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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 24, 2021 14:58:03 GMT
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Post by Marwood on Sept 24, 2021 15:09:31 GMT
I lost all interest in watching this after he left but just thought that stopping to watch Doctor Who was part and parcel of getting old 😂
I had heard that J Michael Straczynski was interested in taking this on but I never thought that would happen but welcome back Mr. Davies.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 24, 2021 15:14:50 GMT
RTD knows the lore. He loves the show and understands it. He can balance humour and drama.
He will make us forget the Chibnall disaster
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Post by Jon on Sept 24, 2021 15:49:02 GMT
How much dosh do we reckon the BBC threw at RTD before he said yes?
Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter who originally commissioned the 2005 revival are co-producing the series alongside BBC Studios via their production company Bad Wolf. They worked on His Dark Materials and Sky's A Discovery of Witches
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Post by LaLuPone on Sept 24, 2021 15:57:28 GMT
I said recently that I thought the only way to save the show would be to get Russell T back, but I was doubtful he’d do it, I thought he was well and truly done with his doctor Who days. But he really loves the show so I guess he doesn’t want to see it go under. So excited though, feels like I’m a kid again!
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Post by Jon on Sept 24, 2021 16:01:26 GMT
I said recently that I thought the only way to shave the show would be to get Russell T back, but I was doubtful he’d do it, I thought he was well and truly done with his doctor Who days. But he really loves the show so I guess he doesn’t want to see it go under. So excited though, feels like I’m a kid again! Doctor Who is many things but hairy isn't one them! |
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Post by LaLuPone on Sept 24, 2021 16:06:07 GMT
I said recently that I thought the only way to shave the show would be to get Russell T back, but I was doubtful he’d do it, I thought he was well and truly done with his doctor Who days. But he really loves the show so I guess he doesn’t want to see it go under. So excited though, feels like I’m a kid again! Doctor Who is many things but hairy isn't one them! Edited, LOL |
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Post by Peter on Sept 24, 2021 16:35:16 GMT
Well I wasn’t expecting that! I haven’t hated the Chibnall era as much as others, but this makes me very excited for the 60th anniversary! |
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Post by MrBraithwaite on Sept 24, 2021 18:29:49 GMT
That made my day. Finally watching Doctor Who again in 2023 or whenever. Very pleased. Need to get the DVD Sets out.  |
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Post by dontdreamit on Sept 24, 2021 20:36:03 GMT
This is the best news I’ve heard all week. After Its A Sin, I suspect RTD could have named his price and done anything he wanted- but he’s come home to Who. So very, very happy about this, and I look forward to seeing what he does with the 60th anniversary episode
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Post by talkingheads on Sept 25, 2021 13:41:57 GMT
I have never been happier. I have to say that the writing on the recent series has been awful and I feel so sorry for Jodie being lumbered with such bland, uninspired scripts. Davies not only understands Doctor Who, he understands how to write great drama and characters you care about.
