@jae_writes_ Depends if you’re looking to rewrite what RTD did or keep some of their established dynamic. Maybe an alternate ending to the RW where (similar to Martha in S4) something pulls the TARDIS away with the three of them still inside?
@PaulAndroid4 To be fair I think had Chibnall had more seasons he would’ve explored it further. But equally they did kind of wrap it up. 13 realises who she was doesn’t matter, she doesn’t need to know. Although yeah, it’s still a bit wishy washy what actually happened to the universe 😭
@jae_writes_ I desperately wanted Jo to have a main role as the Doctor, and think your fic is exactly what I had in mind too. But now it feels like they’ll try to hard reboot the show and distance from the past few years. And having to understand who she is by going back and
@empatheticcain Depending on how long it’ll take for the main show to come back, I’m begging that the BBC give us a small, budget friendly Fugitive spin off. Set it during Division times so that the 60+ years of lore aren’t needed to understand it and I think a lot of casual viewers would watch
@MattOfficial92@ProductionsJAW I think at this point, the majority of die-hard fans would not care a single bit about a retcon. And to casual audiences, it’d be so long since the episode that they would honestly either forget Billie appearing for a couple seconds or it’d become a Mandela effect
I think I speak on behalf of the Doctor Who fandom when I say you could swap the ending of The Reality War with this and we’d all forget that the other ending ever happened. Okay?
@NotAgnor I don’t buy the bollocks of “we’d rather you wait longer for more than giving you an extra episode too”. Like why not give us the episode anyway? And then let it go to tender? Without any wrap up of the current era it leaves it in a bad state for anyone wanting to continue it
In times like these, I’m glad to be watching Funnylilgalreacts’ reactions to #DoctorWho week by week. Maybe by the time she catches up to the latest season, there’ll be a new series coming out 🫠😭
I honestly believe that 13’s regeneration should have faded to black while they found someone new to take over the show and work out budgeting. But RTD had to swoop in and “save it”. I would’ve rather taken a 3 year break from 2022 for it to come back strong - because now with
BREAKING 🚨 #DoctorWho has been cancelled for now by the BBC, with a decision to put the show out to tender. The announced Christmas special will no longer go ahead.
Russell T. Davies has also confirmed his departure from the show.
The BBC shared:
Doctor Who remains an important part of the BBC and this tender underpins the BBC’s continued commitment to Doctor Who ensuring audiences will enjoy the show for years to come.
After careful consideration, the BBC, Russell T Davies and Bad Wolf have collectively decided not to go ahead with the previously announced Doctor Who Christmas episode. This decision was not taken lightly, and we know it will be disappointing for fans, but in order to set the show up for future series, it was decided that rather than bridge the gap with a one off special, we are choosing to push forward to invest in the long-term future of the show which ensures that when the TARDIS lands once more, it does so in all its glory.
RTD shared:
And so GOODBYE from me to Doctor Who but HELLO to a big new future for the show, as the BBC announces it's putting the show out to tender. As a result, there won't be a Christmas Special - we only cooked that up to guarantee a future when no one knew what would happen, but now we do know, there's no need for it. You'll have to wait a bit longer for new Doctor Who... but you'll be waiting for MORE Doctor Who than a one-off. So it's worth it! For the record: there was no script, I never wrote it, and no actor was ever approached to play the next Doctor. You may disagree; fine, sit in that chair and wait to be proved right. You'll wait a lonnng time. Now I'm as excited as anyone to see what comes next! Will they keep the theme tune? Will they lose the blue box? Will they bring back the Drahvin?! It's all up for grabs, which is so Doctor Who, exciting and unpredictable and new! Here comes the future, vworp vworp.
@DiscipleOfBrad This has been my ideal situation, but considering that they’ll probably want to start anew and soft reboot the series, I can’t see it happening anymore as she’s too involved in previous series lore
@ProductionsJAW I’ve actually never felt this way about any era before - but I genuinely think that they should retcon RTD2. There’s too many unresolved storylines, poor quality of writing and that god awful stupid cliffhanger that I think the show would have been better off it never happening
@ProductionsJAW bit longer. For me, Indie and Nicole currently could make it onto that list, but I feel besides Stevie, everyone changes up their personality every boxset. I go from loving people like Jodie and Rida to just thinking they’re very meh
@ProductionsJAW mindset that led to natural clashing and tension, rather than there being some big conspiracy and fallout akin to recent seasons. I definitely think characters like Elle, Alicia, Fenisha could’ve been some of the top ‘goated’ characters of all time if they’d just stayed on a