When he said "I love it when the scale gets epic and titanic" I couldn't help but think of that scene in Voyage of the Damned where the actual Titanic falls out of the sky
3:10 "Ruby's so young", born 2004, the year he was writing Rose. Equally, Amelia Pond was born in 1989, when the old show ended, and met the Doctor in 1996 when the TV movie aired. (But due to the stars going out in her timeline, none of this happened to her?)
I find it interesting that RTD has chosen to introduce more god like characters in his new era. In his first era he banned all god like characters being used (hence why there's no time lords). Moffat in series 2 actually pitched idea that RTD struck down because it involved god like aliens.
@@callumarcadio Yeah, I think he's confused this a little, in season 2 Satan was penned at the suggestion of the producer, as he confronted Davies with the idea that there wasn't enough godlike beings in Doctor Who like there had been in the classic era
@@loomingmoon4682 "RUSSELL: Do you remember pitching a Series 2 idea to me, a story about the Doctor being put on trial by big sort of Time God judges? I think it was for interfering in time. I loved that, but I didn't want a series with gods in it." DWM #551 (Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat interview each other)
Absolutely holding my tongue on this until it's out because EVERYTHING else is blatantly pointing toward an absolutely brilliant new era for Doctor Who, but every time I hear a little bit more elaboration on this new 'fantasy' angle, I DO get growingly more concerned. The techno-babble and intrinsically science-based side (fast and loose as it may play) of Doctor Who has always been my favourite part of the show and a big part of what attracted me to it as a child in the first place. Hearing Russell say stuff like, "You don't question why the ship is flying." or "Let's be honest, it's just a werewolf." is a little disconcerting to me. I absolutely love Russell, but I just can't agree on that! As a kid, I always waited with baited breath for the sciencey mumbo jumbo that followed. I ALWAYS question why the ship is flying or how werewolves have come to exist. The fun of it for me has always been "Okay, so we know this isn't real. It's a TV show. Of course it's not. But, on paper, COULD it be? In another universe or reality; in another time, in just the right circumstance, with just the right coincidences, could this story reasonably play out?". As a child, I found a great deal of fun in a playful pseudo-'belief' in the Doctor in a similar way it's fun to look up at the stars and imagine alien life on other planets. Science says it's possible, but we don't know for sure that there is any because we've got no empirical evidence. It's reasonable to believe alien life exists, and it's not overly farfetched to believe there may be extremely advanced races of aliens capable of bending spacetime to suit their ends, or even that one particular individual might have left their planet to travel the stars getting into all manner of scrapes and shenanigans. So, the basic premise of Doctor Who and most of its stories sort of work (granted, often messily) on a theoretical level, and I think that's where I've personally always found the joy in it. Extending purely into fantasy just feels a little too jump-the-shark-y for my taste. Again, I'll wait until it's out and, on balance, I am more excited for the show than I have been in a long while, but I do worry that the show is really going to lose something so core to it that it may genuinely affect the enjoyment of budding, young, science-folk and geeky fans such as myself. I will say that in any case, the Toymaker's explanation of "making a jigsaw out of [the Doctor's] life" DOES go some way to helping. I just hope that we still get enough techno-babble going forward to continue to juuust suspend disbelief enough to shrug things off as it always has. I've really missed the Doctor tasting substances, collecting samples, and running things through computer scans in recent years. Frankly, it was a thrill to see Tennant licking a computer component in Wild Blue Yonder. I just worry that I've seen this before with Wizards vs Aliens (also written by Davies) taking over the Sarah Jane Adventures slot on CBBC. We went from sci-fi straight into fantasy - fair enough, it's a different show - but I'm not sure the audience response there was as positive as hoped.
No Dr. Who is not fantasy. No it's not narnia. It is science fiction, end of story. Continuing to pretend otherwise will make this show rated even lower than Chibnall's run.
RTD never understood the Doctor which is why he wants to humanise him. He tends to write soap opera fantasy and steals ideas from Classic Who constantly except Classic Who is infinitely superior compared to his trash.
