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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jun 22, 2016 19:33:01 GMT
One of the most exciting yet frustrating things about Chris' soon to be ascension is it's hard to really nail down what we can expect from his reign. Davies and Moffat had much clearer indicators of how their eras would go, based on past precedents in and out of Who, not quite as much with Chibnall. He'll be the first showrunner not affiliated with the Wilderness years' output in any way, as well as the first to not have much in the way of family friendly TV experience outside of Who unlike his predecessors.
The only things close to guesses I could hazard are: - Chibnall says he wants a writer's room, ala US TV Drama, so the uniformity and consistency of episodes will be up, for better or worse, as the staff will have more active discussions with each other. - Chibnall's background in crime drama could mean that when Capaldi vacates, 13 could be a more investigative, almost detective/reporter-esque Doctor, which would be an interesting contrast to the war horses and chique geeks the other New Doctors have been. - Chibnall will inherit a show with possibly its biggest ever audience globally, yet be stuck with an ever tighter budget so that may have a bearing on the direction he'll take the show creatively. - Chibnall will be a major source of memes as now people will make fun of him being the most blatantly nerdy kid on that 80s BBC talk show who criticized Ultimate Foe, and he's basically going to be in JNT's shoes.
Agree, disagree or add more?
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jun 22, 2016 20:50:21 GMT
One of the most exciting yet frustrating things about Chris' soon to be ascension is it's hard to really nail down what we can expect from his reign. Davies and Moffat had much clearer indicators of how their eras would go, based on past precedents in and out of Who, not quite as much with Chibnail. He'll be the first showrunner not affiliated with the Wilderness years' output in any way, as well as the first to much in the way of family friendly TV experience outside of Who unlike his predecessors. The only things close to guesses I could hazard are: - Chibnail says he wants a writer's room, ala US TV Drama, so the uniformity and consistency of episodes will be up, for better or worse, as the staff will have more active discussions with each other. - Chibnail's background in crime drama could mean that when Capaldi vacates, 13 could be a more investigative, almost detective/reporter-esque Doctor, which would be an interesting contrast to the war horses and chique geeks the other New Doctors have been. - Chibnail will inherit a show with possibly its biggest ever audience globally, yet be stuck with an ever tighter budget so that may have a bearing on the direction he'll take the show creatively. - Chibnail will be a major source of memes as now people will make fun of him being the most blatantly nerdy kid on that 80s BBC talk show who criticized Ultimate Foe, and he's basically going to be in JNT's shoes. Agree, disagree or add more? For the first point, he never said he was definitely going to use a writer's room. Secondly Moffat also did detective shows, so that doesn't really add up. Thirdly, I don't think having a lower budget is necessarily a problem. Fourthly, I doubt he'll be remembered and made fun of. I mean, Moffat said in the 90s that he thought Doctor Who was a bit rubbish, except the Davison era because it held up (if any era doesn't...) Now for my own points: I doubt Chibnall would bite the bullet and make a female Doctor. I also think he will slow down the rate of Dalek stories. He may well increase the amount of UNIT stories. I reckon he'll also make a Silurian story. 1) I didn't state he would absolutely have a writer's room, I said he simply says he wants one. Again, this is a speculation thread. 2) Sherlock was post announcement, and Murder Most Horrid is more dark comedy. Indeed, he was primarily known as a kids and comedy writer outside his Who work at the time, baring Jekyll which is more horror-psychological drama. 3) I didn't say it was a problem, but as someone with actual film production experience, money will always affect how you do things. It's not an automatic negative, just a reality of the job. 4) You clearly haven't been on Google images or the DW facebook in a while, because they are slowly but surely cropping up...
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Jun 22, 2016 21:51:25 GMT
I find it odd that Chibnall has never written for Capaldi. If Chibnall wants series 11 to be with Capaldi, he has to write for series 10. So, the fans at least get a glimpes of what series 11 could be like. If he doesn't write for series 10, I'd be saying cheerio to Capaldi.
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Post by omega on Jun 22, 2016 22:21:03 GMT
Chibnail, is that an anime construction tool?
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jun 22, 2016 22:30:36 GMT
My predictions:
Chris Chibnall's era will see the show become a light-hearted political thriller
Captain Jack will return in an episode
Both Peter Capaldi and Pearl Mackie will stay on for series 11
Chris Chibnall's first Doctor will be more akin to the 10th than the 12th
The Silurians will return in series 11 and possibly the Sea Devils too.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jun 22, 2016 23:45:32 GMT
I have no idea but I'm sure that loads of people are going to be ready to hate it sight unseen.
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Post by jasonward on Jun 23, 2016 0:06:17 GMT
My predictions:
Various fans will claim that the Chibnail era is not as good as original Who and/or RTD Who and/or Moffat Who, and will say it such a way as to leave you in no doubt what so ever that they are telling you the truth, the whole truth, the ONLY truth, and don't you dare suggest otherwise.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2016 6:28:30 GMT
I can't speak to the adumbrations and prefigurations of this upcoming era, but a writing room seems like a really good idea. It helped Andrew Cartmel focus his two years on the show and Saward was always dying to have one when he took over from Bidmead.
