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ASJKDLFJDKLS I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW SEASON WITH A NEW COMPANION!!Also like...Moffat quit, and that guy who made dinosaurs on a spaceship *shudders* is the new head, and there's no doctor who in 2016!?
*deep breaths* Still... hiatus aside... I'm actually mostly looking forward to this.
Firstly, it'll be nice to have a change of pace. I mean, not that I really disliked Moffat, but uh, it just seems like a good time to have a new showrunner in, you know? Besides, I was starting to get tired of a lot of old Moffat-isms, and it feels like he's been showrunner for a very long time. A bit too long, I think. :/ It'll be nice to have someone new.
Also... given how many people stopped watching once Moffat took over (as if Davies fuckin' defined the series and that anything after that just 'wasn't Doctor Who anymore'... which, as many of you know, really bothers me), I can only hope that some ex-fans might see this as an opportunity to give the show a second chance. OwO
In fact, now that I think about it...
I REALLY CANNOT FUCKING WAIT FOR EVERYONE TO START GETTING NOSTALGIC OVER MOFFAT AND ACTING LIKE HIS ERA WAS SO MUCH BETTER EVEN IF A LOT OF THOSE SAME PEOPLE USED TO KIND OF HATE HIM. >w< JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO RUSSEL T. DAVIES.
Although... wait, speaking of Moffat vs Davies...
OH, oh, oohhhhhh no. Now I'm concerned.
Because, so far, every past New Who Doctor (except for Eccleston) was around for exactly three seasons. ...Granted, that means that a grand total of two Doctors had that exact number of seasons, so, I'm not sure if it's really fair to count that as a trend, but since the New Who lineup kind of defines the show for most people and Eccleston was always considered an exception to most things, it's understandable how people would probably expect three seasons from each Doctor from now on.
And... following that rule... it would stand to reason that Capaldi's last season would be season 10... which they said would be Moffat's last season, which would mean that season 11 would mean a new Doctor and a new showrunner...
AND I AM VERY VERY CONCERNED THAT THEY WILL REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKES AS LAST TIME, AND I DO NOT WANT THAT. FOR THE SAKE OF THE SHOW AND ITS FANBASE, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT KIND OF DIVIDE HAPPEN EVER AGAIN. And this is especially concerning given the fact that the Davies/Moffat switch is the only transition from one showrunner to another that New Who has seen so far, so there's reason to assume that it might sort of set a precedent... but I really hope it doesn't. ;_;
I mean, thankfully, there's no guarantee that Capaldi will stop after three seasons... Capaldi's been saying from the start that he wants to be the Doctor for a very long time (I think one time he even said he wanted to rival that of Tom Baker?? Not sure though, I might be misremembering something else), so, you know, it's entirely possible that Capaldi will stick around longer... and that we won't see him leave until we've had at least one season with this new guy... which would be much better than the alternative...
Although, the fact that they keep calling season 10 a "12-part finale" to Moffat's era leaves me very worried that it'll have a similar effect to what The End of Time did for all of Davies' plotlines... which would definitely not be good for avoiding that whole divide thing I was talking about... and if Capaldi does leave at the end of season 10, then, well... ohhhhhh it'll be even worse then last time.......
......So, I have very mixed feelings on all of this. Or, rather, I'm cool with getting a new showrunner, but, it's the transition between the two that I'm worried about... and a lot of it depends on whether or not Capaldi plans to stick around into season 11...
Yeah, funny that this happened on, like, the one day that I didn't get a chance to check Tumblr. I most definitely would've heard of this by now, otherwise. @_@I stop paying attention for one day and....
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