At Melbourne's Supanova the weekend before last - yes, sorry, we've been a bit slow getting to this one - Christopher Eccleston ruled out returning for a multi-story Doctor Who story because he regards them as creative exploitation. Cashing in.
Seeing stories run with his name and exploitation in the title immediately set off alarm bells given events surrounding his departure.
Why Russell T Davies Won't Retcon the Timeless Child
we were rather surprised as earlier this week the BBC made a clear statement to the effect that the future of Doctor Who was not something they were ready to talk about. It was too far into the future:
Radio Times reports that at a press event on October 11, Head of BBC Drama Piers Wenger had some things to say about selecting Russell T Davies to return as showrunner in 2023.
Russell T Davies is presently under fire in the media over remarks he made about UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries and it is being associated with Doctor Who.
For example, DailyMail have published an article titled:
Dr Who writer Russell T Davies launches a foul mouthed rant at new Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries and calls her a 'big f*****g idiot' after BBC nepotism comments.
To begin with, this incident has involved no direct communication between Davies and Dorries.
Submitted by ionscifi on September 30, 2021 - 10:37
In 2023 Russell T Davies will again take the lead as showrunner for the world's longest running sci-fi tv series in its 60th anniversary year. Though he hasn't been completely absent from the franchise and has been writing for other projects.