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Post by nick on Sept 25, 2021 16:07:21 GMT
This is the best news I’ve heard all week. After Its A Sin, I suspect RTD could have named his price and done anything he wanted- but he’s come home to Who. So very, very happy about this, and I look forward to seeing what he does with the 60th anniversary episode Yes the feeling is that he's had some 'fantastic' ideas for Who so much so that he had to return. Although it could be he's excited about the idea of an extended Doctor Who universe that has been rumoured. |
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Post by danb on Sept 27, 2021 4:18:39 GMT
I think that this is good news. To me it was at it’s peak when RTD was overseeing Steven Moffat scribed adventures. I never really engaged with Whittakers Dr, mostly cos the BBC 1 feed went down in Lanzarote for the ‘spiders’ episode when we were on holiday and I threw a strop! 😂
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Sept 27, 2021 8:51:02 GMT
I think that this is good news. To me it was at it’s peak when RTD was overseeing Steven Moffat scribed adventures. I never really engaged with Whittakers Dr, mostly cos the BBC 1 feed went down in Lanzarote for the ‘spiders’ episode when we were on holiday and I threw a strop! 😂 Well count yourself lucky because that episode had one of the worst endings of any in maybe all of Doctor Who! |
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Post by talkingheads on Sept 27, 2021 9:46:13 GMT
I think that this is good news. To me it was at it’s peak when RTD was overseeing Steven Moffat scribed adventures. I never really engaged with Whittakers Dr, mostly cos the BBC 1 feed went down in Lanzarote for the ‘spiders’ episode when we were on holiday and I threw a strop! 😂 Well count yourself lucky because that episode had one of the worst endings of any in maybe all of Doctor Who! Wasn't that the one where the Doctor heroically saved the spiders before leaving them to die much more slowly and painfully as they ate each other? |
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Sept 27, 2021 12:08:23 GMT
Well count yourself lucky because that episode had one of the worst endings of any in maybe all of Doctor Who! Wasn't that the one where the Doctor heroically saved the spiders before leaving them to die much more slowly and painfully as they ate each other? Yep, basically locked them up in a room to suffocate because the doctor apparently can now never, under any circumstances, kill a living creature even if allowing them to live means a painful existence towards a slow and agonising death! |
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Post by steve10086 on Oct 2, 2021 18:00:39 GMT
The downward slope in quality has put me off, but also the random broadcasts over the last few years. Make a series and show it as a series, with maybe an Xmas Special. But all the random episodes here and there have made it less of a routine event, and I just don’t care anymore.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 17, 2023 16:42:47 GMT
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Doctor Who airing November 11th, 18th and 25th - Returning to Saturdays around 6pm!
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Post by vdcni on Oct 18, 2023 13:46:36 GMT
Those dates aren't confirmed yet are they?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2023 0:07:59 GMT
Hopefully Russell T has worked his magic and made this watchable again.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 25, 2023 20:15:34 GMT
Now the dates are actually confirmed
(From Radio Times)
BBC has announced that David Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor will officially be bursting back onto our screens on Saturday 25th November, with the second and third specials following on Saturday 2nd December and Saturday 9th December respectively
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2023 22:59:48 GMT
Now the dates are actually confirmed (From Radio Times) BBC has announced that David Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor will officially be bursting back onto our screens on Saturday 25th November, with the second and third specials following on Saturday 2nd December and Saturday 9th December respectively I thought they would have done 18th November as the first episode to get them all as near the anniversary as possible. They likely cannot fit one in on 11th November as that will be the Festival of Remembrance. I wonder if William Russell will have a cameo as he was in the re-generation special last year when he reprised his role as Ian Chesterton after 57 years and looked in good nick despite his great age. He was in The Tempest with Richard Briers back in about 2003 and I was surprised to realise who he was when I got the programme. Richard popped out between shows to sign for the waiting fans and William went past without me realising. So I had to wait around for about 90 minutes in the cold before he returned. He was amazed I'd waited all that time but happily signed my programme. He was 78 years old then and I hadn't seen him on stage before in what was then about 6 years of regular theatre attendance. So I figured given his age he may not be around in another play, so it was great to see him still acting 20 years or so later. |
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Post by criticalprole on Nov 19, 2023 22:04:07 GMT
I lost all interest in watching this after he left but just thought that stopping to watch Doctor Who was part and parcel of getting old 😂 I had heard that J Michael Straczynski was interested in taking this on but I never thought that would happen but welcome back Mr. Davies. Incredilby happy with RTD. I do like JMS, but honestly I don't think he's a good fit for Doctor Who. A Sense8 style Torchwood though... |
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Post by theatrefan62 on May 11, 2024 13:00:37 GMT
Loving Ncuti Gatwa, but otherwise found the first episode a bit boring, and a bit heavy on the 'message' at times.
Will give the second episode a go though
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Post by talkingheads on May 11, 2024 15:39:46 GMT
The first episode was good fun, very silly but I can see Davies wanted to get a new audience on board.
I LOVED The Devil's Chord! Jinkx Monsoon was a great villain, camp and menacing, Ncuti and Mille are brilliant and all the musical scenes were wonderful!
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