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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2016 0:45:08 GMT
Overall I'm happy with the announcement. I like Moffatt and what he has done with DW, he has been a very good showrunner. But it is possible to think it is time for him to go without being one of the anti-Moffatt brigade. Life depends on change and renewal and I think it is time for him to go, before he gets Who-ed out. Best quit while you are at the top of your game and leave audiences wanting more and that is what he seems to be doing. As for Chibnall, he wouldn't have been my choice (but then what, really, do I know about it?). But I'm haapy enough. He has a good record in TV drama generally, Broadchurch etc. and his Who episodes have all been OK to good. Just imagine if there had been internet forums when Robert Holmes was announced as Terrance Dicks' replacement - the man who wrote The Krotons and The Space Pirates?!?! The man whose Terror of the Autons script caused questions to be asked in Parliament - is he going to lose the family audience?!?! And yet we all know how he turned out. And, yet, after Terror of the Autons he went and wrote some of the best Doctor Who episodes in the history of the show, before replacing Terrance Dicks. Chinball hasn't even written for Capaldi! The moral of the story here seems to be: give it a year or two. Speculate however you want, but if you go into a new era of the programme with a mountain of preconceptions, then chances are you aren't going to enjoy it as much as you would have if you'd gone in with a clean slate. After all, there is always the capacity for change in television. In Doctor Who it's vital. |
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Post by mrperson on Mar 1, 2016 16:07:44 GMT
Well, I've complained so much about Moffat that I doubt Chinball will disappoint me.
Or maybe I'm just a card-carrying pessimist.
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