Unless you live under a rock... on the moon (the dark side of course) then you should know that Steven Moffat is the current head writer for doctor who. He took over from Russell T Davies in 2010 but also wrote some doctor who stories before such as the highly praised 'Blink'. Now if you've read my previous articles, you'll know I'm not really a fan of Moffat. I liked almost all of his previous work before becoming head writer then I just completely lost hope in him after seeing series 6 although 'Day of the Doctor' was good. But I'm not going to talk about that (I'm tearing up) also it's rather hard writing about how angry I am with him with his face staring angrily next to me. Instead I'm here to talk about the big question: Who are the likely candidates to take over from Moffat? And how well I think they could fare (these choices are all people who have worked on doctor who before as basically I don't watch anything else, although I was contemplating putting J K Rowling here but that's just in my dreams). Mark Gatiss. For me, Mark is the likeliest candidate. He has a long history of Doctor who writing as well as co-creator of Sherlock with Steven Moffat so those two are quite good friends. To be honest, the episodes he has written for doctor who have been pretty average (The unquite dead, The idiots lantern, Victory of the Daleks, Night terrors, Cold war, The crimson horror as well as two more episodes for series 8) although his work on Sherlock is fantastic. As well as writing for doctor who he has played several characters such as lazarus. He also wrote and produced An adventure in space and time which was amazing. Likelihood: 8/10 - very likely. Russell T Davies (well I can dream can't I?) The previous head writer as I've mentioned above. He brought Doctor who back from the gutter in 2005 with a new doctor, new TARDIS and a new companion and he did it beautifully. If this doesn't prove how good he is then I don't know what will. He also had one of the most successful doctor's ever as well as saving doctor who again when Tennant left (they were going to cancel the show after he left but RTD stopped that). Likelihood: 4/10 - Pretty unlikely. Toby Whithouse. Another fairly likely choice, he has written some fantastic stories in the past (School Reunion, The Vampires of Venice, The God Complex and A Town Called Mercy, as well as the Torchwood episode Greeks Bearing Gifts). He has a lot of show running experience as well as creating the popular TV show 'Being human'. He has also said he would be interested in the role of doctor who head writer. Likelihood: 8/10 - Very likely. Neil Gaiman. I would certainly love this and I'm sure most other doctor who fans will agree but although he is a fan favourite, it's a bit unknown as to how well he would cope as head writer and he doesn't seem to have any interest in becoming head writer. Neil Gaiman wrote the extremely well-regarded episode The Doctor's Wife (which won a Hugo Award) and the somewhat less-well-regarded Nightmare in Silver. He has also written plenty of highly praised novels. Likelihood: 3/10 - Highly unlikely. Gareth Roberts. He's never run his own show so not much experience but in terms of writing, especially for doctor who he has plenty of experience. He has written The Shakespeare Code, The Unicorn and the Wasp, Planet of the Dead, The Lodger, and Closing Time as well as some Big Finish audio drama. He was also very involved with the Sarah Jane Adventures, where he wrote or cowrote 18 episodes. Finaly he has written a few doctor who books such as making the doctor who story Shada into a novel. Likelihood: 6/10 - Possible. Conclusion:
In conclusion I have reviewed 5 writers who I think are the most likely and I have found that the most likely person(s) to take over from Steven Moffat are Mark Gatiss and Toby Whithouse, both on 8/10. Next we have Gareth Roberts with 6/10, Then RTD on 4/10. Then in last place we have Neil Gaiman on 3/10. This is mainly because he is probably very busy.
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Handbot10
30/5/2014 06:03:23 am
I'm going to honestly say that if Neil Gaiman gets it then I would cry. It's not that I don't think his episodes are good it's just that they annoy me! The Doctor's Wife was a good episode, I agree. But for some reason I have a random grudge against him. However I do think nightmare In silver didn't quite lie up to it' expectations. I'm currently making my way through all the monthly shorts and I haven't read Neil's yet. But for me, Mark Gattis! Best writer ever!1
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30/5/2014 07:30:21 am
At first I did want Mark Gatiss to take over but after writing this article, I think Toby Whithouse would be quite interesting as head writer.
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Handbot10
31/5/2014 02:03:17 pm
I just don't think Neil Gaiman would keep the same feel of doctor who. But yes, a few more episodes would maybe change my mind... I've heard that he is writing for series 8 but it is only a rumour. mmmm Toby Whithouse, now that would be an adventure!
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Handbot10
31/5/2014 02:04:06 pm
The god complex, absolute genius! Leave a Reply. |
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