SPO you are correct.
New showrunner with a new perspective.
I know of a project called Retiurn of Who.
Shall we join in?
On 03/06/2025 18:05, The Doctor wrote:
SPO you are correct.
New showrunner with a new perspective.
I know of a project called Retiurn of Who.
Shall we join in?
Doctor Who is already dead with 4 stakes through it's hearts,
Jodie Whittaker, Ncuti Gatwa, Billy Piper, and the biggest on
of all, The Timeless Child Monster.
The only way Doctor Who can come back is for all of these
stakes to be complete removed and that means a complete reset
to before these stakes impaled Doctor Who to begin with.
RIP Doctor Who 1963-1996
New showrunner with a new perspective.
I know of a project called Retiurn of Who.
Shall we join in?
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
I know of a project called Retiurn of Who.
Shall we join in?
Why? If you've got something to say about "Doctor Who", say it
here.
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
I know of a project called Retiurn of Who.
Shall we join in?
Why? If you've got something to say about "Doctor Who", say it
here.
On 03/06/2025 18:05, The Doctor wrote:
SPO you are correct.
New showrunner with a new perspective.
I know of a project called Retiurn of Who.
Shall we join in?
Doctor Who is already dead with 4 stakes through it's hearts, Jodie >Whittaker, Ncuti Gatwa, Billy Piper, and the biggest on of all, The
Timeless Child Monster.
The only way Doctor Who can come back is for all of these stakes to be >complete removed and that means a complete reset to before these stakes >impaled Doctor Who to begin with.
RIP Doctor Who 1963-1996
--
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 2025-06-03 19:17:30 +0000, Blueshirt said:
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
The problem is any new fool in charge will always come with their own
idiotic ideas about what Doctor Who "should be", so we end up with an
even bigger ridiculous ill-fitting mess than we have now. :-\
I know of a project called Retiurn of Who.
Shall we join in?
Why? If you've got something to say about "Doctor Who", say it
here.
In article <101nnbu$8rlp$1@dont-email.me>,
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-03 19:17:30 +0000, Blueshirt said:
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
The problem is any new fool in charge will always come with their own
idiotic ideas about what Doctor Who "should be", so we end up with an
even bigger ridiculous ill-fitting mess than we have now. :-\
Says who?
In article <101nf00$6ncr$1@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
On 03/06/2025 18:05, The Doctor wrote:
SPO you are correct.
New showrunner with a new perspective.
I know of a project called Retiurn of Who.
Shall we join in?
Doctor Who is already dead with 4 stakes through it's hearts, Jodie
Whittaker, Ncuti Gatwa, Billy Piper, and the biggest on of all, The
Timeless Child Monster.
The only way Doctor Who can come back is for all of these stakes to be
complete removed and that means a complete reset to before these stakes
impaled Doctor Who to begin with.
Exactly what I have in mind!
In article <xn0p6m97z7iwcc0004@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
I know of a project called Retiurn of Who.
Shall we join in?
Why? If you've got something to say about "Doctor Who", say it
here.
WEll Glyn is on FB. I have to invite him over.
On 4/06/2025 7:40 am, Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator
a.k.a. The Root of the Problem wrote:
In article <101nf00$6ncr$1@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
On 03/06/2025 18:05, The Doctor wrote:
SPO you are correct.
New showrunner with a new perspective.
I know of a project called Retiurn of Who.
Shall we join in?
Doctor Who is already dead with 4 stakes through it's hearts, Jodie
Whittaker, Ncuti Gatwa, Billy Piper, and the biggest on of all, The
Timeless Child Monster.
The only way Doctor Who can come back is for all of these stakes to be
complete removed and that means a complete reset to before these stakes
impaled Doctor Who to begin with.
Exactly what I have in mind!
Did everyone notice WHO made the above post??
Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the
Problem <root@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>
Welcome NEW POSTER. (Certainly correct about being "The Root of the
Problem" ;-P )
--
Daniel70
On 2025-06-03 21:41:37 +0000, Dave Shariff Yadallee - System
Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the Problem said:
In article <101nnbu$8rlp$1@dont-email.me>,
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-03 19:17:30 +0000, Blueshirt said:
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
The problem is any new fool in charge will always come with their own
idiotic ideas about what Doctor Who "should be", so we end up with an
even bigger ridiculous ill-fitting mess than we have now. :-\
Says who?
Pretty much the entire history of entertainment industry proves it many
many many times over. :-)
On 4/06/2025 7:41 am, Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator
a.k.a. The Root of the Problem wrote:
In article <xn0p6m97z7iwcc0004@post.eweka.nl>,OH!! S*t YEAH!!
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
I know of a project called Retiurn of Who.
Shall we join in?
Why? If you've got something to say about "Doctor Who", say it
here.
WEll Glyn is on FB. I have to invite him over.
--
Daniel70
On 2025-06-03 21:41:37 +0000, Dave Shariff Yadallee - System
Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the Problem said:
In article <101nnbu$8rlp$1@dont-email.me>,
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-03 19:17:30 +0000, Blueshirt said:
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
The problem is any new fool in charge will always come with their own
idiotic ideas about what Doctor Who "should be", so we end up with an
even bigger ridiculous ill-fitting mess than we have now. :-\
Says who?
Pretty much the entire history of entertainment industry proves it many
many many times over. :-)
It's not just the entertainment industry either. You just have
to look at any business company where a new manager or CEO
comes along and tries to change things to try to prove how
"clever"/"useful" they are, only to make a complete mess of it
and waste piles of money.
In article <101ogna$j1u4$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
On 4/06/2025 7:40 am, Dave Shariff Yadallee - System
Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the Problem wrote:
In article <101nf00$6ncr$1@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
The only way Doctor Who can come back is for all of these
stakes to be complete removed and that means a complete
reset to before these stakes impaled Doctor Who to begin
with.
Exactly what I have in mind!
Did everyone notice WHO made the above post??
Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator a.k.a. The Root
of the Problem <root@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>
Welcome NEW POSTER. (Certainly correct about being "The Root
of the Problem" ;-P )
Rather an odd crossover.
On 2025-06-03 19:17:30 +0000, Blueshirt said:
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
The problem is any new fool in charge will always come with
their own idiotic ideas about what Doctor Who "should be", so
we end up with an even bigger ridiculous ill-fitting mess than
we have now. :-\
Your Name wrote:
On 2025-06-03 19:17:30 +0000, Blueshirt said:
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
The problem is any new fool in charge will always come with
their own idiotic ideas about what Doctor Who "should be", so
we end up with an even bigger ridiculous ill-fitting mess than
we have now. :-\
You'd expect any showrunner to have a vision for the show they
are producing and make the overall feel of it their idea for
that show. That's why you'd give them the job. But 'vision'
shouldn't mean continually harking back to your previous time on
the show as though that's all that counts. Bringing back David
Tennant, Donna Noble and now Rose Tyler, is basically just
"RTD's Greatest Hits: Volume Two". It's not really going forward.
I suppose we can consider ourselves lucky that John Barrowman is
in acting purgatory or else a Captain Jack cameo would have been
guaranteed!
The Doctor wrote:
In article <101ogna$j1u4$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
On 4/06/2025 7:40 am, Dave Shariff Yadallee - System
Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the Problem wrote:
In article <101nf00$6ncr$1@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
The only way Doctor Who can come back is for all of these
stakes to be complete removed and that means a complete
reset to before these stakes impaled Doctor Who to begin
with.
Exactly what I have in mind!
Did everyone notice WHO made the above post??
Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator a.k.a. The Root
of the Problem <root@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>
Welcome NEW POSTER. (Certainly correct about being "The Root
of the Problem" ;-P )
Rather an odd crossover.
Was that a different Yads breaking through from an alternate
reality?
