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Doctor Who Series Seven |OT| The Question You've Been Running From All Your Life

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mrklaw

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Petrichor said:
I'd guess from what we've heard so far that the last episode is set in Victorian England again for the most part with these (maybe the "whispermen"?):

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as the main villain.
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shit, kids watching from behind the sofa guaranteed for that one.
 
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infiniteloop

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Also from Private Eye:

So. Farewell then to yet another executive producer of Doctor Who - the third in three years - as the BBC announced last week that Caroline Skinner "had decided to step down" just weeks before a special episode to mark the show's 50th anniversary is due to be filmed.

Her duties will be assumed "with immediate effect" by Faith Penhale, head of BBC Drama in Wales.

Skinner had in fact been absent from the programme's offices since the end of February, after she and showrunner Steven Moffat had an extremely noisy and public falling out during a party at the BBC Worldwide Showcase, a programme sales festival in Liverpool, which ended with Moffat being led away by colleagues while bellowing at Skinner that "you are erased from Doctor Who!"

The bust-up came as a surprise to colleagues, who had noted the very close working relationship that had developed between Skinner and Moffat since she joined the programme in 2011.
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The Elite

The Elite

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Wow. Another cover? First one must have had great numbers. I will buy this too.

Does it release this Friday? Edit: Yup - March 22nd.
 
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PhoncipleBone

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DoctorWho said:
Wow. Another cover? First one must have had great numbers. I will buy this too.
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And now there are two covers, which the really obsessed fans will buy both.

EDIT:
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That is on EW's site. Animation and all. Too bad they wont put out an issue with a working light on the screwdriver.
 
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Raoh

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PhoncipleBone said:
And now there are two covers, which the really obsessed fans will buy both.

EDIT:
Cover-EW-1252-DR-WHO-SONIC_510x680.gif

That is on EW's site. Animation and all. Too bad they wont put out an issue with a working light on the screwdriver.
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They did have an issue with a torn down android phone flattened out for serving live twitter feeds, limited run though.

An issue with a flashing sonic screwdriver would be awesome.
 
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Quick

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Moffat seems like a prima donna at times. Perhaps too invested in Doctor Who? But who really isn't when they get to live out their dream like he is right now.

I'm curious as to what that fight was about.

"You are erased from Doctor Who" seems...a bit much.
 
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APZonerunner

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Exterminieren said:
I believe that there was an argument, but I don't buy Moffat going on about Skinner being erased from Doctor Who. He's far too blunt for that.
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grimshawish said:
Why didn't they publish this in February then?
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They didn't publish this particular story about Skinner ahead of time, it's true, but they've been reporting on internal Who production problems for ages and so far never been wrong. They were the first publication to report that series 6 had been split in two due to colossal budget screw-ups, with the BBC denied, and then a month later officially announced. They were also the first place to report on Willis and Wenger (the previous exec Producers) getting the boot, and the first place to suggest the former was being forced out for fiddling the money. A month later they were both ejected from the show, and multiple other places reported they'd been told the money fiddling was true from insiders. Then they were the first to report there wouldn't be a full series in 2012, but only a half series. Again, the BBC denied this... and then officially announced there'd be only 6 episodes in 2012 a few weeks later. Private Eye has a pretty good track record for Who insider stuff.

Plus, from last week: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/03...ve-producer-steps-down-with-immediate-effect/

"We had heard that Skinner and Steven Moffat enjoyed a very public row at the BBC showcase event last month, and this decision appears to be at least tied into this, if not rooted in it. There have been several reasons for the argument mooted, but as yet I have not been able to verify any of them – so I’m not believing any of them. Yet."

So Private Eye isn't the only place reporting this. Realistically, when this stuff is officially announced people tend to step up and be more forthcoming with the real dirt of what happened. That's just how it tends to happen.

Aside from this stuff, Matt on 2014:
"I go and I do the anniversary special, then I go away for a bit and then I come back and do the Christmas special," he explained. "It's one of those jobs that you have to take year by year, it's ten months a year, it's all-consuming.

