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Along with the writing, Smith was consistently strong this series too. He can be authoritative when the Doctor needs to take charge of a situation, and humorous in the lighter moments. I mean, he was good all through his era, but the writing was average across the board in series 6, and somewhat improved in series 7 (compared to series 6, but not quite on par with series 5).
Maybe I'm talking as someone impartial to Dr. Who. I do have friends who are fans though. From what I understand a probable reason they announced Gatwa through an unceremonious Twitter post is because the news was about to leak. No idea if that's true though. That and specific plot details seem to be being posted on Reddit days before they're announced?
Yeah, I even thought it was a bit weird. I can remember the big TV special they did when Peter Capaldi was announced and all the hype around it. That and Dr. Who Confidential making a big song and dance about the 11th Doctor and Matt Smith just kinda... well, popping up rather abruptly at the end, haha.
https://cosmicbook.news/toby-stephens-doctor-who-cut-marvel-style-universe?amp
I have heard a lot of rumours recently though taking with a pinch of salt. Toby would have been great though.
I also think it's an attempt to get viewers back, the last Jodie episode had the worst viewing figures of the New Who era.
I like him a lot, but that story does sound like absolute rubbish to me! :)
Makes sense. As I've said, from what little I've seen I've not enjoyed the later Dr. Who episodes (I'd say the same about the Smith/Capaldi years too when I stopped watching consistently). I get the sense its the same with general viewers and fans.
Stephens sounds too plausible to have been considered, if that makes sense. I'm sure he'd have had a good audition should this be true, but I don't think he would have brought anything new to the part fundamentally. Heck, I'm not sure if Jodie brings anything new to the Doctor either, her gender aside. From what I've seen of his previous work, Gatwa would very likely bring something different to his interpretation of Dr. Who. So his casting is interesting at least.
Especially the idea that they'd filmed the regeneration already and then ditched him. That's tot.
But who knows, maybe he is an actual guest star in the next special. He seems attainable.
What does PaedBC mean?
It would be odd to learn that Gatwa's casting was preferred by BBC committee because it has RTD's fingerprints all over it as a creative choice, at least from what I can tell. Gatwa's known for playing an overtly camp, gay character in Sex Education, and RTD has written shows in the past such as Queer As Folk, Bob and Rose, It's a Sin etc. We now have confirmation that Yasmin Finney, a transgender actress, is the new companion. In RTD's last tenure he introduced characters such as Captain Jack Harkness, an overtly pansexual character, and many elements of the show at this time can be looked back on as 'camp'. I think that sense of fun, camp, and what I suppose one would now call 'queerness' will be there in RTD future tenure, along with sensitive storytelling. It's pretty fitting and if leaned into more overtly would make for an interesting interpretation of the show/character.
I mean, Chibnall's era had a female Doctor, but as I said, I'm not sure if Whittaker added anything new to the part and was half-way to doing an impression of Tennent most of the time. It appeared to lean into superficial political liberalism with its story choices but didn't seem to hold much weight or had much sense of 'fun' in how they explored them. If anything that seems more 'BBC' to me than RTD's work.
Has Finney been confirmed as the new companion though? I haven’t seen that. The press release just said she was in it, and they filmed a scene this week where she waved goodbye to Donna as Donna got in the TARDIS.
I can see the logic behind it. Bring back the most popular actor to get eyes on it again before the next actor’s debut. I do feel a bit sorry for Smith/Capaldi/Whittaker though, if this is true. Isn’t throwing things back to before they were cast a bit like saying “yeah sorry guys, you just weren’t as good”? Although I suppose they could still be in it, we don’t know yet.
Is Whittaker going to regenerate into Tennant, then Tennant into Gatwa? Or is the regeneration going to be from Tennant to Gawta?
Then there's a rumour of an animated mini series for the classic Doctors, which McCoy and McGann on board already.
The Jubilee was amazing.
Yeah that would have been great.
Neil Patrick Harris :
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-neil-patrick-harris-newsupdate/
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