On 4/06/2025 7:27 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
I suppose we can consider ourselves lucky that John
Barrowman is in acting purgatory or else a Captain Jack
cameo would have been guaranteed!
.... and what about Rose's boyfriend, Mickey, .... who,
apparently, got himself in a lot of trouble following John
Barrowman.
On 2025-06-04 01:15:40 +0000, Your Name said:
On 2025-06-03 21:41:37 +0000, Dave Shariff Yadallee - System
Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the Problem said:
In article <101nnbu$8rlp$1@dont-email.me>,
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 2025-06-03 19:17:30 +0000, Blueshirt said:
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
The problem is any new fool in charge will always come with their own
idiotic ideas about what Doctor Who "should be", so we end up with an
even bigger ridiculous ill-fitting mess than we have now. :-\
Says who?
Pretty much the entire history of entertainment industry proves it many
many many times over. :-)
It's not just the entertainment industry either. You just have to look
at any business company where a new manager or CEO comes along and
tries to change things to try to prove how "clever"/"useful" they are,
only to make a complete mess of it and waste piles of money.
The Doctor wrote:
In article <101ogna$j1u4$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
On 4/06/2025 7:40 am, Dave Shariff Yadallee - System
Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the Problem wrote:
In article <101nf00$6ncr$1@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
The only way Doctor Who can come back is for all of these
stakes to be complete removed and that means a complete
reset to before these stakes impaled Doctor Who to begin
with.
Exactly what I have in mind!
Did everyone notice WHO made the above post??
Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator a.k.a. The Root
of the Problem <root@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>
Welcome NEW POSTER. (Certainly correct about being "The Root
of the Problem" ;-P )
Rather an odd crossover.
Was that a different Yads breaking through from an alternate
reality?
Your Name wrote:
On 2025-06-03 19:17:30 +0000, Blueshirt said:
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
The problem is any new fool in charge will always come with
their own idiotic ideas about what Doctor Who "should be", so
we end up with an even bigger ridiculous ill-fitting mess than
we have now. :-\
You'd expect any showrunner to have a vision for the show they
are producing and make the overall feel of it their idea for
that show. That's why you'd give them the job. But 'vision'
shouldn't mean continually harking back to your previous time on
the show as though that's all that counts. Bringing back David
Tennant, Donna Noble and now Rose Tyler, is basically just
"RTD's Greatest Hits: Volume Two". It's not really going forward.
I suppose we can consider ourselves lucky that John Barrowman is
in acting purgatory or else a Captain Jack cameo would have been
guaranteed!
On 4/06/2025 7:03 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
The Doctor wrote:AH!! What an appropriate link, there, Blueshirt!
In article <101ogna$j1u4$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
On 4/06/2025 7:40 am, Dave Shariff Yadallee - System
Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the Problem wrote:
In article <101nf00$6ncr$1@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
The only way Doctor Who can come back is for all of these
stakes to be complete removed and that means a complete
reset to before these stakes impaled Doctor Who to begin
with.
Exactly what I have in mind!
Did everyone notice WHO made the above post??
Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator a.k.a. The Root
of the Problem <root@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>
Welcome NEW POSTER. (Certainly correct about being "The Root
of the Problem" ;-P )
Rather an odd crossover.
Was that a different Yads breaking through from an alternate
reality?
--
Daniel70
On 4/06/2025 7:27 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Your Name wrote:.... and what about Rose's boyfriend, Mickey, .... who, apparently, got >himself in a lot of trouble following John Barrowman.
On 2025-06-03 19:17:30 +0000, Blueshirt said:
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
The problem is any new fool in charge will always come with
their own idiotic ideas about what Doctor Who "should be", so
we end up with an even bigger ridiculous ill-fitting mess than
we have now. :-\
You'd expect any showrunner to have a vision for the show they
are producing and make the overall feel of it their idea for
that show. That's why you'd give them the job. But 'vision'
shouldn't mean continually harking back to your previous time on
the show as though that's all that counts. Bringing back David
Tennant, Donna Noble and now Rose Tyler, is basically just
"RTD's Greatest Hits: Volume Two". It's not really going forward.
