The Cellar / Doctor Who: The Return of RTD

**Posted by DanaC** 9/24/2021 4:38 pm

OMG OMG OMG

*Squeeeee!*

Ahem.

So, yea ... the next showrunner is going to be Russel T. Davies

I am very excited about this.

**Posted by footfootfoot** 9/25/2021 1:04 pm

This is good. In a perfect world, I'd choose Moffat, but RTD is pretty awesome news. I'm hoping he won't bring back the excessive use of theatrical gels.

Big question is: who will the next doctor be and will Missy return?

**Posted by DanaC** 9/25/2021 2:47 pm

I'd love Moffatt to return but it's too soon - RTD has been away from Who (except as a viewer) for long enough to be able to come at it fresh.

Oh I would love Missy to return. Hands down my favourite incarnation of the Master. Though I quite like the current incarnation.

What I would like to see, in a parallel reality is the current Doctor and Master with a different writer and overall aesthetic

**Posted by footfootfoot** 9/27/2021 9:03 am

Yes. I really feel Jodie was shortchanged.

**Posted by Flint** 9/27/2021 2:25 pm

I know it will never happen, but I'd love to see more of Christopher Eccleston.
He had a real Tom Baker vibe, slightly sinister and off-putting.

**Posted by DanaC** 9/27/2021 2:48 pm

Yeah - I'd love to see Eccleston do more - Ibelieve he's done / doing some audio for Big Finish

Oh and Tom Baker with modern production standards would be amazing

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**Posted by Clodfobble** 9/27/2021 5:42 pm

He played a slightly twisted American preacher in "The Leftovers," one of my favorite series of the last decade.

**Posted by footfootfoot** 9/27/2021 5:52 pm

He was great in the leftovers, as was the whole cast. Such a great show. Some of it was filmed in Hastings on Hudson, a town I know well because crazy-pants, AKA The Previous Administration, hailed from there.

**Posted by griff** 9/28/2021 6:06 am

You nerds are are the best.

**Posted by DanaC** 10/02/2021 12:05 pm

Clodfobble wrote:
He played a slightly twisted American preacher in "The Leftovers," one of my favorite series of the last decade.

Oh I loved him in that show. Didn't click with me at first - I am so familiar with his usual accent that it really threw me when he opened his mouth and an American accent came out P

Once I had got over the shock, I thought he was great

**Posted by footfootfoot** 10/02/2021 2:28 pm

DanaC wrote:
Clodfobble wrote:
He played a slightly twisted American preacher in "The Leftovers," one of my favorite series of the last decade.
Oh I loved him in that show. Didn't click with me at first - I am so familiar with his usual accent that it really threw me when he opened his mouth and an American accent came out P

Once I had got over the shock, I thought he was great

Same. it was on odd American accent, but it was very consistent and believable.

**Posted by DanaC** 11/14/2021 8:35 am

Anyone watching the current series of Doctor Who?

**Posted by Happy Monkey** 11/14/2021 1:39 pm

I am. Enjoying it so far.

**Posted by DanaC** 11/14/2021 3:54 pm

I have mixed feelings about it - there's stuff I really dislike and there's stuff I really like. Loving the main villains, Swarm and Azure - they are creepy AF

**Posted by Happy Monkey** 11/15/2021 2:33 pm

Last episode was a bit too technbabbly for my taste, but I'm used to it so it didn't detract too much.

**Posted by Happy Monkey** 11/22/2021 5:42 pm

Still enjoying it even though I like the weeping angels less every time they appear.

**Posted by DanaC** 11/23/2021 1:34 pm

I thought this gave the angels short shrift- not enough time given to building a sense of menace and unease

**Posted by Happy Monkey** 12/09/2023 10:20 pm

I wonder if the new Doctor is going to be in short shorts for long.... at least until Christmas, I suppose.

**Posted by Happy Monkey** 6/02/2025 11:10 pm

I'm fine with this; Romana picked a face she'd seen before in the original series, and the new era Doctor did it with Capaldi, not to mention the Tenant redux (plus him eventually going back to Tom Baker some day). But I hate the rapid Doctor turnover, and now it's exacerbated by the shorter seasons. I barely feel like Gatwa's tenure has started.

That said, I suspect this will be a short-lived stunt, and the Doctor will settle on a different face after a bit. I'm fine with that, but when they do pick the actual replacement (or if I'm wrong about this being temporary), I hope they stick with them for at least 5 years.

**Posted by Null** 7/08/2025 8:05 pm

This thread got me curious, because I watched all the episodes that were shown on BBC America. I was the typical I DVR'd everything and watched it later, so until a few minutes ago I didn't know all the Doctor Who episodes moved to Disney+. Which I know now that move occured 2023, so I now have a situation. Is it worth going back or do I wait until the next doctor?

**Posted by Happy Monkey** 7/09/2025 8:50 am

Going back to the first Doctor from the 60s? Or going back to 2023? If the latter, then it's a no brainer, do that. We don't know when the next season will come out; you'll have plenty of time to get through them.

If the former, that will heavily depend on your tolerance for the slower pace and janky effects of over half a century ago.

**Posted by Flint** 7/09/2025 5:13 pm

Hey, those janky effects are legendary.

**Posted by Happy Monkey** 7/09/2025 10:21 pm

I loved them, but some people just can't get past stuff like that.

**Posted by fargon** **Online!** 7/10/2025 6:18 am

Old or new, I love toe Doctor.

**Posted by monster** 7/31/2025 10:08 pm

You're into chiropodists?