Series 10 (Doctor Who 2005): Difference between revisions

The first confirmation of plans for '''series 10''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' were revealed in the BBC Worldwide Annual Review on [[14 July (production)|14 July]] [[2015 (production)|2015]]: "During the year matters under review included ... investments in ''The Musketeers'' S3 and ''Doctor Who'' S10."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcworldwide.com/media/109098/annualreview2014-15.pdf|title=BBC Worldwide Annual Review 2014 - 2015|author=BBC Worldwide|date of source=14 July 2015|website name=BBCWorldwide.com|accessdate=7 December 2015}}</ref> On [[6 November (production)|6 November]] 2015, in interview with the ''[[Radio Times]]'', [[Steven Moffat]] elaborated: "We're making a full series. I can confirm that I am making a full series of 12 episodes, plus a Christmas special. I don't know when it goes out. That is up to someone else."<ref name="RT full series">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-11-06/steven-moffat-can-confirm-absolutely-that-there-will-be-a-full-series-of-doctor-who-next-year|title=Steven Moffat can "confirm absolutely" that there will be a full series of Doctor Who next year|author=Kelly, Stephen|date of source=6 November 2015|website name=RadioTimes.com|accessdate=7 December 2015}}</ref> This series will be the last for both [[Peter Capaldi]]'s [[Twelfth Doctor]]<ref name="PCleave">http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/43787cd6-f1de-4264-a509-d387d9a89c4b</ref>, and Steven Moffat as [[head writer]] and [[executive producer]] of the show.<ref name="Moffat">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-01-22/doctor-who-showrunner-steven-moffat-quits-to-be-replaced-by-broadchurch-creator-chris-chibnall|title=Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat quits to be replaced by Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall|author=Dowell, Ben|date of source=22 January 2016|website name=RadioTimes|accessdate=22 January 2016}}</ref>

Moffat also said that "Peter Capaldi is going nowhere".<ref name="variety">{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/doctor-who-steven-moffat-lucca-comics-1201631032/|title=Lucca Comics: 'Doctor Who' Showrunner Steven Moffat On Why The Reboot Is A Global Hit|author=Vivarelli, Nick|date of source=31 October 2015|website name=Variety|accessdate=22 December 2015}}</ref> On 23 April 2016, it was announced via a short trailer titled "[[Friend from the Future (TV story)|Friend From the Future]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p03rw6hh/preview-doctor-who-friend-from-the-future|title=iPlayer entry|website name=BBC.co.uk|accessdate=25 April 2016}}</ref> that the Doctor's new companion will be "[[Bill Potts|Bill]]", played by [[Pearl Mackie]]. Mackie described her character as "wicked" and "cool, strong, sharp, a little bit vulnerable with a bit of geekiness thrown in".<ref name="companion">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36111598|title=Doctor Who: Pearl Mackie named as new companion|website name=BBC News|date of source=23 April 2016|accessdate=23 April 2016}}</ref>

Only a Christmas special aired in all of [[2016 (releases)|2016]], with the rest of the series beginning broadcast starting in [[April (releases)|April]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]].<ref name="april">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-09-06/doctor-who-will-return-in-april-reveals-peter-capaldi|title=Doctor Who will return "in April", reveals Peter Capaldi|author=Fullerton, Huw|date of source=6 September 2016|website name=RadioTimes|accessdate=12 October 2016}}</ref> With this tenth series marking the end of Moffat's [[show runner]] tenure, [[Chris Chibnall]] has been chosen to take on the role following his exit.<ref name="Moffat" />