I suppose we can consider ourselves lucky that John Barrowman is
in acting purgatory or else a Captain Jack cameo would have been
guaranteed!
--
Daniel70
Daniel70 wrote:
On 4/06/2025 7:27 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
.... and what about Rose's boyfriend, Mickey, .... who,
I suppose we can consider ourselves lucky that John
Barrowman is in acting purgatory or else a Captain Jack
cameo would have been guaranteed!
apparently, got himself in a lot of trouble following John
Barrowman.
We'd have to be really unlucky for the "tin dog" to come
back...
I think it's safe to say that ain't happening either.
Your Name wrote:
It's not just the entertainment industry either. You just have
to look at any business company where a new manager or CEO
comes along and tries to change things to try to prove how
"clever"/"useful" they are, only to make a complete mess of it
and waste piles of money.
Are you talking about Todd Boehly at Chelsea FC by any chance?!
:-)
Your Name wrote:
It's not just the entertainment industry either. You just have
to look at any business company where a new manager or CEO
comes along and tries to change things to try to prove how
"clever"/"useful" they are, only to make a complete mess of it
and waste piles of money.
Are you talking about Todd Boehly at Chelsea FC by any chance?!
:-)
On 2025-06-03 19:17:30 +0000, Blueshirt said:
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
The problem is any new fool in charge will always come with their own
idiotic ideas about what Doctor Who "should be", so we end up with an
even bigger ridiculous ill-fitting mess than we have now. :-\
In article <xn0p6nab58g4fmk009@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 4/06/2025 7:27 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
.... and what about Rose's boyfriend, Mickey, .... who,
I suppose we can consider ourselves lucky that John
Barrowman is in acting purgatory or else a Captain Jack
cameo would have been guaranteed!
apparently, got himself in a lot of trouble following John
Barrowman.
We'd have to be really unlucky for the "tin dog" to come
back...
I think it's safe to say that ain't happening either.
WEll If JAck were back ...
On 03/06/2025 21:53, Your Name wrote:
On 2025-06-03 19:17:30 +0000, Blueshirt said:
The Doctor wrote:
New showrunner with a new perspective.
A new showrunner with no "Doctor Who" baggage.
The problem is any new fool in charge will always come with their own
idiotic ideas about what Doctor Who "should be", so we end up with an
even bigger ridiculous ill-fitting mess than we have now. :-\
The show is already dead. How could it possible get any worse? Davies
totally destroyed it. They only way back is to write off the RTD era >completely and start again from 1996.
--
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
The True loon lost track of his hated dates:
The show is already dead. How could it possible get any worse? Davies
totally destroyed it.
In 2017? When he wasn’t even working on the programme?
How did he manage that?
They only way back is to write off the RTD era
completely and start again from 1996.
What happened to going back to Capaldi to start again?
At this rate, you’ll soon be demanding DW goes back to Bunny
Webber’s original Troubleshooters concept!
--
solar penguin
On 5/06/2025 12:22 am, The Doctor wrote:^^^^^<-Paedophile talker noted
In article <xn0p6nab58g4fmk009@post.eweka.nl>,... but Jack HAS been back, Binky.
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 4/06/2025 7:27 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
.... and what about Rose's boyfriend, Mickey, .... who,
I suppose we can consider ourselves lucky that John
Barrowman is in acting purgatory or else a Captain Jack
cameo would have been guaranteed!
apparently, got himself in a lot of trouble following John
Barrowman.
We'd have to be really unlucky for the "tin dog" to come
back...
I think it's safe to say that ain't happening either.
WEll If JAck were back ...
--
Daniel70
The asswipe asked:
In article <101rt34$1gg3c$1@dont-email.me>,
solar penguin <solar.penguin@gmail.com> wrote:
The True loon lost track of his hated dates:
The show is already dead. How could it possible get any worse? Davies
totally destroyed it.
