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DanaK
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They apparently are back for the 60th. I can't get the link to work though ETA: A different link to the press release that works https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/doctor-who-david-tennant-an

Anduin
Anduin

He'd better fix her terrible send off. Give her her memory and character development back!

DanaK
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I figured I would create this now since there are a ton of rumors right now on various casting and some valid sources saying shooting for the 60th anniversary in the Spring. So here we go on stuf

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Llywela

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9 hours ago, baldryanr said:

Could be worse, in the modern era the new season has typically started in the fall.

Depends what you describe as the 'modern era'. I generally class 'modern Who' as starting with Eccleston in 2005. That season started at Easter, as did every season after it, for years. There was a brief experiment with an autumn airdate during Moffat's era, and the show only moved to autumn on a more ongoing basis with Chibnall, so very recently indeed. May is more like the traditional scheduling that we had for the first decade of the reboot.

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PurpleTentacle

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On 12/25/2023 at 8:14 PM, DanaK said:

Trailer for the upcoming new season

 

So weird that they are calling this season 1, only because Disney+ didn't get the rights to the back catalouge. At least in 2005 there had been a 16 year hiatus. Now it's just extremely arbitrary.

But the trailer looks fun at least.

Edit: Just noticed that there is a scene with Rose at Unit. Does that mean we'll see Donna and 10/14 again this season?

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Affogato

Affogato

16 minutes ago, PurpleTentacle said:

So weird that they are calling this season 1, only because Disney+ didn't get the rights to the back catalouge. At least in 2005 there had been a 16 year hiatus. Now it's just extremely arbitrary.

But the trailer looks fun at least.

Edit: Just noticed that there is a scene with Rose at Unit. Does that mean we'll see Donna and 10/14 again this season?

I don’t think it’s a given that we see them. I bet we get a mention, though.
 

We knew Rose has a recurring role

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The Mirror’s Nicola Methven is reporting that Millie Gibson is exiting as full time companion Ruby after Season 1 and will only be in a handful of episodes in Season 2. The article says the new full time companion in Season 2 will be Verada Seethu. There’s been no official comment by the BBC, Bad Wolf or Russell Davies, so consider it unconfirmed at the moment

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-companion-millie-gibson-31924485

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DanaK

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Showrunner Davies hinting something Doctor Who-related for tomorrow on his IG a few minutes ago. Interesting that he's including iPlayer and Disney+ but not BBC One on linear (or we shouldn't take it literally and he used shorthand to mean BBC and iplayer)

 

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https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/doctor-who-bbc-confirm-release-date-and-iplayer-premiere-in-uk
 

New season will premiere May 11 on BBC One with 2 episodes, but will be available on iPlayer in the UK and on Disney+ at midnight UK time. So they finally pulled the trigger on streaming first for the show and U.S Disney+ viewers and UK iPlayer viewers will see it before BBC linear viewers

Per the Doctor Who Twitter account, same time everywhere on streaming

 

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The BBC has finally confirmed the rumor that Steven Moffat has returned to write an episode for Ncuti's first season

https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/drwho-stevenmoffat-season1

Official BBC press release

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/doctor-who-steven-moffat-julie-anne-robinson-new-season

 

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HauntedBathroom

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1 hour ago, DanaK said:

The BBC has finally confirmed the rumor that Steven Moffat has returned to write an episode for Ncuti's first season

https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/drwho-stevenmoffat-season1

Official BBC press release

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/doctor-who-steven-moffat-julie-anne-robinson-new-season

 

Best news since Chibby announced he was slingng his hook!! Yay!!!

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JustHereForFood

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5 hours ago, DanaK said:

The BBC has finally confirmed the rumor that Steven Moffat has returned to write an episode for Ncuti's first season

https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/drwho-stevenmoffat-season1

Official BBC press release

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/doctor-who-steven-moffat-julie-anne-robinson-new-season

 

I guess it's bearable if it's just one episode. I liked many of his stand-alone episodes, it was his season-long plotlines that I had a problem with, specifically that he always left them kind of unresolved and moved on to a newer, bigger and more convoluted storyline.

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waving feather

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On 3/20/2024 at 8:32 AM, JustHereForFood said:

I guess it's bearable if it's just one episode. I liked many of his stand-alone episodes, it was his season-long plotlines that I had a problem with, specifically that he always left them kind of unresolved and moved on to a newer, bigger and more convoluted storyline.

I agree! Or it tends to be a bit depressing. I liked Amy and Rory fine but some of their storylines were really quite sad and depressing. RTD does more campy stuff and DW needs some camp if you ask me. He had some tragic things happened to his characters too but at least the journey to get there is more light-hearted. I wouldn't say S5 & S6 were bad but some of it was pretty gloomy.

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Llywela

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9 hours ago, waving feather said:

I agree! Or it tends to be a bit depressing. I liked Amy and Rory fine but some of their storylines were really quite sad and depressing. RTD does more campy stuff and DW needs some camp if you ask me. He had some tragic things happened to his characters too but at least the journey to get there is more light-hearted. I wouldn't say S5 & S6 were bad but some of it was pretty gloomy.

RTD loves him some melodrama, but all of his companions left the TARDIS alive. Not a single one of Moffat's companions did. He found clever ways to cheat and undercut those deaths, but nonetheless every one of his companions died, in the end, in some way or other. Some of them more than once.

I much prefer it when a companion's time on the show sees them learn and grow, and then they leave of their own volition, because that's what's right for them at that point in time. Which is where Chibnall scored points! Three out of four of his companions chose to leave the TARDIS, and the one that didn't still walked away alive and well.

Fingers crossed for the new series. Looking forward to it, I hope it is good! Thanks for posting the trailer, @DanaK

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waving feather

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On 3/24/2024 at 2:36 AM, Llywela said:

RTD loves him some melodrama, but all of his companions left the TARDIS alive. Not a single one of Moffat's companions did. He found clever ways to cheat and undercut those deaths, but nonetheless every one of his companions died, in the end, in some way or other. Some of them more than once.

Yes, this is precisely my point. RTD does some cheesy things like unrequited love stories like with Martha but I could still tolerate that. I disliked how all of Moffat's companions met such a sad and tragic end. And no, it doesn't make it better when they are not even human anymore because that's what they were originally. RTD is also better at making the companions flawed but still likeable. Moffat's companions were all tragic heroes. I couldn't fully get into Chibnall's to comment on his companions but glad to hear they were not tragic heroes like Moffat's companions. 

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DanaK

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For those without Twitter, the Doctor Who Twitter account is showing first look photos of Millie, Ncuti and Varada Sethu, who will be joining the team in Season 2 in 2025

BBC press release about Varada

https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/varada-sethu-joins-the-fifteenth-doctor-and-ruby-sunday-in-season-two

DanaK

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Just an FYI with a new season coming up, I conferred with a couple of mods on how to designate episode titles (ie the S01.E01 part) since the new season is starting with Season 1. For the moment, it looks like the best choice to reduce confusion and problems sharing space with existing episode titles is to go with something like "S01.E01 (BBC/Disney+): Ep Title", so for example, S01.E01 (BBC/Disney+): Space Babies. This will especially help if we're all still around when they get to Season 8 given the board starts with Series 8 episodes, and if a future showrunner decides to start with Season 1 or Series 1 again. If anyone has thoughts or suggestions on something else you think might work better, please say so

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