Russell T Davies on Doctor Who - Mark Lawson Talks to - BBC
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Russell T Davies talks about why many Doctor Who episodes are not set on alien planets and his involvement in the casting of Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant as the ninth and tenth Doctors. Interesting clip taken from the BBC's Mark Lawson Talks To series.
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Russell T Davies stating that Doctor Who was born out of focus groups is absolutely true, The BBC were locked in a ratings battle with ITV on Saturday nights and needed a show that would appeal to three different audiences: The Adult Sports fan audience of Granstand, The Teenage audience of Jukebox Jury and the child audience that had already been accustomed to the timeslot. These documents can easily be found online and Andrew Pixley's article of Sydney Newman in Doctor Who Magazine issue 466 is well worth a read too.
I LOVE how Davies is bullshit-free. Moffat seems to always dance around with magical excuses, and while that's dandy, I'll always miss Davies' absolute solid, real charm.
Sort of. I feel like RTD saying Eccleston ALWAYS planned to do one season is a bit of bullshit tbh. Especially considering how quickly he changes the subject
@@nyrobsivad1360 especially since Ecclestone blames his departure on a falling out between himself and RTD and other execs.
Russell T Davies knew how to reach out to the casual masses and got demographics less likely to watch sci-fi watching doctor who.
Steve Moffat is the new "main" writer now. He invented the Angels, and he is great at the mystery combined with the bombast on the new series. Yes Russel was good, but so is Steve.
And he was absolutely brilliant. Shame chibnall decided to ruin it
This is an old interview.. he talks about Heroes still :( I loved Heroes too..
RTD all the way!
I think RTD is good for the main story and Steve is good for occasional 2 parters.
Like angels etc
Hail to the King, baby
@hodgkinsonjames
3. Children Of Earth is the only thing Torchwood did that is would be truly proud of (I think)
4. I'm sorry what?
5. The River=Melody was a bit predicatable, but the connection between "River Song", "Melody Pond", The Gamma Forest, and the "The only water in the forest is the river" was quite ingenious.
6. "The Impossible Astronaut"-Most recorded TV show of all time. Booya. Also it's summer and boiling some days. Fans would be outside rather than watching TV all day.
in my opinion, i prefered RTD as a head writer but stephen moffat as an episode writer. i also miss the episodes where they go back to earth. they were some of my favourites. apart from 11th hour where he picked up amy in the first place and some small parts of other episodes, there has been no full episode set on present day earth in this world and not on a parallel time stream.
RTD because of episidoes like Doomsday and how we writes Torchwood. Also the fact that he brought it back because without the new Doctor Who, my life would suck.
I'd love him to write for Jodie Whittaker
Welp, fingers crossed he can at least one time 😋
I got an advertisement for this video, I was surprised it wasn't a Doctor Who advertisement
He was beautiful.
Still is ☺️
kind of love him
couldn't agree more😉
A straight woman in Massachusetts adores him-- me.
@Jami393 That would be great, since I just watched both those episodes, and in Father's Day the monsters appear because Rose causes someone to be alive that wasn't supposed to be. When Rose touches baby Rose a paradox is created, letting the monster into the church. This would have no real implications in A Chirstmas Carol because they are relatively safe from creatures who can abuse time and thus a paradox, although created, would not do much.
@hobsquabble Yeah but that's where Moffat got it wrong. When the Doctor brought young Scrouge to the future which he shouldn't have done, you could see in the background that Scrouge touched him and later on I think he was carrying him. So there for it should of been some sort of paradox.
@Jami393 If you would tell me the mess ups and which episodes, I'd gladly agree, but still say that it doesn't detract from his appeal to me as a writer/showrunner. Without any evidence all I can say is: He isn't the only writer, Dr Who hasn't got the best record for continuity in the world of plots and "it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly...timey-wimey...stuff." Yes, I know I've just quoted a Moffat episode...
I view Doctor Who like comic books, like a writer has a run on a title and even though it’s all technically still part of the same story, that specific run is like a separate entity. The Davies year are where DW begins and ends for me. The golden years. Moffat was hard to enjoy.
after series 6 i'd take that if i were lulz
@danny11712EXTRA its the ingrediant that is unanswerable, ive been searching for it since episode 1 of season 5. i thought, perhaps its cos they barely ever leave leadworth or the world. then thought maybe its cos matt smith has a quiet, false voice. then i pondered on the idea that it could be missing that romance between the doctor and his companion which we descreetly miss. perhaps its the way there isn't alot of scene changes. no one knows the answer and probably never will.
@AceRockGod what the hell are you talking about? the doctor managed to figure out that amy might be a flesh clone after day of the moon with the tardis scan, and the he flew through that solar tsunami in the rebel flesh on purpose to go that planet and find out if he was right, which he was. he knows what he's doing, he just looks a bit dim sometimes. p.s. imo smith's doctor is convincingly alien; tennant acted a little too human at times, and he was too over the top at the end tbh.
@DuggabbooDC The Doctor said it back in Series 1 on the episode Father's Day, because he tries and stops Rose from touching Baby Rose.
RTD. I wish he'd come back as creative consultant. Make him come back. Please. Why on Earth did he ever leave to begin with?
Because the pressure was basically killing him. He was running three different shows at the same time (Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Adventure of Sarah Jane Smith) and had to write so Many scripts, and the stress was basically a ticking bomb to him. He stepped down when he could before was too late.
Your wish is granted . RTD is back !
@@timetraveller07 I was freaking out yesterday I was so happy. Glad he's back.