"So I don't think you can plan five or six years ahead, or even two years ahead. It's a year by year thing and at the moment it's 2013 and we'll see what 2014 holds."
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Feeling more and more like he's going at Christmas, like the rumour mill suggested.
 
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Petrichor

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APZonerunner said:
They didn't publish this particular story about Skinner ahead of time, it's true, but they've been reporting on internal Who production problems for ages and so far never been wrong. They were the first publication to report that series 6 had been split in two due to colossal budget screw-ups, with the BBC denied, and then a month later officially announced. They were also the first place to report on Willis and Wenger (the previous exec Producers) getting the boot, and the first place to suggest the former was being forced out for fiddling the money. A month later they were both ejected from the show, and multiple other places reported they'd been told the money fiddling was true from insiders. Then they were the first to report there wouldn't be a full series in 2012, but only a half series. Again, the BBC denied this... and then officially announced there'd be only 6 episodes in 2012 a few weeks later. Private Eye has a pretty good track record for Who insider stuff.

Plus, from last week: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/03...ve-producer-steps-down-with-immediate-effect/

"We had heard that Skinner and Steven Moffat enjoyed a very public row at the BBC showcase event last month, and this decision appears to be at least tied into this, if not rooted in it. There have been several reasons for the argument mooted, but as yet I have not been able to verify any of them – so I’m not believing any of them. Yet."

So Private Eye isn't the only place reporting this. Realistically, when this stuff is officially announced people tend to step up and be more forthcoming with the real dirt of what happened. That's just how it tends to happen.

Aside from this stuff, Matt on 2014:


Feeling more and more like he's going at Christmas, like the rumour mill suggested.
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Didnt Beth Willis and Piers Wenger leave of their own accord? And I'm pretty sure the BBC has always maintained that the series 6 split was motivated by creative rather than financial reasons - (I seem to remember Moffat expatiating about the importance of a mid series cliffhanger around the time of the announcement) - All of which could have been obfuscation, but still. Moffat also called out the private eye for publishing lies about his close friends iirc.

It'd be fantastic if they've already cast the 12th doctor and the anniversary special isn't the eleven doctors, but the twelve doctors - It would be the ideal occasion to introduce a new doctor and wouldn't necessarily preclude Matt appearing in the christmas special. The fall of the eleventh is scheduled to happen at trenzalore after all..
 
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APZonerunner

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Petrichor said:
Didnt Beth Willis and Piers Wenger leave of their own accord? And I'm pretty sure the BBC has always maintained that the series 6 split was motivated by creative rather than financial reasons - (I seem to remember Moffat expatiating about the importance of a mid series cliffhanger around the time of the announcement) - All of which could have been misdirection, but still. Moffat also called out the private eye for publishing lies about his close friends iirc.
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Well, the BBC is never going to come out and admit any of that, realistically, and it's in Moffat's interest to say they're liars and scum etcetera. Willis and Wenger both left of their own accord, but in the case of Willis in particular the feathers she ruffled in particular are well documented. It's telling that she went back to her old, less-paying, less-important job at Kudos Entertainment (where she produced Ashes to Ashes) after Who. It was a massive step down. Plus, the two producers she forced out after series 5 in particular have given their account of what happened, reflecting very negatively on the pair. I also can't see any reason why the BBC would want less episodes a year, ever. They were pissed off about the RTD/Moffat handover year with the Tennant specials, and actually had internal talk about ditching RTD early if Moffat could move Series 5 up to 2010. This is in the Writer's Tale - there's an amazing entry from RTD when he finds out about them going behind his back to see if it was possible (it wasn't).

I really do believe Private Eye, mainly because they tend to have really very solid standing on BBC stories - I suppose because their editor, Hislop, is partly in their employ! On top of that unlike most of the press in Britain they also don't have a hard on for hurting the BBC; indeed, they bloody love the BBC because they hate the Murdoch empire - so when they break a story like this I tend to believe.

The "You are erased from Doctor Who" sounds like a bit much, but, again, Moffat has a bit of a reputation for being an egoist, so maybe that actually happened, maybe it didn't. I believe the row happened 100%, though. Writers are always like this, I think. RTD was, too, but Julie Gardner tended to shield others from his blow ups, taking all of the meltdowns herself and then calming him. There's some incredible entries in that book he did about him calling her up to yell and complain, only to later regret it.

