I guess we’ll see fairly soon whether BBC/AMC/Sony confirm or debunk this, and I’m not going to speculate on its veracity. At face value, though, I would welcome this as a promise of the show’s survival.
The draft(?) hits a lot of positive notes that give cause for optimism: a three season deal, partners with pretty deep pockets, and what amounts to a thorough spring cleaning behind the scenes and on screen.
We pretty much knew the next season would need a new cast. The Doctor regenerated, but into who and what is unsure. And the writing on the wall seems to be that Russell T Davies is leaving, too, so it’s not a huge reveal that the show will be “rebooted” in that sense.
From a glass half full perspective, a soft reboot like in 2005 could probably serve the show well. Heck, an even softer one as we have seen with transitions to new showrunners would suffice. Of course, those are best case scenarios, and the leaked text doesn’t detail what sort of new starting point this will be.
It remains to be seen what is meant by “a significant evolution for the series”, “newly imagined narrative […] and expanded storytelling scope”. But until there is an announcement of a new showrunner and writers — again, depending on the document’s authenticity — and their creative visions, I’d say that is likely just promotional bluster.
To some degree it signals that “yeah, the show was occasionally pretty meh the last couple of years, but no more of that!” All parts of the production would want to distance themselves from the less stellar performances of the previous run. As long as we’re not getting some sort of reset that wipes anything from canon… such as that is.
I guess we’ll see fairly soon whether BBC/AMC/Sony confirm or debunk this, and I’m not going to speculate on its veracity. At face value, though, I would welcome this as a promise of the show’s survival.
The draft(?) hits a lot of positive notes that give cause for optimism: a three season deal, partners with pretty deep pockets, and what amounts to a thorough spring cleaning behind the scenes and on screen.
We pretty much knew the next season would need a new cast. The Doctor regenerated, but into who and what is unsure. And the writing on the wall seems to be that Russell T Davies is leaving, too, so it’s not a huge reveal that the show will be “rebooted” in that sense.
From a glass half full perspective, a soft reboot like in 2005 could probably serve the show well. Heck, an even softer one as we have seen with transitions to new showrunners would suffice. Of course, those are best case scenarios, and the leaked text doesn’t detail what sort of new starting point this will be.
It remains to be seen what is meant by “a significant evolution for the series”, “newly imagined narrative […] and expanded storytelling scope”. But until there is an announcement of a new showrunner and writers — again, depending on the document’s authenticity — and their creative visions, I’d say that is likely just promotional bluster.
To some degree it signals that “yeah, the show was occasionally pretty meh the last couple of years, but no more of that!” All parts of the production would want to distance themselves from the less stellar performances of the previous run. As long as we’re not getting some sort of reset that wipes anything from canon… such as that is.