Doctor Who - Spoilers!

[barbelith]

If they do decide to do a McGann story, I hope they don't change much about the TARDIS.

The McGann TARDIS console room cost $1 million to build 12 years ago. There's no way the BBC is replicating it for a single episode...

 

[Blackhole]

The McGann TARDIS console room cost $1 million to build 12 years ago. There's no way the BBC is replicating it for a single episode...

Unless the magic of CGI can help!

 

[barbelith]

Unless the magic of CGI can help!

Good point!

 

[JABBATHERIDGE]

Didn't the BBC make an official statement refuting the rumour that McGann was going to make an appearance in one of the specials?

 

[pixletwin]

Yup. The Beeb has refuted the rumors (of course).

I am still 100% with confidence on this rumor. TDT also got wind that

Spoiler:

they have rebuilt the McGann console and the rest of the room will just be CG (not sure how I feel about that) and that the episode involves the armies of Genghis Khan trying to get in the Tardis and en elephant sitting on it. Could be funny.

 

[barbelith]

Yup. The Beeb has refuted the rumors (of course).

Not formally via the press office.

 

[pixletwin]

New news that may (or may not I s'pose) make bcm77 happy:

Spoiler:

Two different reliable spoiler sources (the same two who are at odds about the McGann rumor) have reported that David Tennant has signed the dotted line to do a full series 5 with the option for a title movie role.

Series 6 will feature a new Doctor. So bcm rejoice! DT's days are numbered.

 

[bcm77]

RTD has said in a newspaper column that he wanted JK Rowling to STAR in a Christmas special and he also suggests that the guy who played the sailor called Alonzo in Voyage of the Damned should be Doctor number 11.
What a twat.

As for the news about Tennant,
If true it's great for the future of the franchise that he'll only be stinking up the Tardis with his one trick pony act for another series and maybe a movie but at this point I'm not sure if a new Doctor would be enough to get me watching again.
It would help but I think a more old school approach to the show is needed just as much as a new Doctor.
At least some of the stories should be slower paced (2-4 parts) and driven by the dialogue as opposed to everything being a 1000mph showcase for the effects department.

 

[JABBATHERIDGE]

Spoiler:

I think at this point the only DT news that would make BCM happy is if someone from the BBC had gone back in a Tardis and rewritten the cliffhanger ending to Stolen Earth. Someone I work with mentioned they'd read this in a newspaper on Friday and I just dismissed it as being tabloid tittle tattle. I'm still tempted to wait for official BBC confirmation, but if it's true that suits me. I wouldn't mind Tennant for another series and a DW movie is an excellent idea. Been wanting one ever since we got the series four trailers on the big screen in the UK.

 

[bcm77]

Spoiler:

I think at this point the only DT news that would make BCM happy is if someone from the BBC had gone back in a Tardis and rewritten the cliffhanger ending to Stolen Earth. Someone I work with mentioned they'd read this in a newspaper on Friday and I just dismissed it as being tabloid tittle tattle. I'm still tempted to wait for official BBC confirmation, but if it's true that suits me. I wouldn't mind Tennant for another series and a DW movie is an excellent idea. Been wanting one ever since we got the series four trailers on the big screen in the UK.

That would be a start but I think someone going back and removing the last 2 series from existence would REALLY do the trick lol!

 

[Entropy]

The DT haters make me laugh.

 

[bcm77]

The DT haters make me laugh.

Would you care to elaborate?

 

[Darklord Dave]

Yes, it's kind of strange that such a universally acclaimed show can have Dr. Who fans that hate it.

Just read today that Tennant nixed the JK Rowling cameo (not starring role). That would have been cool I think, but Tennant thought it might cheapen the show.

 

[pixletwin]

Thank goodness. I applaud David for having the balls to say "no". Apparently the plot involved the Doctor battling his way through wizards and witches....

LAME.

 

[Kabukiman]

Just read today that Tennant nixed the JK Rowling cameo

He can do that?

 

[pixletwin]

Yup. RTD said he likes to keep DT happy.

 

[Entropy]

Would you care to elaborate?

Would it make any difference?

The DT haters are squarely in the minority.
So go on haters... keep on hatin'. It's quite entertaining.

 

[Darklord Dave]

Thank goodness. I applaud David for having the balls to say "no". Apparently the plot involved the Doctor battling his way through wizards and witches....

LAME.

I would have liked to see that. He did it once before in the Shakespeare episode and I really enjoyed that one. I'm sure they'd have spun it so that it fit the Whoniverse.

 

[JABBATHERIDGE]

For those who don't know already, the JK Rowling story has come from an excerpt from Doctor Who The Writer's Tale which is a book scheduled to be published in the UK this September. It's intended to be a wart's and all book about the process going on behind the scenes of the show. It's a bit pricey but looks like it'll be worth having.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221721411&sr=8-1

Personally I'm not a DT hater, but I do think after the specials next year and when Moffatt takes over it may be time to shake up the show a little bit and introduce a new Doctor. I'm sure Moffatt will take Who in a different direction and what better way to usher in his new era than with a new face at the helm. I liked Tennant, but LOVED Eccleston and felt the show was at it's height when he was the Doctor.

As for the Rowling rumour, I'd have been more excited if she'd been writing an episode, rather than starring in one.

 

[bcm77]

Would it make any difference?

The DT haters are squarely in the minority.
So go on haters... keep on hatin'. It's quite entertaining.

I personally don't care if I'm part of a minority,I've never been one to follow the herd and prefer to think for myself before forming an opinion unlike a lot of the midless sheep that populate some of the forums here.