New Companion… and The Grand Moff Moves On?

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The Grand Moff is teasing us with little dribbly bits of teasing news nuggets! In this week’s Radio Times magazine he says that he doesn’t have anyone specific in mind to replace Jenna Coleman yet, but this will be a good way to relaunch the show and they have “got a really cool new idea about how to do that.”

Neat! Personally, I am hoping this means we’re going to get a non-human, or at least, if it is a human then it’s one from a different time period – but one still vaguely familiar so the audience gets the character they need to identify with to “access” the show. Just, please, for the love of all that is, ever was or ever will be holy, don’t make him/her/it a love interest!

Steven Moffat also talks about moving on from the show, albeit not for another year at least, as he has signed on for Series 10. He is not saying that he’s actually moving yet, but it certainly sounds like he’s doing some succession planning!

“That’s an issue I’m actively engaged in. Everything is difficult in Doctor Who, including leaving. I’d never leave it in the lurch because it means too much to me. Let’s not pretend it’s not a big problem. But there will be a solution.”

At K Towers I think most of us (or maybe just me? I can’t really speak for the other denizens of the depths of the K dungeons) would be of the opinion that the show needs a really good shake up every few years to keep it fresh – a new Doctor isn’t really enough; it needs a fresh and reinvigorated approach from someone who isn’t exhausted by the never-ending punishing production schedule of the Doctor Who juggernaut. Someone like Toby Whithouse, maybe?

Anyway, I didn’t come here to push my idea for showrunner. I am here to regurgitate news nuggets for your entertainment and to solicit your ideas and feedback on the subject… So! Want to retread the discussion on who should be the next showrunner? Or maybe you want to tell us your ideas about the next companion? Go right ahead, there’s some text box thingy down below furnished for the purpose of you doing just that!

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