Sorry, no. No air date.
You know, this is getting a bit silly. Every day, there are several posts on Twitter reminding me Doctor Who is coming Fall 2018!
Please stop telling us that! WHEN in Fall 2018? That's what we want to know!
I've never seen so many Whovians anxious about not getting a date since high school.
Anyway, news from Doctor Who when....
No! No air date!
News from Doctor Who when Chris Chiball revealed the writers and directors contributing to the upcoming season.
Here's what the Chibster said about that:
"We have a team of writers who’ve been working quietly and secretly for a long time now, crafting characters, worlds and stories to excite and move you. A set of directors who stood those scripts up on their feet, bringing those ideas, visuals and emotions into existence with bravura and fun.
“Hailing from a range of backgrounds, tastes and styles, here’s what unites them: they are awesome people as well as brilliant at their job. (It matters!) They love Doctor Who. And they’ve all worked above and beyond the call of duty in an effort to bring audiences something special, later this year.”
OK, I think that's the most Chris Chibnall has said about anything since taking over Doctor Who.
Here are your Doctor Who writers for Series 11!
- Ed Hime (Skins)
- Vinay Patel (Murdered By My Father)
- Pete McTighe (Wentworth)
- Joy Wilkinson (The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby).
- Malorie Blackman, children’s author
And here are your Doctor Who directors for Series 11!
- Jamie Childs, who directed the Jodie Whittaker’s reveal as the Thirteenth Doctor
- Sallie Aprahamian
- Jennifer Perrott
- Mark Tonderai whose directing credits include episodes of Lucifer, Gotham and Black Lightning as well as the film The House at the End of the Street starring Jennifer Lawrence.
An impressive list reflecting considerable diversity with more women and people of color who have varied experience beyond just creating sci-fi genre television. It looks like Doctor Who will have a uniquely different sound and look when the show airs....
Sigh.
In Fall 2018.
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But what exactly will be the nature of that difference. This comment from a BBC person kind of worries me.
Now I don't know if this a comment on the difference from ALL of Jodie Whitaker's predecessors or just the immediate ones.
I have been an enthusiastic supporter of Steven Moffat's tenure as producer and head writer of Doctor Who. But Moffat did sometimes lean a bit away from science fiction and more into science fantasy. And Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi, as beloved Doctors as they were, could veer off into more manic personas more often than say David Tennant and those that came before him.
If Doctor Who under Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whittaker is going to be more grounded as it was under Russell T Davies, I think that would be a good sort of change.
But the Doctor has to retain some sense of "daffiness and idiosyncrasy". The Doctor is thinking faster than you and differently than you and that means that the Doctor can't help being at least a little weird.
Jodie's Doctor deserves a chance to be weird. We need to hold on to a little bit of daffiness and idiosyncrasy. Otherwise, the Doctor is just generic adventure person.
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Pet peeve time: Looking around for news on Doctor Who< i check a variety of sources to see what's new.
No. No air date.
Anyway, I came across a story on a website written by a person who I presume was paid money who wrote this little nugget of info:
Doctor Who... began broadcasting on BBC America in 2005
When Doctor Who was revived on the BBC in 2005, the show was broadcast in America on the SyFy Channel. American broadcasts moved to BBC America in 2009 with "Planet of the Dead".
I hate to sound like a nerdy fan boy but Doctor Who began broadcasting on BBC America in 2009.
Sorry. Had to get that off my chest.
Anyway, until next time, remember to be good to one another. And maybe soon, we can get some more Doctor Who news like....
Yes. An air date.
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