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Post by sherlock on Jul 29, 2021 14:32:46 GMT
As this thread is Series 13 focused, I’ve set up a new thread for all things succession speculation here.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jul 29, 2021 14:35:04 GMT
Anything could happen, but it seems like McTighe is the most obvious choice as next showrunner: since he came back from Australia, it seems like he's been making hard roads back into the industry here (taking over Discovery of Witches, The Pact and another show coming soon called The Rising, which has some S12 writers on it too), producing material that would make him a viable candidate/name beyond just having Wentworth as his major thing. Unless it's a total dark horse, I can't see a lot of immediate choices: Alderton probably still too junior, Patel's doing his own thing, Hime's never been the head of a series and Wilkinson seems to be pivoting more to directing. Maybe it could be someone older, like Whithouse, but I'm not betting the farm on it. What about Sarah Dollard? I don’t know what else she has done but I know she has penned some really good DW episodes and it might be cool to have a female showrunner in modern era DW since we haven’t had one yet. She's doing Cuckoo Song for Netflix and may return for the next Bridgerton, so it's not impossible she could be ready for 2022/3, but I'm not staking firmly yet.
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Post by mark687 on Jul 29, 2021 14:40:51 GMT
Agreed! Although a new Doctor will give the 60th anniversary an extra 'oomph' and make a lot of headlines - and vice versa. The panel was pre-recorded so probably recorded months ago, maybe before the exit was made official internally True but it is exactly as Rumored earlier this year. Regards mark687
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2021 14:43:41 GMT
Well here's the BBC News Story: www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57940451That seems to answer the rumour that the current series would be Six episodes long with two episodes from the production block carried over as specials in 2022. It also seems to suggest that her finale will be made at a later stage as and when their replacements are ready to take over. Edit: it is suggested online that there will be one special on New Years Day, one in the Spring and a feature length special in the Autumn.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2021 19:23:25 GMT
Worth noting that one more series then specials is what I was told and posted here on the forum over a year ago - by the same person who leaked the gap year in 2017. I'll be speaking to this person tonight
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Jul 29, 2021 19:29:54 GMT
Worth noting that one more series then specials is what I was told and posted here on the forum over a year ago - by the same person who leaked the gap year in 2017. I'll be speaking to this person tonight Who are they. Name them. Now.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2021 19:34:58 GMT
I'll be speaking to this person tonight Who are they. Name them. Now. As long as they keep giving the correct info each time, does the name matter?
they used to be on the old BF forum and worked on the show - a few forumers also have them at least as a Facebook friend, even if they don't know them to talk to
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2021 19:40:12 GMT
I do hope the specials see Jodie on her own. That'd at least give her era a more expansive feel.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jul 29, 2021 22:03:22 GMT
So, given how often the episode question comes up, I found this thread, from an industry script editor, that does offer some more reasons on why counts have gone down since RTD's time:
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Post by sherlock on Jul 30, 2021 9:56:27 GMT
http://instagram.com/p/CR8f3qMMh-M Moffat seems to have confirmed Weeping Angels are in Series 13 (presumably as their creator he gets credited?) Edit-lol he edited the post to remove that bit in time it took me to share it here. Here’s the original post-
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jul 30, 2021 10:10:41 GMT
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Aug 2, 2021 14:42:52 GMT
Hoo hoo.
(Oh, and a producer
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But still, hoo hoo.
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Post by project37 on Aug 2, 2021 15:25:44 GMT
Hi Mr. Bishop! Looking forward to seeing your DW debut!
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Aug 5, 2021 20:31:48 GMT
Mary Seacole?
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Post by themeddlingmonk on Aug 5, 2021 20:35:06 GMT
Yeah that’s definitely Sara Powell (who’s done a fair bit of work for BF) who was leaked as playing Seacole a while back.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Aug 7, 2021 10:25:15 GMT
If we are continuing on with the TC idea, I do wonder how this plays out over the next 6-9 episodes.
-A search for Tecteun for answers -A hunt for Rassilon/Omega/other ancient Time Lords for revenge/answers to why it was erased -A search for her actual origins/family (least likely, but still) -A search for more evidence, beyond the Master's own claims
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Aug 7, 2021 13:36:59 GMT
If we are continuing on with the TC idea, I do wonder how this plays out over the next 6-9 episodes. -A search for Tecteun for answers -A hunt for Rassilon/Omega/other ancient Time Lords for revenge/answers to why it was erased -A search for her actual origins/family (least likely, but still) -A search for more evidence, beyond the Master's own claims I think The Division* will be a big part of the final season &/or specials. Maybe Vinder is a Division agent? * How do the Division differ from the CIA? Are the CIA mentioned in the show or are do they only appear in expanded media?
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Post by sherlock on Aug 7, 2021 13:55:27 GMT
If we are continuing on with the TC idea, I do wonder how this plays out over the next 6-9 episodes. -A search for Tecteun for answers -A hunt for Rassilon/Omega/other ancient Time Lords for revenge/answers to why it was erased -A search for her actual origins/family (least likely, but still) -A search for more evidence, beyond the Master's own claims I think The Division* will be a big part of the final season &/or specials. Maybe Vinder is a Division agent? * How do the Division differ from the CIA? Are the CIA mentioned in the show or are do they only appear in expanded media?The CIA were first mentioned in The Deadly Assassin iirc. Give how reverent Chibnall has been to that era of the show (well the entire arc was born of The Brain of Morbius) I wouldn’t be surprised if he just presents the Division as the uber secret organisation beyond all others or just a subset of a greater whole.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2021 13:57:29 GMT
If we are continuing on with the TC idea, I do wonder how this plays out over the next 6-9 episodes. -A search for Tecteun for answers -A hunt for Rassilon/Omega/other ancient Time Lords for revenge/answers to why it was erased -A search for her actual origins/family (least likely, but still) -A search for more evidence, beyond the Master's own claims I think The Division* will be a big part of the final season &/or specials. Maybe Vinder is a Division agent? * How do the Division differ from the CIA? Are the CIA mentioned in the show or are do they only appear in expanded media?Only once, the CIA were mentioned in the Deadly Assassin and it was revealed they were the ones who carried out Troughton's forced regen, so combining the real-life connotation of the name with that job they did...it ended up being fandom's, and ultimately the expanded universe's, idea of what a "shady" Time Lord organisation would be up to. Massively expanded now. We can infer the Division is much, much older than the CIA given that they seemed to be there at the very birth of the Time Lords with Tecteum and, presumably, Omega and Rassillon as we saw in The Timeless Children. There has to be more to it than theyre "secretive", otherwise...why not just use the CIA? Chibnall wrote himself a nice bit of breathing room with the destroyed and redacted files. I'm sure they have to come back into it. And hey, Rassilon is presumably out there in exile still. Maybe he knows what's gone on and The Doctor has to deal with that despot to get answers.
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Post by sherlock on Aug 7, 2021 14:00:29 GMT
If we are continuing on with the TC idea, I do wonder how this plays out over the next 6-9 episodes. -A search for Tecteun for answers -A hunt for Rassilon/Omega/other ancient Time Lords for revenge/answers to why it was erased -A search for her actual origins/family (least likely, but still) -A search for more evidence, beyond the Master's own claims The Division seems most logical thing to expand on, assuming Chibnall wants to keep the Doctor’s true origins as mysterious as possible. Personally I’d see the best direction for the arc to be the Doctor finding surviving Time Lords and starting the civilisation again. Away from Gallifrey, out of the shadow of the crimes of their ancestors; a new and better Time Lords. And the obvious antagonist for such an arc would be the Division; the literal personification of the Time Lords’ past crimes.
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