I'd be quite happy with that casting choice. But since it's been reported by The Mirror I'll wait for someone a little more reputable to report it before I believe it.
Review Series 11 (2018)
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Janine The Barefoot
Wacky Norwegian Woman
Holy crap Doc..... say it ain't so!!!!!! I may have to give up the Doctor for good.......
Doctor Omega
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Yes, it has bothered me somewhat, ever since I read the following.....
Moffat said of his decision to quit: “Feels odd to be talking about leaving when I’m just starting work on the scripts for season 10, but the fact is my timey-wimey is running out. While Chris is doing his last run of Broadchurch, I’ll be finishing up on the best job in the universe and keeping the TARDIS warm for him. It took a lot of gin and tonic to talk him into this, but I am beyond delighted that one of the true stars of British Television drama will be taking the Time Lord even further into the future. At the start of season 11, Chris Chibnall will become the new showrunner of Doctor Who. And I will be thrown in a skip.”
So Chibnall was hardly chomping at the bit to take over.
Not, to my mind, the behaviour of someone who is going to do a turnaround and suddenly have an enthusiastic or passionate vision for the show. Well, not one that lasts for very long anyway.
We shall see how things develop, I guess.
Moffat said of his decision to quit: “Feels odd to be talking about leaving when I’m just starting work on the scripts for season 10, but the fact is my timey-wimey is running out. While Chris is doing his last run of Broadchurch, I’ll be finishing up on the best job in the universe and keeping the TARDIS warm for him. It took a lot of gin and tonic to talk him into this, but I am beyond delighted that one of the true stars of British Television drama will be taking the Time Lord even further into the future. At the start of season 11, Chris Chibnall will become the new showrunner of Doctor Who. And I will be thrown in a skip.”
So Chibnall was hardly chomping at the bit to take over.
Not, to my mind, the behaviour of someone who is going to do a turnaround and suddenly have an enthusiastic or passionate vision for the show. Well, not one that lasts for very long anyway.
We shall see how things develop, I guess.
From what I've read and heard it's not that he didn't want to do it. It was more a case of being hesitant due to the workload involved. He is a fan of the show and seems to be interested in developing the show through its next stage.Yes, it has bothered me somewhat, ever since I read the following.....
Moffat said of his decision to quit: “Feels odd to be talking about leaving when I’m just starting work on the scripts for season 10, but the fact is my timey-wimey is running out. While Chris is doing his last run of Broadchurch, I’ll be finishing up on the best job in the universe and keeping the TARDIS warm for him. It took a lot of gin and tonic to talk him into this, but I am beyond delighted that one of the true stars of British Television drama will be taking the Time Lord even further into the future. At the start of season 11, Chris Chibnall will become the new showrunner of Doctor Who. And I will be thrown in a skip.”
So Chibnall was hardly chomping at the bit to take over.
Not, to my mind, the behaviour of someone who is going to do a turnaround and suddenly have an enthusiastic or passionate vision for the show. Well, not one that lasts for very long anyway.
We shall see how things develop, I guess.
chainsaw_metal1
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That makes me feel a little better about it.
Janine The Barefoot
Wacky Norwegian Woman
Janine The Barefoot
Wacky Norwegian Woman
And Hope is all we have to hold onto to get us out of bed in the morning pal, right?!
chainsaw_metal1
Member: Rank 8
Hope...and the promise of whisky at the end of the day.
Well what can't be overcome by the application of an appropriate amount of alcohol?
Janine The Barefoot
Wacky Norwegian Woman
In this case, I fear, commitment and enthusiasm..... but I really hope I'm wrong. Of course the alternative is that he'll be writing and directing it goosed out of his head which also strikes me as a less than worthy effort.....Well what can't be overcome by the application of an appropriate amount of alcohol?
Doctor Omega
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Doctor Omega
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“Doctor Who” Changing Format, TARDIS & More
A new star, a new showrunner and now The Mirror reports that when “Doctor Who” returns it’ll also be adopting a new format along with some more standard upgrades.
The upcoming eleventh season will see “Broadchurch” showrunner Chris Chibnall and actress Jodie Whittaker re-teaming for new ‘Who’ which will adopt a slightly different approach. Since the show’s return in 2005, it has averaged 12-13 episodes per season, each running an average of 45 minutes in length.
