June 14th, 2011
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No full Doctor Who Series for 2012 – update
No full 2012 Doctor Who series
From Steven Moffat via twitter…
Dr Who: misquotes and misunderstandings. But I’m not being bounced into announcing the cool stuff before we’re ready. Hush, and patience.
lizo_mzimba said via his twitter feed that “There will not be a full series of Dr Who in 2012! BBC confirms that BBC One Controller said this earlier today”
The news was originally revealed by Wayne Clarke who was at a conference where Danny Cohen was speaking.
This may mean that although 14 new episodes are to be made, they may be spread over 2 years. This may be nothing more than a build up to 2013, the shows 50th anniversary.
He also said: “Worth repeating, BBC says Danny Cohen’s comment that Steven Moffat needed time for Sherlock hence shorter DW run wasn’t meant to be serious.”
later adding “Bit of confusion, to summarise: no FULL 13 episode series of Dr Who in 2012. So some episodes will still go out in 2012. Remainder in 2013.”
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booboo
June 15th, 2011 - 11:08amThere is total confusion on what’s being reported and what was actually said the beeb need to put out a press release on this asap
Mels
June 15th, 2011 - 10:52amIf it is a budgeting problem it really shouldn’t be happening… Doctor Who would be making a fortune in DVD/Blu-ray sales, toys and merchandising royalties all over the world, more than enough to fund itself and then some…
I guess we’ll find out soon what’s going on.
Thetasigma
June 15th, 2011 - 10:38amYou’ve absolutely hit the nail on the head here ! This confusion being put out by the bbc is mad and only serves to upset the fans ! Come on BBC Get your act together and make a proper formal announcement about the future of the show !
Anonymous
June 15th, 2011 - 9:24amThey should cut programs like Casualty, Luthor, Eastenders and other rubish programs so thay can put the millions they spend on these programs and put into Dr Who to keep it going
MORLU
June 15th, 2011 - 9:17amI would rather have some Who in a year than have to wait until 2013 for a whole series.
Mels
June 15th, 2011 - 8:29amThis is odd, and unfortunate. I love Sherlock and Doctor Who so I’m torn on having less Doctor Who if it means more Sherlock…
My impression is that Mofatt will churn them out as much as he can before he implodes… we may end up with the series delayed a bit and part of the series running over December/January, thus why we may not get ‘full series in 2012’.
Oh well, good things come to those who wait. And… I think we should wait for clarification on this before getting upset about it! This Twitter feed is vague at best.
Thetasigma
June 15th, 2011 - 8:20amYet again the BBC are sidelining the fans of this amazing show and treating them with awesome disrespect and contempt. This “Announcement” (if thats what it can be called ?) is not only unclear, if its true it makes no sense what so ever ! This seems like a case of cutting of their noses to spite their faces. The future of the show needs to me made 100% clear by the BBC and soon. Come one BBC Get your act together ! Dont treat the fans like idiots or you run the risk of losing them and subsequently Dr Who alltogether !
Ian
June 15th, 2011 - 7:54amI can see some with creative issues on RTD and or Moffatt are already trying to have a go that this is the reason but trust me, it wont be. This will be a money driven decision so someone up there in the accounts dept can offset the budget to produce it over more financial quarters. At the end of the day , unfortunately, creatives make the shows but the accountants and managers make these sort of decisions. There is already talk on having to save money by maybe cancelling BBC 3 or BBC 4 or reducing BBC2s hours and they are selling off BBC Centre. Dr Who is in that money saving mix too. The best we can hope is that maybe money is being saved in the 2011-2012 budget to increase the options to spend more on the 2013 anniversary shows.
Lewis
June 15th, 2011 - 7:48amIf they haven’t got enough money to make another series of Doctor Who, why don’t they get rid of some of the rubbish shows that no one really cares about like So you think you can dance or Strictly come dancing, no one watches them and there viewers havent been as high as doctor who.
Its obvious BBC dont have any common sense.
DoctorLou
June 15th, 2011 - 7:32amWHY! I hated the split, and now there not even having many eps in 2012! Its stupid! THEY BETTER NOT HAVE 4 SPEICALS LIKE 2 YEARS AGO!
