Personally, I thought "Jekyll" was fine. It had some good shocks and interesting moments. Certainly I enjoyed watching "Jekyll" far more than I ever did "Camelot" or "Broadchurch".

Behave. It was clear I was talking about scripted drama, not any old TV show.

The problem with comments like this is always the same: you haven't suggested a better alternative. It's all well and good name checking people you then acknowledge are off the table for the BBC. Who, that would actually be available and would accept the job and the terms that go with it, do you think would be an appropriate choice?

If you can't suggest a name (and clearly demonstrate that the BBC could realistically get them to take the job) then you might as well just try and get behind Chibnall and wait to see his work before criticizing, otherwise it is just empty complaining.

'Cowardice'? Come on, you need to know the circumstances before you throw pejorative words around.

Very well. People who are available,are known to have an interest in DW
and could accept the job:

*Mark Gatiss (Doctor Who, Sherlock)

*Howard Overman (Misfits)

*Peter Harness (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell)

*Catherine Tregenna (Torchwood)

*Gareth Roberts (Doctor Who, Sarah Jane Adventures)

There's also some other contenders, like Greg Brenman (An Inspector Calls, The Honourable Woman) who make excellent drama, but who I'm not sure are interested
in "Doctor Who".

I stand by my comment that the BBC had plenty of other realistic options for DW producer. And it isn't "empty complaining" to be worried about what will happen to our
favourite program now the man behind "Cyberwoman" has been handed the reins. We have been seeing Chibnall's work as a writer and producer of telefantasy for many
years-he's not some unknown quantity.

In fairness some of the names listed above would be subjected to just as much division among fans if they were chosen instead of Chibnall. Gatiss is hardly popular within Doctor Who, and his reputation continues to slide. Harness would be an interesting choice, but I feel his episodes have as many haters as they do fans. Tregenna would be derided as a contributor to Torchwood even if her episodes were half decent - her Doctor Who episode was considered to be one of the weakest of Series 9 which as a one-and-only contribution to date would likely not be in her favour. Gareth Roberts would be seen as something of a safe, predictable and uninspired choice (I like more of his stuff than not, personally).

Ultimately though this is all from a fans perspective. The wider audience, no matter how many Buzzfeed articles there are to educate them, simply won't be aware of the episodes of Doctor Who that Chris Chibnall has penned before. He'll be seen as the man who brought them Broadchurch - which even if not to my liking, was very popular. On the face of it there's change...and that's all the mainstream will see. As much as I'm not a big fan of Chibnall's work remotely, and he's the candidate I wanted to hear announced least, I still think the BBC won't be too worried - the fans will watch out of obligation in the hope it's good, the mainstream will watch out of routine or because there's a breath of fresh air about the show again.

I would've LOOOVVEEDD if Gareth Roberts came on but he writes more fun light-hearted RTDish adventures and characters and it seems most people on this forum don't like that style.

I think 42 is a fine episode, and that maybe he's being a little self depreciating. Nothing wrong with that though. Better than having a huge ego. Plus with all the stuff he says about Russell changing the brief at the last minute, and himself having to write it in a short period of time, and coming of the back of just having written some Torchwood episodes, I think it's pretty impressive that the script is of the quality that it is.

Surprised no one has picked up on the fact that the interviewer asks 'you seem to prefer doing something for a year or two years then moving on' to which Chibnall basically seems to agree that he likes variety and being able to do different things.

Suggests his 'era' may well not be as long as that of RTD or Moffat.

I hope Chris doesn't get itchy feet after three years or work on more than one programme at a time !

As nothing is confirmed beyond 2020 for Doctor Who at the moment and the BBC Green Paper is proposing future different models of funding I hope he stays as long as possible because a successful show runner will hopefully keep the programme racking in money and the BBC may be less inclined to 'rest' the show.


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