Doctor Who Producer Didn't Know If Show Would Be Renewed After Jodie Whittaker
Doctor Who's executive producer Matt Strevens has admitted he didn't know whether there would be another season of the TV show after Jodie Whittaker's departure. Doctor Who is the world's longest-running science-fiction TV series; launched in 1963, canceled by the BBC in 1989, and then relaunched again by Russell T. Davies in 2005. Since then, it's been the BBC's flagship sci-fi show, starring celebrated actors such as Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, and Jodie Whittaker.
Current showrunner Chris Chibnall has proved a controversial figure among the fans. Although the production value has increased, the writing has often been criticized, and there's been an over-dependence on poorly-signposted third-act twists. The overarching narrative of the Chibnall era appears to be the Timeless Child, a retcon that established the Doctor as a being who potentially predated the universe and became the base genetic code for the entire Time Lord race. Chibnall's run is coming to an end, and both he and Whittaker will end their time on Doctor Who in this year's Centenary Special. Russell T. Davies is returning, and he's promised a bold and experimental vision of the show's future.
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Speaking at the Gallifrey One fan convention, Strevens has revealed this wasn't guaranteed. According to twitter user @scribblesscript, he revealed the production crew didn't know whether there would be another series of Doctor Who; in fact, he was only told about Davies' return the day before it was announced. "My utter relief was, we didn't break it, and Jodie gets to regenerate," he concluded.
The BBC has never seemed especially confident of change when it
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