Moffat confirmed an extra episode to the ''Daily Record'' on 4 February 2016: "I have fourteen ''Doctor Who''s and three ''Sherlock'' films." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/stevenmoffat-hails-dream-jobs-working-7310742#oFyxETez6BXIiwvk.97|title=Steven Moffat hails 'dream jobs' working on Doctor Who and Sherlock as Scot is awarded OBE for services to drama|author=Jones, Tony|date of source=4 February 2016|website name=DailyRecord.co.uk|accessdate=5 February 2016}}</ref> Later on 7 October 2016, Moffat re-confirmed the Christmas special for 2017 at New York [[Comic Con]], saying: "I've got so much more time left on 'Doctor Who', I'm not just doing this Christmas, I'm doing next Christmas as well." He told that he plans to sit down with Chibnall and "figure out where he wants it parked and how to get it there" and says, "But to be honest, it's a very short conversation, I've had it before with [[Russell T Davies|Russell]] saying, 'Could you crash the TARDIS?' And that was it, really."<ref>http://touch.metro.us/entertainment/steven-moffat-will-stay-on-doctor-who-after-season-10/zsJpjg---RarPAFTI8tdQw/</ref>

In May 2016 at a convention, [[Michelle Gomez]] confirmed she would be returning as {{Gomez}} in series 10.<ref name="MegaCon">{{cite web|url=http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/michelle-gomez-confirms-missy-is-returning-to-doctor-who|title=Michelle Gomez confirms Missy is returning to 'Doctor Who' next season|author=Martin, William|website name=Cultbox|date of source=30 May 2016|accessdate=14 August 2016}}</ref>

In an interview with BBC Newsbeat on 6 September 2016, Steven Moffat revealed about the 2016 Christmas special: "We've just started working on the Christmas episode", further revealing that "It's got a lot of heart, but it's got a lot of brain too. Figure that one out."<ref>http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-09-06/a-lot-of-heart-but-a-lot-of-brain-too---could-the-doctor-who-christmas-special-feature-a-return-for-a-fan-favourite?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social</ref>

Speaking at New York [[Comic Con]] on 7 October 2016, Steven Moffat told that series 10 would feel completely new, like episode 1 of [[series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]], saying: "The tone is very different. The [[series 9 (Doctor Who)|last series]] with [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] — that relationship had got tortured and dark and went to odd places. It was one of my favourite series to work on, I was delighted with it. But it had become darker. It just had. That's where we were in that relationship. If I gave you one tone word for this series it's 'new'. It's brand new. You're getting to see the Doctor all over again through a very different pair of eyes. In fact, we went to particular pains to make sure that episode one is really episode one. It could be the first episode you ever see. It explains the entire mythos of Doctor Who — in the two minutes it takes — and you can start there. Brand new is the tone."<ref>http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-10-08/the-next-series-of-doctor-who-will-feel-like-the-first-episode-you-ever-see</ref>

On October 17, 2016, [[Michelle Gomez]] confirmed to ''The Music'' that she will return as {{Gomez}} in series 10, saying: "Weirdly, this is the sort of crunch week where I get to find out exactly what I'm going to be doing next", and added: "I can officially say that I will be starting back on Doctor Who soon, so that's one thing." She then told: "I am an actor for hire, so if I'm free and it seems like the right thing to do at the time I'd grab it with both hands."<ref name="Digspy">http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who/news/a811275/doctor-who-series-10-missy-is-back-michelle-gomez-reveals/?utm_content=buffer9fe8d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=mainfacebookpost</ref>

Steven Moffat suggested that fans shouldn't expect a multi-Doctor story in the near future, saying: "We can't do it all the time. Not in my time on the show will that happen again, I wouldn't think." He then added: "I don't think we're going to do that again until whatever the next anniversary is, the 100th anniversary, which I've already told them I'm not going to do because I'm planning on having been dead for a while!"<ref name="Digspy" />

''[[The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)|The Return of Doctor Mysterio]]'' was previously rumoured to be a sequel to ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]''.<ref>https://www.inverse.com/article/21342-doctor-who-christmas-special-nardole</ref> This turned out to be largely true, with the return of the [[Shoal of the Winter Harmony]], [[Nardole]], and mentions of [[Hydroflax]], [[River Song]], and the Doctor's 24 years spent with her.

