God love the BBC, but they do make some baffling decisions. In Doctor Who, they have more than a TV show, they have a national institution. So what do they do? Monkey around with its scheduling – a split series this year, and the next 13 episodes to be spread across 2012 and 2013 in some unspecified way, like it's some failed American import that no one knows what to do with. Even worse, BBC1's controller, Danny Cohen, put the blame on the showrunner, Steven Moffat, who also executive produces Sherlock. Moffat took to Twitter to respond: "The scheduling of Dr Who has got NOTHING to do with Sherlock", so I'm guessing there was a frosty atmosphere the next time the pair met.
Then there's the penny-pinching: I can't quite believe they scored the coup of getting Neil Gaiman to write an episode, then told him he couldn't have a new monster and would have to make do with a recycled Ood.
Monday, October 17
Time up for Doctor Who?
The Guardian have posted an interesting article on Doctor Who, check it out here!
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I think the heading for this item is a bit misleading - it's the usual stuff about saving money to deal with the cuts in BBC budgets. As ever, the Grauniad (sic) is way behind the curve and reporting what can charitably be described as "old news", bless 'em.
Nothing to see here, move along please.
Danny Cohen was joking. The Guardian shouldn't spread misinformation.
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