@hobsquabble Do the whole thing from Father's Day in Series 1, you you touch your past self you can create some sort of time paradox, well that Scrouge guy from Moffat's First Christmas special was touching his younger self and yet no time paradox. When I think of some more I'll let you know.
i work onthis show its crazy how big it is, remember as a kid watchin it didnt think id ever be part of dr who, especially considering i think its cheesy as fook ,ah well part of history eyy
@mushroomshrub No, it's an opinion. For me RTD > Moffat
Don't get me wrong, I like Moff's stories, but I love Russell's more.
@Gamerono
Answer the question lad!!!
@SupaDupaFreak100 i agree with you. but jeez.... calm down please. it's my opinion. i liked it when the doctor knew what he was doing all the time. it was EPIC. but matt smith is great.
@hodgkinsonjames
1. I think what he has done for the show is brilliant, but what Steven turned the show into (a fairytale rather than a pseudo-science fest" is much better. The Big Bang>Journey's End
2. Major story line? He had a couple of red herrings in a few episodes and then BAM it was a big two part finale. Steven (with the crack arc) had it continuing as quite a big plot point in most episodes, then it all came full circle.
@Jami393 I think you take Dr Who a bit too serously. One can just as validly that the Doctor knows what he is doing and thus, knowing a paradox is going to be created in the Christmas Carol, he knows that it is not so dangerous and thus is worth saving 4003 people. You can continue to see it as a mess up, or see it as a show where no exact rules apply. Up to you. Both are realistic, just so long as you love the Doctor.
@supersonicdrawer yeah doctor who as well has too much romance scenes as well i mean little kids watch it and did u see what happend last year with amy and the doctor
0_O
Genius
I honestly like RTD better. Moffat's writing is just too twisty turny with no a very thin plot- I like the twists, but I personally think there's too many in Moffat's writting.
Russell T. Davies is not better than Steven Moffat. Steven Moffat is not better than Russell T. Davies. They're both brilliant writers with a different set of strengths and weaknesses. That's all.
Theres just somthing about steven moffats eps that miss somthing...
I've always thought RTD was overrated as a writer and I think Moffat is alot better.Saying that I think the best thing he's (RTD) written was Touchwood "children of earth".So I'm quite looking forward to the new series.
@Gamerono dude those angels scare the shit out of me! (Yes I am 14)
@Gamerono
PLEASE tell me thats not how you spell "mystery"
@captainantlad
Interviewer: Sooo are you hfdfhfgrf EXTERMINATE!
Writer: I'm sorry?
Interviewer:EXTERMINATE
Writer:OH MY GOD!!!
Interviewer: EXTERMIN....AHAHAHAHAHAHA got ya
Writer: 0_o....don't play with my dreams
tbf i prefer the action episodes more then mystery
Problems with RTD's writing is that he has a habit of "resetting" everything.
@hodgkinsonjames Yeah so true
Much fo what Davies produced I find hard to watch now. Especially with Tennant: the writing and his acting was SO over the top.
Moffat is a very much welcome breath of fresh air.
LOL.
Dear haters, if you don't like RTD, then go and watch Moff interviews. No one forces you to watch this. I thought DW fans are too intelligent to hate over someone, who actually bring the show back, made it a success to go on for 5 years and made possible for Moff to take over, but it seems I was mistaken. How silly of me. :(
esgaril I've been discovering lately that Whovians are most of them very nice but the less than 5% who hate Jodie are just sickening by what they have said about her
@hodgkinsonjames How was Russell better? In fact, tell me now. 'Coz I just want to hear all the reasons people can think of to say that a man who can pull the most stupid arbitrary plot developments out his ass is better than a man who can bring a whole series full circle and show how a programme that is all about sci-fi is really, in retrospect, one big fairytale. So please, go on.
Oh, and while on the subject:
A Christmas Carol>Every Russell Christmas special.
@hobsquabble For a man who wrote the weeping angels ep, hes wrote some guff since then
The new doctor is so clueless, whereas the old doctor could figure things out, which let us believe he is really smart. i don't like how the new doctor is always being suprised, he seems to 'human'
Do you still watch the show?
too many softballs - grill him ask what he was smoking inventing the slitheen.
@chrisspencerbarnes i hate how he leads us to think something amazing is gonna happen. in a trailer we here riversong talk about chillonions and classic villains. but they never appeared, its lazy. and WHY THE HELL DID THE SILENTS GET TALKED ABOUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SERIES BEFORE, THEN GOT MENTIONED IN THE FIRST EPISODE... what a build up. he also reveals too much, in a trailer for the whole series we saw the last episode clips in it! what a spoiler. also he chooses boring locations to set
@hobsquabble How can you stand Moffat, yeah he is alright for Doctor Who but he has messed up the show a few time ever since he took over.
tired of the same old fucking facebook advert.
@Gamerono
Ah, I see your a non english speaker. Your excused :)
Dancingwithotters: you´re. Pot, kettle!!!
It's so focus grouped it's ridiculous with sad Argos shopping drones obeying their toff master with no need for questions because questions denote fear.
an old interview with RTD , nothing New
Moffat > RTD. Fact.
I'm so glad he is out. I was tired of the endless gay propaganda and repeated deus ex machinas. Moffat is so much better, his writing and decisions are far better than the Davies era, his decision to retire the Daleks was long overdue and he actually took the initiative.
HE'S BACK!!! HOORAY!!!
the new doctor who is terrible. ruined, ruined, ruined and ruined.