See, this is what I get for believing a story from a paper owned by Rupert Murdoch! Earlier today I posted that the current version of Doctor Who was ending it's very successful run next year. That particular piece of information came from the UK piece of toilet paper tabloid The Sun. Well, that may not actually be the case.
According to an article at the MediaGuardian website the fate of Doctor Who hasn't been decided yet. According to a BBC spokesperson ( a BBC drama spokesperson, at that) executive producer Russell Davies has signed on to oversee this year's Christmas special and the fourth series. However, his involvement after that is still up in the air, which seems to mean that the show would continue on without him. In fact, a senior BBC source says that there is no way that the show would be axed even if Davies decided to leave.
The Sun article reported that Davies, who is burnt out from the 16-hour production days, wanted to end the show while it was still on top in popularity and the ratings. The article went on to say that the senior Who staff were hatching a plan for a mass resignation in the summer of 2008.
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6-01-2007 @ 1:44PM
Brian said...
Thank you...
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6-01-2007 @ 2:02PM
mike m said...
David, Rich isn't from England, so I think he deserves a little slack. There are plenty of people that think the Sun is legitimate. This is primarily due to the fact that they do, sometimes, get things right.
However, at the time he posted his original article, The Guardian had already posted the proper news response to it. Again, the only issue here would be did Rich check his facts, and in this particular situation, it would seem no.
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6-01-2007 @ 3:01PM
Walt said...
I wasn't going to comment on the original article, because I figured that a correction was in the offing, having followed a similar post/correction in other places on the web on this very subject.
That said, if there was a cheap and easy way of getting Eccleston back in the body of the Doctor, I'm all for it. I'm going to tire of this particular Doctor quickly.
--because you know I'm cheap and easy
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6-01-2007 @ 4:07PM
8 Doctor Fan said...
I don't think you should be so hard on yourself, Richard, it was an honest mistake to believe the article. :) You'll have to forgive us fans for jumping on this. The Good Doctor has been around for so long that there shouldn't be a doubt that he'll be around for more years to come.
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6-01-2007 @ 7:46PM
stephen said...
yeah i never trust the sun...and to add to this. popular opinion is that davies is grooming mark gatiss as his replacement. gatiss is a huge fan and was lobbying to play the doctor at one point, but now that he has already appeared as a major character (lazarus in "the lazarus effect")that may be complicated. he has been writing episodes i believe since the new series started and liek i already said is a huge fan. i think he'd be a great showrunner.
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6-02-2007 @ 9:20AM
LordPaul said...
does this mean they might get someone who will not try to get dull messages about sexuality & wales in there?
The new Dr Who has been brilliant apart from that (& that's without even mentioning Torchwood)
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