Yes, but the difference is that this was filmed before season 1.
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True, but weāve already seen theyāve done late in the day reshoots. Itās not wholly out of realms of possibility that the plan changed post-production and theyāve had to find a way to accommodate this. If Ncuti wants out, thereāll have been a way to buy out of any contract or whatever and itās possible he wouldnāt even want to come back for a special (especially if itās all as up in the air as we believe it to be).
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I was trying to make this positive and not to go down the realms of Ncuti Gatwa Rumoured to be Leaving? but it seems to be what everyone believes!
I canāt wait to see him in Season Three 
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In archive footage 
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I suppose some actually do see that as a positive shauny 
Canāt please everyone 
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Back on topic! More things about the Eurovision episode 
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-stage-eurovision-space-34773164#Echobox=1740825212
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Sounds fun!
Even that article ends in doom and gloom though 
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If that isnāt enough to fuel this rumour, Doctor Who producer Joel Collins wore two very interesting and unique T-shirts to the Gallifrey One convention in February of this year. The first one featured Mr Ring-a-Ding, a cartoon character voiced by Alan Cumming recently announced to be in Season Two. His second T-shirt the following day was black with the words ā803rd Interstā llar Song Contestā in white.
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Canāt wait for that episode 
I wonder if it is an adaptation of Audio Club: Bang-Bang-a-Boom!
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I doubt it will be an adaption, maybe just something inspired or even something that just reminds you of that Story?
After all itās Who, itās not like a similar Story canāt be done again by somebody not knowing there is something out there just like it.
I reckon at best it will be as much of an āadaptionā as Devils Chord was for fanfare of the common men, which isnāt much besides a few Things and Beats.
Anyway, very excited about this one, it better be good, RTD 
!!/j
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Yep. Not to add doom & gloom but I think this has all been badly handled by the BBC PR machine.
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Hope so.
Canāt wait for Gatwaās Doctor to be uncomfortable because of the advances of Queen Anglia 
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Another thing that I hope this season does is have 15 be darker in character.as for the all gatwa leaving stuff,it would be sad on another part cause this would mean 2026 would be a gap year with no Doctor Who and as a fan since 2014,this especially hurt in 2016 and 2019.
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So this is the one written by Juno Dawson then, which is the most expensive episode everā¦
This is literally what I asked further up thread 
True, but RTD has a habit of adapting stories from other media into TV (Dalek, Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel, Human Nature/Family of Blood, Blink, The Star Beastā¦).
As a huge Eurovision fan, I hope itās a great one either way!
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I knew Iād heard it somewhere, didnāt know it was you haha sorry.
Iām stoked for it! I wonder what made it so expensive?
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Rylanās teeth? 
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Maybe they hired actual songwriters to write actual songs
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Reuniting ABBA aināt cheap.
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Iām guessing:
- Smoke machines
- Glitter
- Some contemporary British presenting/hosting celebrity? (My money is on David Tennant )
- Computer generated crowd of 10.000 aliens and humans
- Music rights to play ABBA on screen
- Sequin dresses
- Model space station
- Strobe lights
- Too many costume changes for Gatwa
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Wait, is it the most expensive episode ever or most expensive normal (non special) episode?
Because the T-Rex from Joy to the World canāt have been cheap.
Maybe they have a huge CGI alien audience.
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