@@lexruptor RTD’s stolen from Classic Who, Satellite 5 idea of revisiting a place where events have moved on taken from Classic Who’s Ark in Space. Rose goes missing and posters are put up which is taken from Classic Who’s Survival. Aliens using human skins in Aliens of London, Boomtown taken from Classic Who’s Leisure Hive etc etc etc… RTD rips off Classic Who and other sources because he doesn’t have an original science fiction concept in his head and can only write soap opera/Social dramas. He then made the Doctor act more human by flirting and kissing women, something the first 7 Doctors in Classic Who would never do. He brought Doctor Who back to spoil it.
I'll put up with any magical nonsense happily.... I just so sincerely dont want any more musicals. The goblin one was more than enough for the whole 60 years of the show, please dont Disney it THAT way
There are exceptions I can make for diagetic examples. I can already see workarounds for the Maestro that won't bother me, especially if the can kill that baddie off, or fix the salt spill at the edge of the universe. I may be more forgiving than what you would expect. Like I said the goblin song was silly, but technically falls into the acceptable category for me.
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When he said "I love it when the scale gets epic and titanic" I couldn't help but think of that scene in Voyage of the Damned where the actual Titanic falls out of the sky
I always love these interviews. Also funny to see Series 14 being the name that sticks
Hello brother, I see you're getting around
itll always be series 14, even in the states
@@erteldaturtle3003The states here, bro spitting mad facts. Series 14 ftw.
“Shocking answers” if she’s actually Susan that would be wacky
Rose Tyler was probably still working at Henrik's when Ruby was born which is pretty crazy.
3:10 "Ruby's so young", born 2004, the year he was writing Rose. Equally, Amelia Pond was born in 1989, when the old show ended, and met the Doctor in 1996 when the TV movie aired. (But due to the stars going out in her timeline, none of this happened to her?)
Russell can't promise jack and sh*t and jack left town.
Please come back
I find it interesting that RTD has chosen to introduce more god like characters in his new era. In his first era he banned all god like characters being used (hence why there's no time lords). Moffat in series 2 actually pitched idea that RTD struck down because it involved god like aliens.
RTD is a massive knob
Couldn't the Beast in The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit be seen as godlike, though?
@@callumarcadio Yeah, I think he's confused this a little, in season 2 Satan was penned at the suggestion of the producer, as he confronted Davies with the idea that there wasn't enough godlike beings in Doctor Who like there had been in the classic era
@@loomingmoon4682 "RUSSELL: Do you remember pitching a Series 2 idea to me, a story about the Doctor being put on trial by big sort of Time God judges? I think it was for interfering in time. I loved that, but I didn't want a series with gods in it."
DWM #551 (Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat interview each other)
It's been a long time since then. He probably wants to take a new approach.
Awesome interview 🙂👍👏👏
Absolutely holding my tongue on this until it's out because EVERYTHING else is blatantly pointing toward an absolutely brilliant new era for Doctor Who, but every time I hear a little bit more elaboration on this new 'fantasy' angle, I DO get growingly more concerned. The techno-babble and intrinsically science-based side (fast and loose as it may play) of Doctor Who has always been my favourite part of the show and a big part of what attracted me to it as a child in the first place.
Hearing Russell say stuff like, "You don't question why the ship is flying." or "Let's be honest, it's just a werewolf." is a little disconcerting to me. I absolutely love Russell, but I just can't agree on that! As a kid, I always waited with baited breath for the sciencey mumbo jumbo that followed. I ALWAYS question why the ship is flying or how werewolves have come to exist.
The fun of it for me has always been "Okay, so we know this isn't real. It's a TV show. Of course it's not. But, on paper, COULD it be? In another universe or reality; in another time, in just the right circumstance, with just the right coincidences, could this story reasonably play out?".
As a child, I found a great deal of fun in a playful pseudo-'belief' in the Doctor in a similar way it's fun to look up at the stars and imagine alien life on other planets. Science says it's possible, but we don't know for sure that there is any because we've got no empirical evidence. It's reasonable to believe alien life exists, and it's not overly farfetched to believe there may be extremely advanced races of aliens capable of bending spacetime to suit their ends, or even that one particular individual might have left their planet to travel the stars getting into all manner of scrapes and shenanigans.
So, the basic premise of Doctor Who and most of its stories sort of work (granted, often messily) on a theoretical level, and I think that's where I've personally always found the joy in it. Extending purely into fantasy just feels a little too jump-the-shark-y for my taste.
