StanWeiss wrote in article <115ctvn$81rs$3@solani.org>:
Well-known writer, producer and director Dean Devlin?s company Electric
Entertainment is said to be in talks with the BBC about a new Doctor Who
series
https://cultbox.co.uk/news/hollywood-entertainment-company-expresses-interest-in-doctor-who-production
...and they approached David Tennant to play the lead. I guess
they're more interested in continuity than in a bold new
direction.
If it hasn't even been offered for tender yet, this story
probably isn't real. It could easily be a planted story to
express Electric Entertainment's interest.
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The meek shall inherit, we're told,
But I'm not so easily sold.
For supposing they should,
It would do them no good --
They'd lose it at once to the bold.
On 2026-08-10 22:05:43 +0000, StanWeiss said:
On 8/10/2026 5:19 PM, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-08-10 18:34:02 +0000, StanWeiss said:
On 8/10/2026 2:19 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
StanWeiss wrote in article <115ctvn$81rs$3@solani.org>:
Well-known writer, producer and director Dean Devlin?s company Electric >>>>>> Entertainment is said to be in talks with the BBC about a new Doctor Who >>>>>> series...and they approached David Tennant to play the lead. I guess they're >>>>> more interested in continuity than in a bold new direction.
https://cultbox.co.uk/news/hollywood-entertainment-company-expresses-interest-in-doctor-who-production
If it hasn't even been offered for tender yet, this story probably
isn't real. It could easily be a planted story to express Electric
Entertainment's interest.
For a bold new direction Electric Entertainment could just come out
with a new show, and not have any of the baggage from Dr Whos's past. >>>> But their television series *The Librarians* is an example of what I
guess is what they would do with Dr Who.
Stan
"The Librarians" is nothing like "Doctor Who" though, and trying to
make them similar would be a disaster.
I liked "The Librarians" series, although it did quickly fall off the
rails (like most American shows) and I bought the three released
novels. I haven't *yet* seen the earlier "The Librarian" movies nor the >>> more recent "The Librarians - The Next Chapter" series.
You total missed my point. Not that they would make Dr Who like The
Librarian, but that Dr Who wouldn't be the first TV series that they
would be reviving.
Stan
There is so little actual creative talent these days, that pretty much
every company is reviving the old stuff, almost all of it far worse
then the otiginal version. They've even been reviving the revivials - >superhero have been "revived" so may times in differeing versions that >nobody now knows what they even are any more. :-(
Not just the entertainment industry either, Just look at things like
the new "VW Beetle", the new "Mini", the new "C64" computer, the
multiple comic book versions of Spider-Man, etc.
Thankfully some people are - hopefully - beginning to see some sense
with some of the revivials being cancelled ("Stargate" being one
example).
Your Name wrote:
On 2026-08-10 16:24:24 +0000, StanWeiss said:
Well-known writer, producer and director Dean DevlinrCOs
company Electric Entertainment is said to be in talks with
the BBC about a new Doctor Who series
https://cultbox.co.uk/news/hollywood-entertainment-company-epresses-interest-in-doctor-who-production
The last thing "Doctor Who" needs is yet more American
interferrence - just look at the horrible mess trying to
appease Disney caused.
Personally, I think it's all spin... just another production
company bigging themselves up. Now that "Doctor Who" has been
put out to tender we will see more of this sort of thing...
every Tom, Dick and Harry will be publicly expressing an
interest in making a new series.
Until something is officially announced by the BBC there's
nothing to see.
The True Melissa wrote:
Your Name wrote:
The last thing "Doctor Who" needs is yet more American
interferrence - just look at the horrible mess trying
to appease Disney caused.
IMO, RTD would have gone there even without Disney's
involvement.
Yeah. The word seems to be that RTD didn't take many of the
"notes" presented by Disney on board, and their lack of control
over the direction the show was taking was one of the things
that irked Disney. The leaks suggest they wanted more input.
The fact Disney are in no rush to show TWBTLATS probably backs
this up to some extent. As clearly Disney are not impressed with
it. They paid money towards producing it, yet have no interest
in showing it!
The main problems with S1 and S2 were not Disney but RTD
himself.
StanWeiss wrote:
On 8/11/2026 3:54 AM, Blueshirt wrote:
Your Name wrote:While they maybe were interested in doing Dr Who, in the end
Personally, I think it's all spin... just another production
The last thing "Doctor Who" needs is yet more American
interferrence - just look at the horrible mess trying to
appease Disney caused.
company bigging themselves up. Now that "Doctor Who" has been
put out to tender we will see more of this sort of thing...
every Tom, Dick and Harry will be publicly expressing an
interest in making a new series.
Until something is officially announced by the BBC there's
nothing to see.
it still comes down to the BBC and what they want and are
willing to agree to.
I think... the BBC would favour BBC Studios as their first
preference for producers of a new "Doctor Who" series... BUT,
a decent bid from a reputable production company, with plenty of
000's on it, might make the -u signs flicker in their eyes!
Either way, I'm still not expecting to hear much before 2027.
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