What the hell, Moffat (and the BBC)?

I'm sure they had their reasons, not sure what they would be though

On side note, Chibnall wrote the Takeaway sketches??

Chibnall's a good choice from a managerial production standpoint. He's had seven turns as a television producer to his name and doesn't have Gatiss's association with Sherlock which might be seen as too samey. Plus he has also worked as co-producer on Torchwood (a popular series related to Who), so there's a certain safety with having him aboard as well.

I like Mr Gatiss' work but I fear he may ve a little too "niche" for producing Who.

Seriously, the biggest thjng in that story was the nugget about The League Of Gentleman!

Personally I'll be very disappointed if Chris Chibnall doesn't invite him as a guest at his writers' room at least once during his era. It would be a shame for such a great writer to not write again post-Moffat for Doctor Who.

Last I checked, Gatiss has said in interviews he didn't want the showrunner job.
If he said no publicly, what sense would it make to ask him again?

He didn't say he would refuse here. Worth asking him I would have thought.

He and Moffat have been showrunners on Sherlock , and Gatiss has written more episodes under the present Doctor Who showrunner than anyone else, so I would guess the BBC consider him too close to Moffat for the new start they are hoping for Doctor Who.

However, having discovered that Gatiss actually turned down the showrunner position, I would question the point of this thread. Not for the first time, both Moffat and the BBC are blamed for a situation that is not of their doing.

Sherlock's a different show though and I don't think how many episodes a writer has written under the departing showrunner should be taken into account. It's not really a proper indication of what their era would be like.

I would expect Mark Gattis's Doctor Who would lose the dark fairytale of the Moffat era. It would probably be a gothic horror take on the show not to dissimilar to the Philip Hinchcliffe era. I could see why there could be danger there of Gatiss Who steering too close to Moffat Who given many Steven Moffat episodes are dark/scary, but I think Mark Gatiss is a skilled enough writer to make it feel like a different kind of horror to Steven Moffat's.

I'd argue Chibnalls record with Doctor Who is fine. Gatiss on the other hand comes bottom of many people's lists. Lots of hate goes around for Sleep no More and Robot of Sherwood in particular.