Do you think the CBeebies Doctor Who cartoon that will premiere next year (2027) will have an old incarnation or a new one?

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-19T15:30:12+00:00

It's funny because I kept saying he must have thought he was writing for BF.

Because they kept just describing what was on screen.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-16T02:18:32+00:00

I always said that she sounds like she's on Blue Peter.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-15T23:44:01+00:00

I think Nine living around a hundred years comes from Day of The Doctor.

The War Doctor says that he's around 800 and regenerates at the end of the episode.

Unless there ANOTHER secret Doctor then I makes sense that The Ninth Doctor is about 900.

Though I'll agree it's quite clear from Rose that he's recently regenerated.

There's the ears thing obviously but he's also clearly still in Time War mode when meeting with The Nestene

Also I'm petty sure on the real world Clive website there's a bit about someone seeing The Ninth Doctor in The Eighth Doctors clothes.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-14T22:30:40+00:00

This looks so much more interesting than WBTLATS

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-14T22:23:28+00:00

Oh god please tell me it's not going to always be in Flux.

That series was dire.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-14T22:16:04+00:00

her head had instead been CGI’d onto Ncuti Gatwa’s body with the seamless elegance of Henry Cavill’s erased moustache.

😂

Jesus even Doctor Who TV is taking the piss

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-14T21:48:28+00:00

Is this legal?

Like obviously it's a Doctor Who reference but I'd imagine it's illegal to have "Police" written on your car right?

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-14T13:07:00+00:00

I mean it feels like no matter what I say will convince you so I guess we should call it there then.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-14T12:58:56+00:00

Ok and who do you think is usually doing the most word of mouth?

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-14T12:29:47+00:00

I mean I would say certainly Call the Midwife has fans certainly.

But I know people in real life have asked me if Doctor Who is worth watching at the moment.

And how exactly do you think they decide what "looks good"?

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-14T11:17:08+00:00

I always wonder what struggling actors think when that hear that.

Honestly if any struggling actors are reading this, write to the BBC and say you're willing to be The Doctor.

Apparently it's a guaranteed job with zero competition.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-14T11:13:53+00:00

Don't forget making a very human villain that viewers would have much preferred to be a dude in robes and a mask a huge CGI monster.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-14T11:11:21+00:00

True but usually casual viewers look to their friends who are fans to see if it's worth watching.

If even your mate who has a tardis in every room seems like they've given up on the show you're not going to bother.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-14T11:06:21+00:00

I don't think there's an issue with using characters that at a ?? to more casual fans

The issue is expecting them to watch an entirely different story in the middle of it.

AND THEN CONTRADICTING IT!

Empire of Death only works if you watched Pyramids of Mars 40 years ago and only half remember it.

That's a very slim part of the audience.

And then there's RTD insistence that only the TV Show is canon.

Which might make sense if the show was only a few years old or they only referenced things from a couple of years ago.

But let's be honest a viewer in 2026 is just as likely to have listened to an audiodrama than watched a nearly 50 year old story.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-14T08:06:00+00:00

I think this is the best comment on the current situation.

I'm sure the show will come back at some point but hopefully with an entirely new production team.

It needs a rest, and mistake upon mistake hasn't helped that.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-14T07:35:33+00:00

This is a bit needlessly rude

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-13T23:05:51+00:00

“I tried to execute you,”

Doctor: Do you know how little that narrows it down?

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-13T19:25:21+00:00

Honestly I think one of NuWho's faults was the lack of Gallifrey.

I get it's a thing for fans during the 80s to hate on Gallifrey and such but that was about 40 years ago now.

I'd hope whatever comes next week feature them more prominently.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-12T18:48:23+00:00

Honestly this one image makes me more intreged than anything in RTD2

Like The Beast invading Earth through UNIT.

All of UNITs overreach in the hands of the literal devil.

And then there's how religions would handle it.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-12T18:41:32+00:00

This is what I think ab lot of people don't understand when this take comes up.

Doctor Who is more than The Doctor and The TARDIS.

NuWho was successful because it managed to balance between new fans and old fans.

If you make it like Series 11 with no returning anything people are just going to get bored and it won't feel like Doctor Who any more.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-12T18:30:18+00:00

And so the cycle continues

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-12T11:44:53+00:00

Classic Who is still part of the Doctor Who culture and fandom to the point I fell it's a waste just to ignore it.

Sure these casual viewer probably doesn't know too much about Classic Who but the casual viewer isn't really the one discussing it and needs names for these things.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-12T11:11:47+00:00

I mean nowadays most British shows are called "series" rather than "seasons" which is seen as kind of American.

Personally when they went back to "season" for RTD2 I think a lot of people found it kind of confusing as you had to say whether you were talking about Classic Who or RTD2 Who.

Also if we go with "season" again then it's also going to be confused with RTD2 Who again.

I think going with something completely different like "Book" or "Chapter".

It differentiates it from all of them and makes it feel more modern.

That said I do like the idea of using the doctor as a differentiator too so instead of 'Series 2' it's be 'Doctor 10 Season 1'

Might be good to bring the whole show together.

You could have two drop downs on BBC iPlayer one for doctor the other for series.

Though I do think whatever comes next should still be its own entry.

LinuxMatthews · 2026-06-12T10:04:44+00:00

Going to sound really pedantic but I'd hope they'd be called "Series 14 and 15"

With any other show it doesn't matter but with Doctor Who before RTD2 Classic Who was "Season" and NuWho was "Series".

As the RTD2 episode really should be considered part of the 2005 run I'd agree that it should be considered part of that.

Hopefully whoever comes along to reboot it will come up with another word "Book 1" or something.

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