles in that bizarre quote of his a few months ago.

And this is the link to the full interview. Worth a read.
https://www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/tv/doctor-who/the-big-interview-doctor-whos-steven-moffat/

Most interesting comment is him saying he had to read the script for the 2025 Christmas Special for reasons that will become clear later.

 

[The Wormhole]

Moffat also reveals he is not involved with the 2025 series

But like Tennant saying he'll never be back, does anyone believe him?

 

[Starkers]

I love Moffat...but I wouldn't believe him if he said water was wet

 

[diankra]

Of the post 2005 showrunners...RTD is an arrogant bully. Chibnall seems to be a nice guy from one interview, but I wasn't keen on his tenure. Steve is arrogant, but a good friend.

 

[Samurai8472]

The latest theory about the series big bad is that RTD is going to bring in The Trickster from Sarah Jane Adventures and use an abandoned story he had planned for that series where a companion is revealed as The Trickster's child, which was intended for Sarah's adopted daughter Sky in SJA.

Ruby's theme has striking similarity with the theme for The Trickster

 

[The Nth Doctor]

The latest theory about the series big bad is that RTD is going to bring in The Trickster from Sarah Jane Adventures and use an abandoned story he had planned for that series where a companion is revealed as The Trickster's child, which was intended for Sarah's adopted daughter Sky in SJA.

Ruby's theme has striking similarity with the theme for The Trickster

That does makes sense, especially since The Doctor name checked the Pantheon of Discord (which included The Trickster) in "The Devil's Chord."

I always wanted to see the Trickster again...but it's going to bring up some tears because of no Sarah Jane.

 

[DigificWriter]

That does makes sense, especially since The Doctor name checked the Pantheon of Discord (which included The Trickster) in "The Devil's Chord."

There's no confirmation that the Pantheon of Discord and the Pantheon that Fifteen referenced are the same thing.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

There's no confirmation that the Pantheon of Discord and the Pantheon that Fifteen referenced are the same thing.

What a silly thing to argue when Occam's razor is at play. Davies created them for Sarah Jane Adventures and wrote "The Devil's Chord." Why on earth would he reuse such a specific name if that wasn't what he hinting at? Especially since he loves to leave bread crumbs behind for fans to follow (Bad Wolf says hi).

 

[matthunter]

Names are specific, but only to a degree. The Beatles are a band. So are Motorhead. They are not the same thing.

A pantheon is just a group of gods. Kratos might not see the difference, but their worshippers would.

 

[DigificWriter]

Why on earth would he reuse such a specific name if that wasn't what he hinting at?

Because the terms 'pantheon' and 'the pantheon' aren't specific; they're general terms that refer, as @matthunter said, to a grouping of Gods.

If RTD wanted to confirm that the Pantheon of Discord and the Pantheon to which the Toymaker and Maestro belong are the same, he would've done so. Reusing a term like Pantheon isn't in and of itself a confirmation of anything, regardless of whether or not you want to invoke Occam's Razor.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Fair points. However, I'm still going with the most likely explanation considering Davies loves leaving bread crumbs. As far as I'm concerned, it's still a pretty specific term to use here. I guess we'll find out who is correct soon enough.

 

[Qonundrum]

The latest news:

Doctor Who boss teases epic finale: "You will be screaming" | Radio Times

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

This is bait. Why scream?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

This is bait. Why scream?

Any Davies tease is bait. That's a given.

 

[matthunter]

This is bait. Why scream?

Why scream?

Who scream?

You can finish yourselves off.

But that's another RTD series.

 

[Qonundrum]

This is bait. Why scream?

A couple possible reasons come to mind, but there might be others. The easiest one to guess is that something even more "controversial" than "The Timeless Children" will be woven into a story and some people were screaming about that one.

That, or it's a really scary story worthy of Moffat's best.

That, or it's about the end of the universe and all the other multiverses and it all congeals into a big gestaltverse? I've nary a clue.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

A couple possible reasons come to mind, but there might be others. The easiest one to guess is that something even more "controversial" than "The Timeless Children" will be woven into a story and some people were screaming about that one.

That, or it's a really scary story worthy of Moffat's best.

That, or it's about the end of the universe and all the other multiverses and it all congeals into a big gestaltverse? I've nary a clue.

I'm calling it now: It's all three of those!

 

[David cgc]

I'll vote for the old standby, total continuity reboot with Ncuti becoming the new first Doctor. We haven't had that speculated on in a while.

 

[Sketcher]

I'll vote for the old standby, total continuity reboot with Ncuti becoming the new first Doctor. We haven't had that speculated on in a while.

Ncuti was the Doctor all along. Every face was a perception filter.