Due to lots of fans debating back and forth about the possibility of a female incarnation of the Doctor, with the subject having been given mixed reactions, upcoming showrunner Chris Chibnall told ''East Anglian Daily Times'' that: "I can honestly say that nothing has yet been decided, I haven't got my feet under the table yet. I have been working on the play (new comedy ''Worst Wedding Ever'') and I am still finishing the latest series of ''Broadchurch''. Nothing is ruled out but I don't want the casting to be a gimmick and that's all I can say."<ref>http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-02-27/chris-chibnall-on-a-female-doctor-who-nothing-is-ruled-out-but-i-dont-want-the-casting-to-be-a-gimmick</ref> However on 11 June, 2017, former showrunner [[Russell T Davies]] told in an interview at LGBT Awards that the next incarnation had been cast and he knew Who it would be, but that he would not tell.<ref>http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-06-12/the-next-doctor-has-already-been-cast-according-to-former-doctor-who-showrunner-russell-t-davies</ref>

While episode 8 writer [[Toby Whithouse]] initially referred to episodes 6, 7 and 8 as a three-parter, with Whithouse specifying to ''Digital Spy'' that episode 8 was "the third part of a three-parter",<ref name="3-parts">http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who/news/a823765/doctor-who-series-10-three-parter-monks/?utm_content=buffer32d37&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=TVTwitterpost</ref> Steven Moffat denied this in the June 2017 issue of ''Doctor Who Magazine'', saying that he would "not call [episodes 5-8] a four-parter, or even [episodes 6, 7 and 8] a three-parter, because they're not, really. They're all still separate stories. But I thought we'd have a nice 'To Be Continued' run in the middle of the series..."<ref name="DWM 512">[[DWM 512]]</ref> Whithouse again referred to episode 8 as "the third part of this three-parter" in ''DWM''{{'}}s July 2017 issue.<ref name = "dwm 513">[[DWM 513]]</ref> Additionally, in a video introduction for episode 8, actor Pearl Mackie called episode 8 "the last in the trilogy of [[the Monks]] and their evil plan".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p054hv05 |title=Get The Lie of the Land from Peter and Pearl |date of source=1 June 2017 |website name=BBC One, Doctor Who, Series 10 |accessdate=4 June 2017}}</ref>

Just as Steven Moffat wrote the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s introductory scene in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time: Part 2]]'', Chibnall will be writing the first appearance of the Thirteenth Doctor in the 2017 Christmas special.<ref name="ChibnallDoctor" >http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-03-23/new-doctor-who-showrunner-chris-chibnall-will-write-the-first-words-for-peter-capaldis-replacement</ref>

[[Bill Potts]] has been widely reported as the first openly [[homosexuality|gay]] companion (despite the precedent set by [[Jack Harkness]] being [[omnisexual]]), with Pearl Mackie saying that "it shouldn't be a big deal in the [[21st century]]. It's about time isn't it?" and that "that representation is important, especially on a mainstream show."<ref>http://bbc.in/2mVQEtz</ref>

For the first time ever in the medium of television, there will be a [[multi-Doctor story|multi-Master story]], with [[John Simm]] returning as {{Simm}} alongside Michelle Gomez's Missy. Simm said of his return that "I can confirm that it's true, thanks to the power of time travel I'm back." His return was originally to be a secret, but Moffat said of the reveal (first given on ''The Sun'') that "Nothing stays secret for long on ''Doctor Who'' but you'll have to wait a little bit longer to see exactly what the Master is up to and how he makes his return to face the Doctor."<ref name="SimmGomez">http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/9ecdaaa1-10e1-45a7-a266-bdd7a1adcdf2</ref>

A new show called ''[[Whovians]]'' will air on Sundays on [[ABC2]] and [[iView]] after the weekly screening of series 10.<ref>http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/switchover-show-whovians-coming-to-australia-for-doctor-who-series-10</ref>

[[Michelle Gomez]] has revealed that she will be stepping down from the role as {{Gomez}} at the end of the series, having said "it's the end of a chapter."<ref>http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-05-16/michelle-gomez-to-leave-doctor-who-with-peter-capaldi-and-steven-moffat</ref>

Speaking to Digital Spy, Capaldi told that his regeneration scene is "beautiful" saying that: "It's quite a big scene – we didn't short-change it".<ref>http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who/news/a834521/doctor-who-peter-capaldi-hints-very-beautiful-regeneration-christmas-special/?utm_content=bufferea397&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=TVTwitterpost</ref>