My friends are split.
Some Who fans are really looking forward to Season 5 of Doctor Who. They’re looking forward to Steven Moffat at the helm. They credit him with some of the best Dr Who episodes from new Who.
Other friends have nothing but a sense of dread. They don’t recognise Moffat as the Messiah. They fear that without RTD and the team that helped return Doctor Who to our screens that the show will loose its significance, its momentum and will crawl into blandness.
Do you find yourself in either of these camps?
Yesterday Geek Native posted some pictures of Matt Smith as Doctor Who in a football kick. These pictures were an affront to me. This is not the Doctor.
Another warning sign, perhaps, comes from Digital Spy and story from Dan French. The headline says it all “New Doctor Who like Twilight, Potter”. That’s right. There will be Twilight and Harry Potter inspired elements to the new Doctor Who.
These comments come from Piers Wenger via the Doctor Who Magazine. Wenger is working with Moffat and Beth Willis and he’s on record that they want to give the new series a “fairy-tale feel”.
Here are the quotes;
“We just wanted to make the show look as up-to-date as it possibly could,” Wenger explained. “One of the qualities in Steven’s writing, and one of Steven’s natural tendencies as a writer, is to write these strange, dark, glittering fairy tales.
“We wanted to give the look of the series a slightly more storybook, fairy-tale feel – within reason.”
He added: “It wasn’t about suddenly becoming Tim Burton, but it was finding a pinch of that, a pinch of Twilight, a pinch of Harry Potter – but it’s still absolutely, slap-bang, mainstream Doctor Who.”
So, I ask you, are you looking forward to series five, worried about it or are you – like me – caught between the two?
Sorry but this blog is utter tripe. You've taken Wenger's comments far too literally. (And they haven't come from Moffat himself!). ALL of Moffat's stories to date have had 'fairytale' elements which is obvious for all to see. Too much weight is being atached to one line in an interview. In any event, as much as adults may try and kid themslves, Doctor Who is primarily a children's show that can be enjoyed by the family. Adults watch it because they watched when they were chioldren themslves. This isn't Trchwood, okay? And, as for Matt Smith having a nkickabout with… Read more »
Thanks for the comment Franz. I will admit (as I said in the post) that I'm caught between looking forward to the new series and worrying about it. I notice you're reminding us that these comments haven't come from Moffat himself – but isn't that like urging us to put some distance between these comments and the series. You're saying “it might not be like that – it won't be so literal”. Just as you say the football might not be in any episode. Isn't that agreeing, to a point, that there would be some concerns if these elements did… Read more »
The RTD Who deserves maximum respect for bringing it back but it plunged far far too often into the deepest depths of the “anal years” of JNT. Gayer than tank tops. Way too gay. The camp poisoned what would have been some of the best eps. So a soccer kickaround in a Who ep is infinitely preferable to more swish than a curtain rail.
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Coming into the Dr Who series “quite late” w/ Christopher Eccelston, I have very pleased with the new look and feel of the New Doctor Who Series. I didn’t think anyone could top David Tennant, but I waited to see what this new 11th Doctor would bring. My husband & I are HUGE FANS of the 11th Doctor (Matt Smith). He brings great energy, comedy and true fun to the spirit of the Doctor. Karen Gillan is feisty, fierce and has great chemistry with the Doctor. And so does Alex Kingston as Dr. River Song. Some of our favorite episodes… Read more »
Hiya, thanks for the comment. This was written before season 5 started and I’m pleased to say that great many fans seem to be re-assured that the Doctor continues. I think it’s a great nod to Matt Smith that he’s so successfully continued from Tennant.
Carp! Sorry about the typos. :)
who is doctor?
my biggest beef is how skinny he is makes him seem very camp