First up is some TV news….
Over the last few months, there’s been speculative news that Matt Smith is leaving Doctor Who. But a few weeks after the initial report, there’s been a flurry of press bits being pumped out denying that he is leaving.
He is contractually obligated to fourteen more episodes of Doctor Who.
But while everyone is wondering about Matt Smith, we now learn that the Doctor’s companion actors, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill are leaving the Doctor Who production.
They will be back for the next upcoming season, but they’re headed out the door and the next season will be both actors’ final season.
{What is it with the turnover on this series?}
Steven Moffat teased that the end for their characters will be a heart breaking end.
So be it.
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When I first saw this note about David Yates wanting to direct a Doctor Who movie, I saw it long before anyone else was spun up about it, more than 24 hours prior to writing this. Now, at the time that I put this together, there are 16 pages of Doctor Who results as everyone pings off of everyone else about this news.
But the news seemed hopeful at best and with the project slated to being a few years off, I said “meh” to myself. I’ll wait and see how that really develops.
But then one site got ahold of it, a few others saw them, then others and so forth and so on. This piece now has a life of its own. So be it.
The movie news for the TV show Doctor Who said that David Yates, who had directed the last four Harry Potter movies, and TV shows like State of Play & The Bill, has been tapped by BBC to help develop a Doctor Who movie with Jane Tranter, the boss of the Los Angeles office of BBC Worldwide Productions.
And right now, they’re looking for/at writers.
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