The Doctor Who Thread

[nosferatu42]

Mark Gatiss for president and Reece Shearsmith for Doctor, go back to proper old school dark Who before it destroys itself completely.

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

Mark Gatiss for president and Reece Shearsmith for Doctor, go back to proper old school dark Who before it destroys itself completely.

Top choice, nos

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

Mark Gatiss for president and Reece Shearsmith for Doctor, go back to proper old school dark Who before it destroys itself completely.

I'd definitely offer Gatiss the showrunner role.

Him or Pete McTighe, the writer of Kerblam! He's also directed all the brilliant 'shorts' for the season Blu-ray releases and had a hand in their all round production. He definitely loves the classic series and has experience in show running as creator of Wentworth and co-exec producer on A Discovery of Witches.

[Susan Foreman]

I'm disappointed that Jodie is leaving, although she will have done her traditional 3 years in the role

However, I think that Chris Chibnall has done more harm than good to the programme and most of the criticism that is being aimed at 'Doctor Who' nowadays is completely down to him

[Rob4]

Hopefully, the new writers will start with the Doctor emerging from the shower and declaring its all just been a bad dream Ã* la Dallas

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rob4

Hopefully, the new writers will start with the Doctor emerging from the shower and declaring its all just been a bad dream Ã* la Dallas

That would me my thought too.

That or redoing Capaldi's regeneration into someone else.

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall to leave in 2022

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57940451

Brilliant news, but can the damaged be fixed? Sadly I doubt it

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

Brilliant news, but can the damaged be fixed? Sadly I doubt it

It all depends who is cast i think.

As much as i am feeling uplifted with this news, i cannot help but wonder what kind of 'parting shot' Chibbers is going to leave us with in that era's final episode.

It fills me with dread.

[iank]

The damage is done. It will take a miracle - and talent - of epic proportions to fix this trainwreck, and I'm spectacularly unconvinced we'll get either. I know people are celebrating but I don't see how the damage can be undone.

I doubt Gatiss would take it on. I think he was offered it after Moffat but turned it down. Then again maybe he knew a poisoned chalice when he saw it.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #479

Name: John Rees (1927 - 1994)
Year(s): 1973
Stories: Frontier In Space episode 1 – Frontier In Space episode 2
Character(s): Hardy

Before Who:
Films: Pancakes (1958), Barbed Wire and Bracken (1959), A Farthing Damages (1959), Home Winner (1959), Jungle Fighters (1961), Five Bells for Logan (1961), The Terrorists (1961), The Survivor (1961), Only Two Can Play (1962), A Prize of Arms (1962), Impact (1963), The Chimney Boy (1964), The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley (1964), Four Soldiers (1965), The Quiller Memorandum* (1966), Alfred the Great (1969), A Touch of the Other (1970), The Go-Between (1971), Under Milk Wood (1971), Double Take (1972)

Television: Knight Errant Limited: All Quiet in the Valley (1961) / Family Solicitor: Possession Order (1961) / Moonstrike: Unwelcome Ghost (1963) / BBC Sunday-Night Play: Trial Run (1963) / Maupassant: War (1963) / Suspense: The Edge of Reason (1963) / The Plane Makers: The Cat's Away* (1963) / The Villains: Victim (1964) / Coronation Street (1964) / It's a Woman's World: Laura (1964) / Gideon C.I.D.: The Lady-Killer (1964) / The Saint: The Sign of the Claw* (1965) / No Hiding Place: Bear with a Sore Head (1965) / R3: Experiment in Death (1965) / The Man in Room 17: Find the Lady (1965) / Moulded in Earth [5 episodes as Rhys Blacksmith (1965)] / The Spies: Full Pay and Funeral Expenses (1966) / ITV Play of the Week: The Caretaker (1966) / Softly Softly [4 episodes, different characters (1966-1968)] / Emergency-Ward 10: A Little Learning (1966) / ITV Sunday Night Drama: Four Triumphant: St David (1966) / The Troubleshooters: No Sentiment in Business? (1967) / Z Cars [4 episodes, different characters (1967-1971) / The Prisoner: The Girl Who Was Death (1968) / Theatre 625: Albinos in Black (1968) / ITV Playhouse: A Bit of Discretion (1968) / ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Two Feet Off the Ground (1969) / Strange Report: Report 3906 - Cover Girls - Last Year's Model (1969) / The Wednesday Play: The Hunting of Lionel Crane (1970) / W. Somerset Maugham: Footprints in the Jungle (1970) / Thirty-Minute Theatre: Did Your Nanny Come from Bergen? (1970) / Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Scarecrows (1970) / The Mating Machine: Flo and Monty and Henry... and Henry (1970) / Play for Today: Thank You Very Much (1971) / A Family at War: Thicker Than Water (1971) / Love Story: The Suitcase (1972) / Viewpoint: The Hidden God: Harold Pinter (1972) / Budgie: Dreaming of Thee (1972) / Van der Valk: Blue Notes (1972) / New Scotland Yard: Shadow of a Deadbeat (1972)

After Who:
Films: All Creatures Great and Small (1975), The Shout (1978), Hanover Street (1979), Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), Eye of the Needle (1981), The Sender (1982), Lorca and the Outlaws (1984), Plenty (1985), Defense of the Realm (1985), Sky Bandits (1986), White Mischief (1987)

Television: Between the Wars: The Greeting (1973) / The Brontes of Haworth [2 episodes as the Waiter (1973)] / The Black Arrow [6 episodes as Gunn (1973-1974)] / Centre Play: Dummy Run (1974) / Out of the Past: Into Thin Air (1974) / Fall of Eagles: The Secret War (1974) / The Inheritors: Fathers and Sons (1974) / Crown Court: Winklers (1974) / The Venturers: Money Isn't Everything (1975) / The Hanged Man: Wheel of Fortune (1975) / Sister Dora (1977) / Lord Tramp (1977) / Wilde Alliance: Express from Rome (1978) / A Sharp Intake of Breath: The Gasman Cometh (1978) / Holocaust: Part 3: 1942-1944 (1978) / The Law Centre: Lucky Lad (1978) / Secret Army: Trapped (1978) / Tales of the Unexpected: The Man at the Top* (1980) / Tales of the Unexpected: The Umbrella Man (1980) / Juliet Bravo: The Runner (1980) / The Citadel (1983) / The Bill: The Coop (1988) / Saracen: Starcross (1989)