STV pls pls pls pls pls pls i wanna work lemme move down to Glasgow or wherever lemme work on doccy who 
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Couldn’t agree more! I know it won’t happen, but I don’t think Doctor Who has ever filmed in Scotland so it’d be amazing for us up here!
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How cool wouldn’t it be to have someone from the forum work on DW?! Pick STV, please! We need @eightreece to work on Who!
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Don’t think anyone’s “cancelling” people for being in the old version of HP…
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It’s a wonderful feeling seeing Doctor Who set in places you’re familiar with, so I do hope this happens for you!
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Jed Mercurio excites me for that exact reason. Doctor Who has never gone to Northern Ireland on TV and I would love to see it wind up here for an episode. (Of course just because he does Line of Duty doesn’t mean he’d gun for a NI Who ep, but a girl can dream.)
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As if you baked that…
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I think it was sarcastic…
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In that case I don’t see why we’re laughing / making fun of people “cancelling” actors being in the new one.
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Let’s get this thread back on topic, please.
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Question for the Scots (and the non-Scots)
Which Scottish actor do you have in mind, that would be perfect as the 16th Doctor?
I saw the name Brendan Gleeson thrown into the ring. Loved him in Mr Mercedes, but I’m not sure he’d be a great fit.
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And of course Alan Cumming has turned down the role in the past because he didn’t want to live in Wales for 8 months, but I’m sure he could be convinced to live in Scotland! 
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For me it’s very much a question of format.
How they end up formatting and making has the potential to make or break it. I’ve said what I want but I’m curious on what they will come up with. I also hope that they’ll reveal all of the pitches after the winner is picked so we can see what could have been.
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See I hope we don’t get this for many years down the line, because I just know there’ll be pitches there that‘ll sound amazing, and I’ll be gutted we didn’t get it.
(I mean, if Big Finish want to take these pitches and surprise us with some new Unbound sets, I wouldn’t complain then… 
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Unbound was my thoughts exactly.
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Honestly worst case scenario they really can’t make tv for many years give us a new Doctor and a special to introduce them and their mannerisms and their story and give us a book range. Big finish can have some fun too. 6, 7, and 8 excelled in expanded media because of how short and vague their time on tv was.
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The formatting should ideally be broad and varied across the pitches, but I strongly suspect NuWho’s conventional structures will dictate most of the ideas, consciously or otherwise. I imagine the pitches will be for seasons no fewer than six to eight episodes and likely no greater than ten, all of which come to around fifty minutes each. The tender requested a series and a special with renewal as conditional and dependent on success, but I imagine we’re not getting anything ambitious.
Which is a shame. That sounds strange, but unless they’re actually going to use those eight-or-so episodes to their fullest, I don’t see a point in keeping that structure when there are other interesting possibilities. But, let’s consider this for a moment; what can be done with eight episodes?
Four two-parters; one two-parter with two three-parters; two four-parters… So long as we move away from six standalones and the reserved privilege of multiple parts for finales, I’ll be willing to accept it—I say that like my personal beliefs or feelings have any say in the matter, haha
As for alternatives, what’s to stop three or four ninety minute specials dropping every three months? Market each one like Series 7B did with their episodes; each episode stands as a short film with next to no narrative carry-over save for the Doctor and companion, the only binding elements being them and any potential character work being added to over time.
Or we go for another Flux-style event with six episodes making one six-part epic. Or multiple episodes of varying lengths, one as short as thirty minutes, another as long as seventy-five…
There are multiple formats they could – and should – at least consider using even if there are people who’d think otherwise or prefer something that amounts to little more than reheated leftovers of NuWho’s ‘glory days’. Either way, as sure as it is that there will be people who hate whatever comes next for whatever reason, we’re not getting back what we used to have; for better or for worse, the days of ten episode seasons at fifty-minute minimums are gone.
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Wouldn’t it be funny if the first thing that happened in a Scottish Doctor Who run was hiring a Welshman to be the Doctor?
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There’s something - maybe a lot of something! - to be said for spreading the stories throughout the year. A semi-steady flow of new episodes and specials will keep people interested. The gaps between seasons of a lot of shows these days is just too long, and even normal 1-year gaps are getting to be a problem for modern attention spans - unless the show is good enough to get awards and praise across the board, in which case peoiple will keep coming back.
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Another option to throw into the mix is to drop multiple episodes at once, although I guess that works best for shows that are exclusive to streaming.
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