Doctor
Who was in the news this week.
Not
necessarily for good reasons. And ultimately not for true reasons.
Time
for Doctor Who’s Fake News.
(Sorry,
I know I was reaching on that one.)
The
rumor mill was running amuck with the latest reiteration of “Chris Chibnall is
leaving”.
There
has been some version or another of “Chris Chibnall is leaving” since Steven
Moffat announced Chibnall as his replacement as show runner and head writer.
Maybe
it’s because it seems that Chibnall and Doctor Who seem like an odd fit. Which
is odd in that Chris Chibnall, like Russell Davies and Steven Moffat before
him, is a lifelong Doctor Who fan.
Yes,
Chibnall is known for crime dramas like Law & Order UK and Broadchurch but
that didn’t stop the creator of Queer As Folk (Davies) or Coupling (Moffat) from
taking on Doctor Who.
But
unlike his predecessors, Chris Chibnall seems to lack the more outgoing personas
that Davies and Moffat projected for the fans. Even if running Doctor Who was a
major four alarm stress fest, Davies and Moffat still seemed to be enjoying
themselves. Every time I see Chris Chibnall, he seems to hold himself in check
very much. He is much more restrained in his interactions with the press and with
the fans. When rumors swirl around that Chibnall is miserable as hell and regrets
ever agreeing to head up Doctor Who, well, his usual demeanor lends credence to
such speculations.
The
most recent rumors alleged that Chibnall screened a rough cut of the first
episode for Series 12 for the BBC. The BBC apparently found so much wrong with
the episode and demanded so many revisions and reshoots that Chris stormed out
of the meeting.
There
was even a rumor of Jodie Whitaker in a shouting match with Chris Chibnall on
the streets of Cardiff, yelling at him that he can’t quit now.
Pretty
dramatic stuff.
Also
not one bit of which is verifiable.
Here is what Steven Moffat had to say about such rumors.
And to end on a positive note, here are some pictures of a happy Jodie Whitaker.
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