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@iskrat
Well you SAY that. I think three 2,000 word essays are required on each of the show’s many dubious but variedvincarnations. Then… and only then… may you buy me a pint.

Nah… I’m a breather… Well, for now, at least.

@iskrat

Oo r yer oo r yer oor yer oo r yer?

c’along iskrat! You turn up unannounced and disturb my good friend’s generally colonial rest! 4 would call that rude.

Merely a Culture War Bot I suspect. There IS no one out there…

If anyone’s fault it’s The Corp but they’ve only been played like us all. Though they inflicted Chib on us…

How to n…[Read more]

Meanwhile, in The Grauniad:

Doctor Who lives on! But who will be the new Time Lord – and is it goodbye to Russell T Davies? | Doctor Who | The Guardian

@translatorcircuit @dentarthurdent

Happy that we have a show. Quite happy that misinformation stirred up all the trolls and bots. Not that it had that much effect on the ‘where’s the bloke luv?’ brigade.

It IS a long gap. Just realised that 2026 is not just the anniversary of Deadly Assassin and Ultimate Foe but of the first regener…[Read more]

@translatorcircuit    I tend to agree with you that goblins and babies are better left to fantasy.

But ’73 yards’?   Lighten up.  I assume you’re in the UK (correct me if I’m wrong) but don’t they still use Miles?   I’m in New Zealand, we went metric 40 years ago but I’m still bilingual (or should that be binumeral?).   The US and Canada st…[Read more]

I hate this latest plan of a FOURTEEN MONTH GAP until the next Doctor Who episode! I wonder if the World might end or I might die before then. I hope other people on here understand how I feel.

Also, I don’t think Russell T Davies should be allowed to write the Christmas Special for 2026, because he’s made enough mess already! His writing was…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent @camdudetenger2018 @translatorcircuit

@ps1l0v3y0u

Who out there could really shake it up? Don’t have to be a fan

I think not being a fan should be in the job description for the next showrunner or, at least, someone who’s not been involved in the show before. Someone who is sympathetic but not overly in thrall of continuity. I don…[Read more]

there are so many theorys now about doctor who 2005 season 16 post disney era like what will happen to the show now who is now the new doctor and does rose really return

@dentarthurdent

Chris Boucher… long time since I’ve seen Blake’s Seven, so I shouldn’t really comment… the dystopian background was refreshing but ‘we’ve found an amazing derelict spaceship’ was dumb.

Chris’ contribution to Who is ‘Face of Evil’ which introduced Leela, ‘Robots of Death,’ exhibiting a Mary Poppins level of perfection, and lastly…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent @camdudetenger2018 @translatorcircuit @whohar

major points

1. BP… short term fix? Then why the bi generation? And how did Ecclestone know? It was coming.

2. Did the BBC NEED a streaming partner in the first place? I’ve theorised it was a long term ambition… starting 2015. Maybe they now realise they c*cked up. Or they hope the s…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent @camdudetenger2018 @translatorcircuit  @ps1l0v3y0u

‘Going nowhere’ – what a curiously ambiguous turn of phrase

Yes agreed. I think a previous post actually said “Rest assured, the TARDIS is going nowhere” which is even better / worse.

@camdudetenger2018    Yeah, see the link in Translatorcircuit’s post.

@translatorcircuit  @ps1l0v3y0u  @whohar

“However, Kate Phillips, chief content officer at the BBC, previously said the show will continue on the BBC “with or without” Disney.   She said at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival: “Any Whovians out there, rest assured – Doctor W…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u   I know Chris Boucher mainly from Blakes 7.   I remember that series mainly for quarries, sets that were reasonably convincing, weapons that weren’t, and some delightful dialogue, often featuring Avon.   But the line I best remember is down to Servalan:   “And, I want a gun.”  Avon:  “We only have one gun.”  Servalan (patiently…[Read more]

i heard that doctor who parted way from disney

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@translatorcircuit

At last some real news! And it’s about as positive as it’s going to get right now.

I see also that TWBtLatS will be shown later this year; looking like Disney want out quickly. But hopefully this will be shown around Christmas this year.

Still, lots of unresolved questions:

So RTD2 is going to write the…[Read more]

@translatorcircuit

Yeah. Obvs I (faintly) hoped they’d banked some extra stuff for something sooner… or that there might be some anniversary for 2026. Just my 27-28 and 30-31 season theory left. 26 would be better for DA & UF anniversaries. But the actual dates might work for 31.

Yes, McGann, Gibson, Ford, Shearman and Purves had been roped in…[Read more]

BBC Executive1: “How can we make the fans accept yet another gap in Doctor Who?”

BBC Executive2: “Let’s spread a rumour that it’s dead and buried. We’ll let them believe this for about five months, then they’ll be grateful for ANYTHING!”

BBC Executive1: “BRILLIANT!”

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