While we already know that the next series of Doctor Who will be making big leaps forward with a new showrunner in the form of Chris Chibnall and, more radically, the first female Doctor in the shape of actress Jodie Whittaker, it seems there’ll be more changes introduced too.
With all the changes taking place after current Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and showrunner (Steven Moffat) step down after the end of this year’s Christmas, it now looks like other, more cosmetic changes will be a thing.
While not entirely surprising, it seems that Whittaker’s Doctor will have a new TARDIS interior and exterior as well as a new sonic screwdriver. None of this is entirely radical as it was often the case that a nee Doctor would have these new items too however, the other big rumour is that the series will run for ten episodes instead of the usual twelve or thirteen, however, each episode may well run for an hour rather than 45 minutes.
The word is this will give the stories a bigger scope and chance to flesh out story and scope.
Interestingly, speaking to Doctor Who Magazine, Moffat said that he stayed on the show because: “the alternative might have been to have had no Doctor Who at all between Christmas 2015 and the autumn of 2018.
“I realised that if I didn’t do it, then there wasn’t going to be a Christmas episode at all. And Doctor Who would lose that slot”.
So it’s a good thing he stayed then, isn’t it? And is this conformation that Who will return in 2018?
In the meantime, how do you feel about longer episodes but less of them? And do you think it’s too soon for a new TARDIS and screwdriver?
Feel free to let us know your thoughts, guys…
Source: The Mirror
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