In 2017? When he wasn’t even working on the programme?
How did he manage that?
They only way back is to write off the RTD era
completely and start again from 1996.
What happened to going back to Capaldi to start again?
At this rate, you’ll soon be demanding DW goes back to Bunny
Webber’s original Troubleshooters concept!
Bunny Webber?
Yes. I’ve double-checked and it was definitely Bunny Webber who
suggested the Troubleshooters concept, back in March 1963.
Aggy would probably agree with many of the ideas in Webber’s memo:
“Young heroines do not command the interest of boys. Young
heroes do command the interest of girls. Therefore the highest
coverage amongst children and teenagers is got by: The Handsome
Young Man Hero”
(Whether it’s still true nowadays is another matter, but you
can see why I joked about Aggy wanting to turn the clock back
to Webber’s vision.)
In article <101rt34$1gg3c$1@dont-email.me>,
solar penguin <solar.penguin@gmail.com> wrote:
The True loon lost track of his hated dates:
They only way back is to write off the RTD era
completely and start again from 1996.
What happened to going back to Capaldi to start again?
At this rate, you’ll soon be demanding DW goes back to Bunny
Webber’s original Troubleshooters concept!
Bunny Webber?
I’ve double-checked and it was definitely Bunny Webber who
suggested the Troubleshooters concept, back in March 1963.
Aggy would probably agree with many of the ideas in Webber’s
memo: “Young heroines do not command the interest of boys.
Young heroes do command the interest of girls. Therefore the
highest coverage amongst children and teenagers is got by: The
Handsome Young Man Hero”
(Whether it’s still true nowadays is another matter, but you
can see why I joked about Aggy wanting to turn the clock back
to Webber’s vision.)
The asswipe asked:
In article <101rt34$1gg3c$1@dont-email.me>,
solar penguin <solar.penguin@gmail.com> wrote:
The True loon lost track of his hated dates:
The show is already dead. How could it possible get any worse? Davies
totally destroyed it.
In 2017? When he wasn’t even working on the programme?
How did he manage that?
They only way back is to write off the RTD era
completely and start again from 1996.
What happened to going back to Capaldi to start again?
At this rate, you’ll soon be demanding DW goes back to Bunny
Webber’s original Troubleshooters concept!
Bunny Webber?
Yes. I’ve double-checked and it was definitely Bunny Webber who
suggested the Troubleshooters concept, back in March 1963.
Aggy would probably agree with many of the ideas in Webber’s memo:
“Young heroines do not command the interest of boys. Young
heroes do command the interest of girls. Therefore the highest
coverage amongst children and teenagers is got by: The Handsome
Young Man Hero”
(Whether it’s still true nowadays is another matter, but you
can see why I joked about Aggy wanting to turn the clock back
to Webber’s vision.)
--
solar penguin
The Doctor wrote:
In article <101rt34$1gg3c$1@dont-email.me>,
solar penguin <solar.penguin@gmail.com> wrote:
The True loon lost track of his hated dates:
They only way back is to write off the RTD era
completely and start again from 1996.
What happened to going back to Capaldi to start again?
At this rate, you’ll soon be demanding DW goes back to Bunny
Webber’s original Troubleshooters concept!
Bunny Webber?
Cecil Webber.
solar penguin wrote:
I’ve double-checked and it was definitely Bunny Webber who
suggested the Troubleshooters concept, back in March 1963.
Aggy would probably agree with many of the ideas in Webber’s
memo: “Young heroines do not command the interest of boys.
Young heroes do command the interest of girls. Therefore the
highest coverage amongst children and teenagers is got by: The
Handsome Young Man Hero”
In fairness, that was 1963... a long long time ago... so long
ago I wasn't even born!
(Whether it’s still true nowadays is another matter, but you
can see why I joked about Aggy wanting to turn the clock back
to Webber’s vision.)