With Whittaker’s tenure as the Thirteenth Doctor and first female incarnation of the famed Time Lord, the format will be changed to just ten episodes per season, but each will adopt a full 60 minute runtime.
Whittaker is also getting a new sonic screwdriver, and a whole new TARDIS interior as opposed to a slightly redressed one which current Doctor Peter Capaldi inherited from Matt Smith. This will be the most drastic redesign of the TARDIS interior since 2012.
Whittaker will make her debut in the final moments of this year’s Christmas special as Capaldi and current showrunner Steven Moffat offer up their final episode together.
“Doctor Who” season eleven is expected to premiere late 2018 on the BBC.
A new star, a new showrunner and now The Mirror reports that when “Doctor Who” returns it’ll also be adopting a new format along with some more standard upgrades.
The upcoming eleventh season will see “Broadchurch” showrunner Chris Chibnall and actress Jodie Whittaker re-teaming for new ‘Who’ which will adopt a slightly different approach. Since the show’s return in 2005, it has averaged 12-13 episodes per season, each running an average of 45 minutes in length.
With Whittaker’s tenure as the Thirteenth Doctor and first female incarnation of the famed Time Lord, the format will be changed to just ten episodes per season, but each will adopt a full 60 minute runtime.
Whittaker is also getting a new sonic screwdriver, and a whole new TARDIS interior as opposed to a slightly redressed one which current Doctor Peter Capaldi inherited from Matt Smith. This will be the most drastic redesign of the TARDIS interior since 2012.
Whittaker will make her debut in the final moments of this year’s Christmas special as Capaldi and current showrunner Steven Moffat offer up their final episode together.
“Doctor Who” season eleven is expected to premiere late 2018 on the BBC.
chainsaw_metal1
Member: Rank 8
I just read this over on Yahoo, and I was reminded why I need to stop reading the comments. The whiners are out in full force. One guy posted at least two dozen times, each one just another sexist comment. Another guy has commented the exact same sentiment on just about every Doctor Who article that has been posted, calling for a boycott.
I get it, some fans aren't happy about the change, and I respect their views. But I get the feeling that the majority of the people on the interwebs making negative comments aren't even fans, and are just out to troll, which really makes no sense to me at all.
I get it, some fans aren't happy about the change, and I respect their views. But I get the feeling that the majority of the people on the interwebs making negative comments aren't even fans, and are just out to troll, which really makes no sense to me at all.
Always disappointed to see less episodes but stretching to 60 minutes is definitely a good move. A 45 minute runtime is rarely long enough for a story to be fully developed and when they stretch that to a two-parter there's often not enough story for the full length resulting in filler. I always said that the ideal length for most Doctor Who stories was about 3 episodes in the classic series (so around 60-70 minutes).
Doctor Omega
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Doctor Who: Bradley Walsh among new cast members
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41716877
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41716877
Doctor Omega
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Doctor Omega
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I would really like to see a companion that isn't from the modern day suburbia of Earth, complete with a depressingly familiar lack of jeopardy at the perils they encounter, because they are too busy with their usual sassy line in backchat and banter to the Doctor.
I suspect we are about to get more of the same though.
A terrified and abandoned colonist from an alien world of the far future, or the sole survivor of the Marie Celeste who remembers the Daleks on board....
Just something....
Anything....
Just so long as it is different.
But I doubt it.
I suspect we are about to get more of the same though.
A terrified and abandoned colonist from an alien world of the far future, or the sole survivor of the Marie Celeste who remembers the Daleks on board....
Just something....
Anything....
Just so long as it is different.
But I doubt it.
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Doctor Omega
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Doctor Omega
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This season is going to be shot on new lenses apparently......
Doctor Who series 11 will look "cinematic" with a "monumental leap" forward in visuals
Jodie Whittaker's turn in the TARDIS will look better than ever.
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor...ill-look-cinematic-visuals-anamorphic-lenses/
Doctor Who series 11 will look "cinematic" with a "monumental leap" forward in visuals
Jodie Whittaker's turn in the TARDIS will look better than ever.
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor...ill-look-cinematic-visuals-anamorphic-lenses/
johnnybear
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Bradley Walsh, the guy that can't or won't turn down a fast buck! He's the quizmaster on The Chase, part time actor on some ITV Detective shows, and a future goon on Chinball's Mrs.Who for next year, now he's a singer along with that other moron, Alexander Armstrong, another guy who is into the money, and mighty annoying!
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