Peter
June 15th, 2011 - 7:27amI think the BBC needs to clarify what is happening here
Cyberdevil
June 15th, 2011 - 7:13amBBC WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS! MOFFAT SHOULD EITHER DO ONE OR THE OTHER!!! OR TAKE MORE OF A BACKSEAT ROLE. DOCTOR WHO IS THE MIAN REASON I WATCH BBC 1. BE PREPARED FOR AN OUTRAGE
Ian
June 15th, 2011 - 7:11amI dont think it will be driven by Moffatt, it will be driven by cost. Sadly the BBC has to make massive cuts in its Budget due to being forced to accept this by the Tory led government (a major donator to the Tories is Rupert Murdoch who has an anti BBC stance). With the cuts in budget and the show being very expensive for the BBC to make, they will be trying to stagger the cost of production over a longer period. Its a real shame that its being looked at this way as it brings in a larger revenue to the BBC too so I would have thought they could model future profit against initial costs. The other way is to get into a deal with another TV org, like has been done for Torchwood but this risks fundementally changing the show. It may be a creative decision but I really think its a financial one. What we need to press is the BBC to invest a sum into 2013 that will give it the anniversary it deserves.
The Doctor
June 15th, 2011 - 6:36amExactly how I feel! I’m not happy about this
Fox Mulder
June 15th, 2011 - 12:45amThey should do a large EPIC MOVIE for 2013 with matt smith or a new doctor what do u think
Fox Mulder
June 15th, 2011 - 12:40amOne word folks and you ain’t going to like it BUDGET
James
June 14th, 2011 - 11:40pmCommon people, quit jerking around the fans or they are going to lose interest…
First you skipped 2009 for a handful of specials all the while going into it saying “we are doing this so we can KEEP Tennant” THEN you pull a syfy and split the season over spring and fall rather than give it to us on schedule…
NOW you’re saying, oh, well we just don’t have TIME, so we’ll put half in 2012 and half in 2013…
Well guess what, I won’t be watching any of the other shows you’re working on… and I’m only watching DR, cause I have a love for it from the old series…
What is it about BBC and killing perfectly good shows in their prime (Torchwood, Dr etc)
Mark
June 14th, 2011 - 11:20pmMaybe a spinoff with new writers, would be an alternative. This gives the young blood a chance too. Eventually these writers can write new exciting episodes for DW. 🙂
Jazpyy
June 14th, 2011 - 11:09pmIts bad enough that they split series 6 in half, but now its gonna be a few episodes, then a years wait for a few more? How is this better for fans Mr Moffat?
michael
June 14th, 2011 - 10:54pmi agree with the first comment, if Moffat can’t do both he should not risk the other… hand it back to RTD! this is ridiulous! its like doing a mini series over and over again! doctor who used to have loads of episodes packed into a single series… and from 2005 the 13 episode + chrismas special plan was working fine… if he keeps going the way he is, it will loose its place and eventually get taken off our screens again 🙁
Emma
June 14th, 2011 - 10:47pmThis sucks big time! i hated the long wait for all the specials when DT left but no full series in 1 year? 2012 & 2013 for series 7? now thats stupid!
Jeremy
June 14th, 2011 - 10:43pmThey have a good thing here. I hope they dont screw it up splitting it up and keeping people waiting. it can really hurt the series more than they realize.
Geneva Man
June 14th, 2011 - 10:37pmConsidering the quality of this current series it doesn,t surprise me in the least.
I was never a great lover of RTD and expected great things of Moffatt but it is now obvious that RTD was reining in his more bizarre ideas, now he has control we have all seen the result of it.
2010 series, average
2011 series, drivel
\James:
June 14th, 2011 - 10:35pmI totally agree with you
simon w
June 14th, 2011 - 10:27pmI ment to put down Shorlock and Dr Who
simon w
June 14th, 2011 - 10:25pmif they keep doing this then Dr Who will be removed from our tv’s again like in the 80’s. If he’s finding it hard to do both Sherlock then they should ask Russell T Davies back as head writer.
booboo
June 14th, 2011 - 10:15pmseems not all in the same year Beeb need to clarify things really
Who
June 14th, 2011 - 10:13pm2 years!That is a long time for one season! Or is it 1 season brken in half again>
Mr Pond
June 14th, 2011 - 10:13pmwonder what this means, dont understand what they are doing with it
Harry
June 14th, 2011 - 10:11pmThis is disappointing, looks like its not even split over a year