I think the BBC of 2025 would have some issues with Cecil
Webber's concept...
On 5/06/2025 10:04 pm, solar penguin wrote:
The asswipe asked:
In article <101rt34$1gg3c$1@dont-email.me>,
solar penguin <solar.penguin@gmail.com> wrote:
The True loon lost track of his hated dates:
The show is already dead. How could it possible get any worse? Davies >>>>> totally destroyed it.
In 2017? When he wasn’t even working on the programme?
How did he manage that?
They only way back is to write off the RTD era
completely and start again from 1996.
What happened to going back to Capaldi to start again?
At this rate, you’ll soon be demanding DW goes back to Bunny
Webber’s original Troubleshooters concept!
Bunny Webber?
Yes. I’ve double-checked and it was definitely Bunny Webber who
suggested the Troubleshooters concept, back in March 1963.
Aggy would probably agree with many of the ideas in Webber’s memo:
“Young heroines do not command the interest of boys. Young
heroes do command the interest of girls. Therefore the highest
coverage amongst children and teenagers is got by: The Handsome
Young Man Hero”
" ..... The Handsome Young Man Hero” .... and 'they' went with DoctorBill??
(Whether it’s still true nowadays is another matter, but youMaybe Aggy just wants to relive his youth!!
can see why I joked about Aggy wanting to turn the clock back
to Webber’s vision.)
--
Daniel70
Daniel declared:
On 5/06/2025 10:04 pm, solar penguin wrote:
The asswipe asked:
In article <101rt34$1gg3c$1@dont-email.me>,
solar penguin <solar.penguin@gmail.com> wrote:
The True loon lost track of his hated dates:
The show is already dead. How could it possible get any worse? Davies >>>>>> totally destroyed it.
In 2017? When he wasn’t even working on the programme?
How did he manage that?
They only way back is to write off the RTD era
completely and start again from 1996.
What happened to going back to Capaldi to start again?
At this rate, you’ll soon be demanding DW goes back to Bunny
Webber’s original Troubleshooters concept!
Bunny Webber?
Yes. I’ve double-checked and it was definitely Bunny Webber who
suggested the Troubleshooters concept, back in March 1963.
Aggy would probably agree with many of the ideas in Webber’s memo:
“Young heroines do not command the interest of boys. Young
heroes do command the interest of girls. Therefore the highest
coverage amongst children and teenagers is got by: The Handsome
Young Man Hero”
" ..... The Handsome Young Man Hero” .... and 'they' went with DoctorBill??
The Handsome Young Man Hero character became Ian (then
Steven, Ben and Jamie.)
DoctorBill was based loosely on Webber’s “The Maturer Man
[…] With Some ‘Character’ Twist”. Only loosely though, since
Webber wanted the character to be aged 35-40 but no more.
(“Nowadays, to satisfy grown women, Father-figures are introduced
into loyalty
programmes at such a rate that TV begins to look like an
Old People’s Home.”)
Of course, all this was when the series was still just going to
be a contemporary Earth-based show about a team of trouble-
shooters dealing with mad scientists etc. Quite a lot changed
when they decided to add the TARDIS.
(Whether it’s still true nowadays is another matter, but youMaybe Aggy just wants to relive his youth!!
can see why I joked about Aggy wanting to turn the clock back
to Webber’s vision.)
I doubt he was ever The Handsome Young Man Hero.
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solar penguin
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
solar penguin wrote:
I’ve double-checked and it was definitely Bunny Webber who
suggested the Troubleshooters concept, back in March 1963.
Aggy would probably agree with many of the ideas in Webber’s
memo: “Young heroines do not command the interest of boys.
Young heroes do command the interest of girls. Therefore the
highest coverage amongst children and teenagers is got by: The
Handsome Young Man Hero”
In fairness, that was 1963... a long long time ago... so long
ago I wasn't even born!
Even in 1963 it probably wasn’t true. There was a young heroine
character in DW right from the start!
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solar penguin
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