With Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary return half a year away, we hadn't been expecting to hear much on this front for some months but the BBC have surprised us.
Preceding this year's specials will be a trans media event called Doom's Day.
In a recent interview with GQ, returning Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies touched on diversity in a manner which while true we suspected might be unwise given the broader sci-fi landscape.
By itself possibly not worth commenting on except that this morning we saw numerous sites reporting Davies expressing a very different and also uncharacteristic view about diversity - "lambasting" it.
Our title refers to the budget for the next series of Doctor Who, which in November UK entertainment magazine Broadcast estimated could be in the region of 10 million pounds per episode, up from 1-3, but Russell T. Davies has now debunked:
If that was the budget, I’d be speaking to you from my base on the Moon.
Submitted by ionscifi on December 26, 2022 - 07:53
Though not streaming internationally on new home Disney+ until November, the BBC have released the first teaser for the 2023 Doctor Who Specials and it's very heavy on Ds.
Doctor David (Tennant) tells us, "If destiny exists then it is heading for Donna Noble."
The BBC have unveiled what they're calling a new(ish) logo for Doctor Who's 60th anniversary.
Coming off a controversial thirteenth Doctor and amidst big changes like the Disney deal and a bigger budget, they're leaning into tradition for this one.
Submitted by ionscifi on November 28, 2022 - 05:57
The Mirror claims that villainous spinoffs are in the works for Doctor Who courtesy of their Disney deal.
Fans can expect to see Sontarans, Weeping Angels and Sea Devils in separate series showing what they get up to when the Doctor isn’t there to stop them, along with Daleks and Cybermen.
Submitted by ionscifi on November 19, 2022 - 09:36
Into the silent PR abyss of late Sunday night (early Monday morning here), the BBC dropped news of Ncuti Gatwa taking on the role of the next Doctor Who. Or as it turns out, the next after David Tennant's second stint.
The announcement about who will play his companion, Millie Gibson, was made with more fanfare (and also some warning) during BBC's Children in Need event on a Friday. Her character's name is Ruby Sunday.
UK entertainment magazine Broadcast has estimated the budget for the next series of Doctor Who could be in the region of 10 million pounds per episode. Up from 1 to 3 million.
The BBC declined to comment on the estimate but following Disney's acquisition of global streaming rights for the next series outside of the UK, it's not an unbelievable figure.
For much of their history, Radio Times were owned by the BBC and unsurprisingly tend never to speak ill of Doctor Who.
When discussing the recently revealed viewing numbers for Jodie Whittaker's final episode (spoilers ahead), again they don't speak ill of that or the Chibnall era, but do throw in a few extra numbers to show that the final episode only had half as many viewers (5.3 million) as his first (10.9 million).