Again, I'll wait until it's out and, on balance, I am more excited for the show than I have been in a long while, but I do worry that the show is really going to lose something so core to it that it may genuinely affect the enjoyment of budding, young, science-folk and geeky fans such as myself.
I will say that in any case, the Toymaker's explanation of "making a jigsaw out of [the Doctor's] life" DOES go some way to helping. I just hope that we still get enough techno-babble going forward to continue to juuust suspend disbelief enough to shrug things off as it always has. I've really missed the Doctor tasting substances, collecting samples, and running things through computer scans in recent years. Frankly, it was a thrill to see Tennant licking a computer component in Wild Blue Yonder.
I just worry that I've seen this before with Wizards vs Aliens (also written by Davies) taking over the Sarah Jane Adventures slot on CBBC. We went from sci-fi straight into fantasy - fair enough, it's a different show - but I'm not sure the audience response there was as positive as hoped.
You spelt Russell's name wrong. There's no period after the T, it's "Russell T Davies" NOT "Russell T. Davies" because the T isn't short for anything.
Not calling it Series 1?
Same difference
Let’s just call it series 40
@@Zach90888Or Series Fnarg
@@Zach90888season 40*
@@topmandog1*series 14
No Dr. Who is not fantasy. No it's not narnia. It is science fiction, end of story. Continuing to pretend otherwise will make this show rated even lower than Chibnall's run.
Russell needs to resign
Brilliant!
Russell you're incredible, do not ever leave doctor who, we love you
He'll leave when Disney stop funding this trash.
R U SERIOUS!!! He has destroyed it.
Translation: I'm gonna f*** this show to kingdom come.
Rubbish
I am so excited for Russell, this is crazy
RTD never understood the Doctor which is why he wants to humanise him. He tends to write soap opera fantasy and steals ideas from Classic Who constantly except Classic Who is infinitely superior compared to his trash.
Objectively and demonstrably false
@@lexruptor RTD’s stolen from Classic Who, Satellite 5 idea of revisiting a place where events have moved on taken from Classic Who’s Ark in Space. Rose goes missing and posters are put up which is taken from Classic Who’s Survival. Aliens using human skins in Aliens of London, Boomtown taken from Classic Who’s Leisure Hive etc etc etc… RTD rips off Classic Who and other sources because he doesn’t have an original science fiction concept in his head and can only write soap opera/Social dramas. He then made the Doctor act more human by flirting and kissing women, something the first 7 Doctors in Classic Who would never do. He brought Doctor Who back to spoil it.
Haha "why would you want to come back to the world"
TO DESTROY IT🔥🔥🔥
Such a great interview!
But RTD, why have you made the show such agenda driven rubbish?
He always did that before.
It's always had messages since day 1 lol.
No he didn't tho.
@@pinkspot1998 no it hasn't
@@itzbp9949
"Weapons of mass Destruction"
I'll put up with any magical nonsense happily.... I just so sincerely dont want any more musicals. The goblin one was more than enough for the whole 60 years of the show, please dont Disney it THAT way
I've got bad news for you buddy
There are exceptions I can make for diagetic examples. I can already see workarounds for the Maestro that won't bother me, especially if the can kill that baddie off, or fix the salt spill at the edge of the universe. I may be more forgiving than what you would expect. Like I said the goblin song was silly, but technically falls into the acceptable category for me.
The whole thing is garbage mate
@@itzbp9949nothing so far mate
Don't take Doctor Who too seriously.
If he gonna introduced godlike villains he better write a satisfying and clever defeat, not something as ridiculous and lame as "playing balls"
Or Doctor Jesús.
More gods vs the incredible god like super hero DOCTOR WHO! the ruination of the show.
No rtd you came back because doctor who was on the verge of being cancelled
He spoke about wanting to come back in 2020 for a movie
Was it? Where is your proof of that? Covid almost got it but who said he came back because it was almost canceled? Prove your claims.
False
Its new Russell , new rubbish. wont be long till nude sex scenes appear and bad swearing. Doctor who needs to go back to basics.
Stepping into fantasy is a way to lazy write DW. This is a terrible show runner now and a burned out writer, burned out on DW. He needs to leave now.
I see that RTD still trying hard to kill all the good will he’s built up over the years 😬
How
Oh yeah he's driving it right into the ground
@@itzbp9949 prove it
We’ve only had 4 episodes from him, it’s waaaay to early to tell
Not even close