None of it matters, anyway. As long as this doesn't knock on to the show itself, it is ultimately irrelevant. But interesting!
 
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SoilBreak

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http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/03/21/doctor-who-peter-jackson-dalek-matt-smith/


Peter Jackson has exclusively confirmed that he is still interested in directing an episode of Doctor Who. The Lord of the Rings filmmaker has also named his fee: a Dalek. The offer came in the course of Jackson’s appreciation of the British science fiction show that appears in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly.

Jackson is a diehard Who fan who has been watching the 50-year-old series almost since it began broadcasting and who first expressed his willingness to direct an episode last year. In the EW article, he reveals that he met current Who executive producer Steven Moffat over Christmas and assured him he wasn’t joking. “They don’t even have to pay me,” Jackson writes. “But I have got my eye on one of those nice new gold-colored Daleks. They must have a spare one (hint, hint).” Jackson already owns two used-on-the-show Daleks — the most famous of the Doctor Who monsters — which you can see in the photograph above.

When EW asked Moffat himself about the offer, the exec producer declined to comment on whether the Doctor Who budget could accommodate Jackson’s request. “You’d never get any information like that out of me!” Moffat said, tongue planted in cheek. Speaking more seriously, the exec producer claimed he was open to the idea of Jackson directing an episode of the show. “We’re theoretically on board for anything” he said “provided we’ve got a great story.”
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Prequel-for-The-Bells-of-Saint-John-Here-on-Saturday

Doctor Who returns to BBC One on Easter Saturday at 6.15pm with The Bells of Saint John, but you can watch a prequel to the new episode this Saturday.

The brand new prequel is written by Steven Moffat and features the Doctor, played, of course, by Matt Smith. We join the Time Lord on Earth where he’s taking a break from his quest to find Clara.
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The Elite

The Elite

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As soon as Peter Jackson's schedule frees up they need to take advantage of that enthusiasm. I'd still pay him though, even if its an average director's fee on the show.

It would garner great international publicity.
 
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EleventhDoctor

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It would be great if Jackson directed the Anniversary special. I've read the new Entertainment Weekly and they have a section about Peter Jackson, written by him about his love of the show. He mentions that his wife gets him Daleks for Christmas every year instead of aftershave and how he loves the show so much, if asked he would shoot the show for no money whatsoever and would fly to England himself-but he hints that he only really wants a Gold Dalek from the Production.

It's really a tremendous letter, and you really understand that Jackson is one of us. They have a picture of him standing between 2 old school Daleks and a old Cyberman, all with a big smile on his face, wearing a Tom Baker scarf.

Also, I didn't know this, but in the article Moffet talks about how it pains him that when the TARDIS is stored in between filming, the TARDIS is actually disassembled, and "stacked" like in a corner. He says it's just wrong, and it should be treated more respectfully. :)
 
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ZombieFred

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That's pretty awesome to hear about Jackson being a big fan of Who. It's truly something amazing how old this show has been running and how much of an impact it has done across a lot of the globe on many different people. I still smile about how Doctor Who and James Bond are almost the exact same age and have that world recognition for its numerous actors that play the role, both things being very iconic about this countries' mark on entertainment.

I do wish to see the return of The Master though and also like to see Omega back. The Master will always be my favorite villain and Omega is the last kind of big bad guy for me that hasn't returned to modern Who in which I think would be a true challenge for The Doctor.
 
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Exterminieren

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MDavis360 said:
It would be great if Jackson directed the Anniversary special.
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The Hobbit stuff makes that one impossible, although they've got a great director in Nick Hurran doing it.
Diablos54 said:
New (I think) 40 Second 'The Bells of Saint John' clip:

http://bit.ly/dw_ewclip

lol, Quadacycle...
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I am REALLY liking the Doctor and Modern!Clara's interactions.

Smith's face when he realises he invented the quadracycle is just quintessential Eleventh Doctor. Love it.
 
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