Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat and Chris Chibnall speak to Radio Times as the modern era of the sci-fi show celebrates a big anniversary.
I remember an old interview with RTD from his first run where he said that by now the Doctor has become part of the national folklore like Robin Hood or Sherlock Holmes so it’ll never truly go away which I think is true. Even if the TV show goes away again for a while, Big Finish will keep going, people will keep writing books, there’ll be fan fiction etc.
And presumably it’ll have to enter the Public Domain eventually too, although that’s probably still a long way off.
Doctor Who Derangement Syndrome.
It’s the condition of watching an erzatz version of a much-loved tv show and, despite it being mind-meltingly awful, believe that it is always amazing. Where objectively it is cringingly shit, they see profound comments on the nature of life, the universe and everything.
Doctor Who (rightly) ended on 6th December 1989. There were three incidents of a brief, distorted achronologous reversed polarity event with an Eight Doctor on 12th, 14th and 27th 1996.
Everything after that has been an ongoing fanfiction written by soap opera writers who could vaguely remember a show about a time-traveller in a blue telephone box.
So many magical moments. However, Tom Baker in The Day of the Doctor still is THE moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn9yJrrm2tk
They need to kill it again for a while. The last two doctors were poor and the writing even worse.
The last two doctors were poor and the writing even worse.
The actors were/are fine.
The writing/directing, not so much.
And this is coming from someone who thought Tom Baker’s first two seasons were the best Doctor Who ever.
I think Jodie Whittaker is amazing. Either the writing started going downhill with Peter Capaldi or I outgrew it. I haven’t even bothered watching Ncuti Gatwa yet because I want to get all caught up and just can’t be bothered yet.
I think Jodie Whittaker is amazing.
Personally I think she could have been amazing, but unfortunately wasn’t, but still good.
It almost felt like she was being directed so much, based on all the controversies going on and everything, that she didn’t get to do her own version of the Doctor really, she was very constrained and “boxed in”, if you know what I mean? She never got a chance to grow into the role, the way she could have.
And IMO the writing was mostly bad, which didn’t help her out any.
Oh, I wasn’t clear. I meant SHE is amazing. The writing wasn’t for me.
She was a perfect female version of David Tennant’s Doctor. The writing was just bad. She was spot on.
Tom Baker was the best
Yes he was. This scene made me catch my breath and hold back tears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn9yJrrm2tk