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Post by shutupbanks on Jun 23, 2016 10:20:40 GMT
Chibnail, is that an anime construction tool? It's a Who-based reunion for Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant - "We've gone to The Eye Of Orion by mistake!" ... ...actually, that would be awesome...
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Post by TinDogPodcast on Jun 23, 2016 11:00:30 GMT
My main prediction is that he will lift a lot of big finish writers
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Post by Tony Jones on Jun 23, 2016 11:50:10 GMT
My main prediction is that he will lift a lot of big finish writers Just imagine...
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jun 23, 2016 12:19:47 GMT
Chibnail, is that an anime construction tool? The Chibnail is an amalgamation of Chris Chibnall's dark side, somewhere between his 12th and final regeneration.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jun 23, 2016 12:30:16 GMT
It'll be different i can tell you that
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Post by barnabaslives on Jun 23, 2016 16:45:20 GMT
If it doesn't turn into a case of "too many cooks" a writer's room probably could have helped prevent many of my minor pet peeves about the New Series. Spending a season on earth to save up for the Christmas trip to Gallifrey is probably nothing new especially given even Pertwee's budgetary-related geocentricism. Maybe Chibnall's crime drama background will sometimes make for Who villains with somewhat more comprehensible motives?
Perhaps aside from that, maybe other things will be thought to be working for the show and will remain somewhat the same? At least I've liked the stories by Chibnall I've encountered so far but don't seem to remember anything that I thought represented any dramatic departure, whatever that may or may not be worth.
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Post by fuurei on Jun 23, 2016 18:19:52 GMT
I don't know if this is a prediction or just a wish, but I hope that part of Chibnall's era will delve more into character exploration and development for both the Doctor and companions. I really loved the people-focused aspects of his work on Torchwood and Broadchurch, so ... I guess I'm hoping for more of that.
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Post by relativetime on Jun 23, 2016 19:18:03 GMT
Well... Not sure, honestly. Chibnall's work on Doctor Who has been pretty consistently good. Not great, but far from bad. His Torchwood stories varied, but from what I can tell, he seems greatly influenced by the Pertwee era (though one could argue all of New Who has been inspired by the seventh to eleventh seasons). As a lot of people pointed out already, I'm putting my bets on Silurians and UNIT.
I have no idea what direction he'll take Gallifrey-based stories, but I can't see why we wouldn't see more stories set around Gallifrey. I think we may have a few stories based around the Doctor doing a mission for the Time Lords or perhaps an entire story arc dedicated to performing some action for Gallifrey. That's all assuming Moffat doesn't have something similar in mind for Series 10.
Otherwise, I have no real idea where Series 11 will take us. I'm just hopeful Capaldi will decide to stay for just one more series and that we won't get ANOTHER Christmas regeneration.
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Post by constonks on Jun 24, 2016 0:10:00 GMT
Here are my thoughts based on almost nothing. Just imagine the McNinja T rex. in my avatar in a stereotypical fortune teller get-up.
1. Chibnall era will be known for being its own thing - References to past eras will be there, but less than there have been with Moffat. We won't see very many direct sequels to non-Chibnall-era stories.
2. There will be no multi-Doctor stories at all.
3. Each season will contain a beginning, middle and ending of a single arc a la The Wire. There will be more season-long recurring characters than there are now.
4. Chibnall's first season will be shaky but promising, and will contain at least one serious classic to be discussed for generations. There will also be one episode that is almost universally reviled.
5. Chibnall will leave after four full seasons or five years, whichever comes first.
6. Chibnall will produce stories for the first non-white-male Doctor.
7. Every Chibnall season will contain a Dalek, although not all Chibnall seasons will have Dalek stories.
Now, to save this post, wait five years and see how many I got right.
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Post by icecreamdf on Jun 24, 2016 1:14:12 GMT
Well... Not sure, honestly. Chibnall's work on Doctor Who has been pretty consistently good. Not great, but far from bad. His Torchwood stories varied, but from what I can tell, he seems greatly influenced by the Pertwee era (though one could argue all of New Who has been inspired by the seventh to eleventh seasons). As a lot of people pointed out already, I'm putting my bets on Silurians and UNIT. I have no idea what direction he'll take Gallifrey-based stories, but I can't see why we wouldn't see more stories set around Gallifrey. I think we may have a few stories based around the Doctor doing a mission for the Time Lords or perhaps an entire story arc dedicated to performing some action for Gallifrey. That's all assuming Moffat doesn't have something similar in mind for Series 10. Otherwise, I have no real idea where Series 11 will take us. I'm just hopeful Capaldi will decide to stay for just one more series and that we won't get ANOTHER Christmas regeneration. I think the Doctor and the Time Lords are too pissed off at eachother right now for the Doctor to be doing missions for them. I wouldn't be surprised if Rassilon and the high council are out for revenge now.
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Post by kimalysong on Jun 24, 2016 8:52:59 GMT
My main prediction is that he will lift a lot of big finish writers Just imagine... As long as we can keep them here as well!
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Post by acousticwolf on Jun 24, 2016 9:34:21 GMT
As long as we can keep them here as well! My thoughts exactly! Cheers Tony
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