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@whohar Sounds promising. He is surely busy right now with a new series out so maybe Dr Who has been pushed to the back burner for a bit. Fingers crossed for news.

Cheers

Janette

So, RTD was on the Radio 2 breakfast show on Monday, promoting Tip Toe (new show).

He was asked specifically about Doctor Who and he said that there is a press release somewhere in the baroque confines of the BBC approval system, but that he expects an announcement on the show to be released in the next two weeks.

So, watch this space.

@janetteb @ps1l0v3y0u

so same old, same old?

I guess. Alot of the Who fan channels are protesting a bit too much, so there are a few logic fails on their parts about why it is not true. We’ll find out when we find out.

But…I did discover that previous Christmas specials weren’t filmed until the September, so there’s a bit of a bigger open…[Read more]

@whohar @janetteb

so same old, same old?

If this ‘new doc’ rumour is anything more than disgraceful anti-Piper/anti-Badwolf briefing, I am going to get quite annoyed.

@janetteb @ps1l0v3y0u

I think the gap in actual Who news (Whows?) and the accompanying content vacuum mean the DW sites (and there are many) are scrabbling around for something, anything, to say. They often have quite significant followers and need to stay relevant so any minor rumour is jumped on as if it were something significant.

And talking…[Read more]

@janetteb @whohar

… or have ‘the rooms’ only just woken up to all the Virtual Reality/Alternate Universe clues? Mavity, V’linx, REG, song and dance, unDoctor-like reactions… we were even shown another ‘fake’ VR/AU within the one that’s been there since… NOT WBY but The Star Beast… ‘The Boss’ remember?

Why can’t The Doctor sort out the world…[Read more]

@whohar now that sounds unfair to the Doctor…  and as you say he is already in an alt universe. Though that seems to be hit and miss story wise. ie not sure all the writers got the memo.

cheers

Janette

@janetteb

Yeah, it’s a pretty unpleasant planet right now. And if Who is set in the here and now, it can make it less escapist, for the reasons you mentioned.

An alt-universe would have several advantages for storytelling. You could have one that’s similar to ours but where the Doctor doesn’t know everything about it, even down to Is there a…[Read more]

@whohar It makes sense because I feel as though there is a currently a fundamental problem with a story about an alien who saves earth over and over; where are they? Why isn’t the Doctor stopping Global Warming, doing something about inequality, about the hideous wars, the abuses of human rights, the undermining of democracy, the whole damned mess…[Read more]

Some more gossip. Treat accordingly.

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There is now a rumour doing the rounds that the Christmas Special will set up a soft reboot, whereby the Doc will end up in an alternative universe with everything reset. It’s an interesting idea and could breathe some new life into the show.

@ps1l0v3y0u

Honestly, who can say at this point. It’s pretty quiet atm and Who does have fans / commentators who like to fill the vacuum.

Probably nothing, but it’s (another) slow Who day.

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I believe a lot of Moff Specials filmed as late as October of the year of broadcast. But no, there hasn’t been much news… I thought it might be because I dumped a lot of rubbish off my feed.

The constant anti-Piper briefing might qualify as ‘rubbish’; Tennant’s involvement isn’t critical is it?

A couple of bits of news / gossip.

1. AMC+ has been granted the streaming rights to all AG Who, except the stuff on Disney+ (so 9-13 basically). For Classic Who, it’s Britbox apparently

2. Rumours on the Christmas special:

a. Neither Tennant nor Piper to appear.

b. No filming currently, so potential cancellation / re-schedule to summer…[Read more]

@janetteb   It sounds as if your stay in ICU was a lot less pleasant ( and several times longer) than mine, for which you have my sympathy.   In fact I’d paid extra for a single room rather than a shared one, just to avoid the possibility a roommate might want to watch rugby, or soaps, or something equally annoying on TV.   Only had one visit…[Read more]

@janetteb @nerys @dentarthurdent

well, you all seem to be taking The Darkness at The Edge of Moff in good heart.

In the words of Graham Chapman, ‘lucky we didn’t say anything about the dirty knife…’