Mais quel bordel, l’épisode Power of the Doctor, pour le final de la 13e.
Ça n’a aucun sens.
Ouais, c’était un sacré gloubi-boulga.
Trop de trucs dedans, c’est un peu indigeste (peut-être que c’est meilleur réchauffé, tiens).
Tori.
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Y avait quand même des CyberMasters d’un côté qui servent le plan biscornu du Maître, des Cybermen clonés ailleurs qui font leur conversion tranquillement, des Daleks qui bronzent dans les volcans (pourquoi tuer l’humanité, au fait ?), le Maître en 2022 et 1906, le Maître Docteur bien gênant…
Avec au milieu Ace et Tegan qui font bien leurs âges (surtout Tegan).
Je ne retiens que les retrouvailles touchantes et bien faites entre Ace & Tegan et leurs Docteurs.
Le reste est une cata absolue, avec une fin presque honteuse qui n’aborde même pas les sentiments entre Yaz et 13.
Mais d’ailleurs, au fond, tout ça c’était juste ppur que le Maître s’impose dans le Docteur ?
C’est tellement malaisant comme idée…
Carlos Dearmas (Ninth Doctor, Doctor Who Series 1) :
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Peach Momoko
How long had you considered coming back to Doctor Who ?
Well honestly, it wasn’t a plan of mine, although I have to issue a massive caveat there and say as a massive Doctor Who fan since the age of three, I think about it all the time. And when I wasn’t producing it, people would always say, Oh, you know, are you going to write Doctor Who again… And it was a bit rude while there were other people in the job, to say ‘Oh yes, I’ll think about it now.’ It’s like, there were other people running the show!
Remind me, then, for my benefit — why’d you leave in the first place?
Other things to write. Simple as that. Cucumber, actually. And then my husband was ill. So I left in 2010, that was my last episode. And we both went to America, the Cucumber script was written there, and then he fell ill so everything got delayed by about five years. But Cucumber was burning in my head. If Doctor Who hadn’t come along, I would’ve written that back in 2004 — what would it have been like then? Oh my god, how would we have had that conversation then? Would it have been more explosive or more strange? Because it would be the same script! Nothing changed in terms of what happened to that couple, I was thinking about them as early as into the '90s.
So why return now? Like we say, in the immediate aftermath of It’s a Sin , you could probably write anything you want.
You’re right, you’re right. Partly, it’s simply that I love it and always have loved it. But the world has changed. And we’re now in the age of the streamer. I watch the Star Trek empire with vast envy: the way that’s turned itself from an old archive show into something fantastic. The cast is so progressive, so good, so beautiful. And very cleverly I think Star Trek is reaching out to making something like fifty-two episodes a year. So that’s your yearly show, genius. And there’s a problem with the BBC, it’s a public service broadcaster, so there’s only so much they’ll ever commit to.
So I thought — with no criticism whatsoever towards the people who were running it at the time, because they were running it within the BBC’s measures — it was time for the next stage for Doctor Who. I thought the streaming platforms are ready, the spin-offs are ready; I always believed in spin-offs when I was there. I did Torchwood as a spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures as a spin-off. Those spin-offs declined when I left, and I can see why. And I very much left after 2008, when the money became scarce, I think that’s fair enough for the public service broadcaster that the money is spent on other things.
But now, it wasn’t my idea, it was the BBC’s notion to go for a streamer [Disney+] to invest in the show worldwide, which I completely agree with. We’re not on the budget level with Star Wars and the Marvel shows—
You’re working with millions of dollars more than you usually world, right?
It’s better than it was, yes yes yes. I mean any piece of television costs millions. We’re not allowed to talk about budget, and we’re not on that Star Wars or Star Trek level, but it’s more than I’ve ever had to work with.
There were reports that it could be upwards of ten million dollars an episode…
Honestly, read my column in Doctor Who magazine, as [executive producer] Jane [Tranter] tried to very clearly say, it’s not ten million an episode. It’s absolutely not. I wish it was, it’d make my life easier. But we’re very clever at spending money, I think Doctor Who has learnt more tricks over the years than other shows have, perhaps.
Has the larger budget changed your creative approach?
Yes, I think it does, it’s one of the reason I’ve come back — you can tell stories on a bigger scale. It’s the same old problems, I still have to cut scenes because they’re too expensive, and I still have to reduce the number of monsters, and things like that. But my imagination feels more free, a lot more free, actually. It’s just a joy to write anyway. I’m really proud of it. Oh my god, there are some strong episodes coming up.
Would you have come back if David [Tennant] and Catherine [Tate] hadn’t?
Oh, probably yes. I mean, that’s just an added delight. Their willingness to do it was part of the reason I picked it up in the first place. They said ‘Wouldn’t it be a laugh to do something for the sixtieth?’ So I went to the BBC, not knowing that they were getting ready to make Doctor Who bigger anyway. So it’s like I walked into a trap. [Laughs.] No, everything coincided at the right time.
Last night we had Ncuti [Gatwa]'s first read-through. He’s so unbelievably stunning. I can’t wait for you to see him. He just lifts your hair off your head. He’s beautiful. Absolutely beautiful, in every sense. So, very excited. But, to have David and Catherine doing three hours as well is extra joy. That’s a big party. You’re gonna love it.
Any truth to the speculation around Edgar Wright?
Oh, no. Was there speculation?
Well, there was some cryptic Instagram posting last year, and fans thought that he’d be directing an episode as a result.
Yes please! No, we wouldn’t have kept that secret, would we? If he’s reading GQplease get him to do it. I love him.
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J’ai vu que la série « Jeux de pouvoir » (2003) était disponible sur Arte avec David Morrissey (Next Doctor, très bon épisode de Noel) et David Simm aka le Maître.
C’est dit!
Sara Richard
Christian Ward
Tom Brevoort : « Eighteen years ago today, it started again. »
« Gimme some jelly baby, baby ! »
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Sacré poisson.
Super-Team Family : Le Docteur contre Galactus
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Murray Gold fait son retour à la composition de la bande originale pour les épisodes spéciaux de cette année avec l’orchestre national BBC du Pays de Galles.
Award-winning composer Murray Gold returns to Doctor Who | Doctor Who
The composer will once again work with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with his musical scores appearing when #DoctorWho returns in November. https://t.co/802I6NHjwt » / TwitterOh, intéressant. A voir s’il saura se renouveler.