Mixed feelings about the new Doctor Who series

[dbskyler]

Saw the new Doctor Who trailer and was getting all excited -- more of Thirteen, and she's a woman! -- and then I made the mistake of listening to someone's analysis of the trailer, and got reminded that the new showrunner is Chris Chibnall.

I think I'll just sit here in a corner and hope he doesn't actually write any of the episodes this series.

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I think the fact that he's worked with Jodie before for 3 years of Broadchurch is giving me some hope. Perhaps misguidedly so...

I'm willing to wait and see, but I loved the trailer, and I'm loving the bits and pieces of interviews I've seen with Jodie who just seems SO excited about the whole thing.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I love what I've seen of Jodie, too, so at least there's that. I'm just worried we'll end up with a TV Movie situation where the Doctor is great, but the story is . . . not.

But I'll do my best to go into it with an open mind.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I can fully understand your apprehension since Chibbers' eps of Who (and Torchwood) are amongst my least faves, and as I said back when Broadchurch was new, Chibbers should stick to writing realism, because he's no damn good at writing SFF.