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And even our expectations were met – they were as boring as we thought they would be. Doctor Who should never be boring. Chris Chibnall keeps committing the worst sin that every screenwriter is constantly told not to do: telling, not showing The characters spend most of the hour standing around spouting expositing explaining the plot to each[...]

As you well know, today found The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) confronting the "Legend of the Sea Devils" in the second of Whittaker & showrunner Chris Chibnall's final three specials before wrapping up this fall with the centenary special From there, Russell T Davies returns to take over as[...]

When The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) return this weekend to confront the "Legend of the Sea Devils," it will mark the second of Whittaker & showrunner Chris Chibnall's final three episodes before ending their run later this year From there, Russell T Davies returns to take over as showrunner[...]

It's pretty much agreed amongst fans that Doctor Who under Chris Chibnall's tenure as showrunner has not been anywhere as good as his predecessors Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat Not many people have been able to put their finger on exactly what was wrong Sexists, racists, and homophobes have blamed it on the casting[...]

BBC's Doctor Who Legend of the Sea Devils confirmed Ella Road writing & Haolu Wang directing (the show's first Chinese-born female director).

Chris Chibnall brought back The Master, this time played by Sacha Dhawan, one of the best decisions made on his run Dhawan played The Master with a combination of spite and hurt and had great chemistry with Jodie Whittaker's Doctor He also becomes the instrument of the Timeless Child reveal that fans have hated so[...]

He also doubled down on themes of sacrifice and death to foreshadow the Doctor's impending demise and regeneration. You could say Series 10 was the last "classic" season of Doctor Who before Chris Chibnall took over as showrunner and changed the tone and format of the stories This had nothing to do with Jodie Whittaker being[...]

It's one down and two to go for The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) as this spring brings "Legend of the Sea Devils," the second of Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's final three specials before they wrap their run on the BBC's Doctor Who From there, Russell T Davies returns[...]

"Robot" also leans way into the slapstick humour of the 4th Doctor, introducing his offer of jelly babies to everyone and his use of the sonic screwdriver, the latter Davies pushed during his run and which subsequent showrunners like Steven Moffat and Chris Chibnall leaned on too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlsv9gh2uDYVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Robot:[...]

When The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) next hit our screens this spring with "Legend of the Sea Devils," Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall will be two-thirds of the way through their final run of Doctor Who specials From there, Russell T Davies returns as showrunner with a new Doctor for[...]

With The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) next set to hit our screens this spring with "Legend of the Sea Devils," thoughts are turning towards the final episodes that remain in Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's run before Russell T Davies returns as showrunner with a new Doctor Now we're[...]

Doctor Who "Eve of the Daleks" is a story that lets a creepy guy off the hook so he can win the girl he's stalking. Is this a good thing?

But since we have a few months to kill, the BBC is taking viewers behind the scenes to offer some insight into the special's unique take on one of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest foes. Image: Screencap In the following featurette, Whittaker, Gill, Bishop, showrunner Chris Chibnall, and executive producer Matt Strevens discuss the creation of the[...]

With today bringing the "Eve of the Daleks" down upon The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop), fans were already looking ahead to see what they would learn about the second of Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's final three specials After that, Russell T Davies returns as showrunner with a new[...]

Your lack of imagination fails the show again, Chris Chibnall! Maybe Whittaker will race through that maze to the TARDIS to discover her choice for Doctor Who successor Lydia West waiting inside. Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks premieres on New Year's Day on the BBC and BBC America. Doctor Who has loaded up on a whole bunch[...]

With only a little more than three weeks to go until the first of star Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's final three feature-length special episodes hits our screens, viewers are learning a bit more about what they can expect from the New Year's Day special "Eve of the Daleks." Previously, we learned that Aisling[...]

Doctor Who: Flux is mercifully over, and the BBC has released a 15-minute video featuring showrunner Chris Chibnall explaining the entire season to us, possibly because the whole season has been utter gibberish It's always worth listening to writers, especially showrunners explain their process One way or another, it's educational, even when the showrunner has[...]

You just wish she had scripts by Davies or Steven Moffat instead of Chris Chibnall This finale gives Whittaker's Doctor more to say and do than her entire previous run of episodes put together It's like Chibnall finally remembered a show called "Doctor Who" should actually be about the Doctor. A whole species of Lupar, those[...]

Late last month, Doctor Who fans learned that the first of star Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's final three feature-length special episodes before their exits was set to be part of the BBC's Christmas Eve/Day & New Year's Eve/Day programming line-up, with New Year's Day the official start of the beginning of the end[...]

If nothing else, it proves that showrunner Chris Chibnall knows how to come up with decent monsters That's a job requirement for writing and running Doctor Who. Ashad the Lone Cyberman in "Doctor Who", BBC So of course there's a Dalek variation: the Recon Dalek or, as we prefer to call it, the DIY Dalek[...]

Even with two more chapters in Doctor Who: Flux left to go, the BBC confirmed last week that Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's final of three special episodes before their exits would be happening during Fall 2022 as part of the upcoming BBC Centenary celebration On Monday, the BBC also confirmed when the first[...]

She's a result of showrunner Chris Chibnall's tendency to throw in twists and surprises to keep the pace going and hoping something would stick This version is one of the few welcome twists in his run, made memorable by Martin's performance Previously hiding undercover as a human named Ruth in 21st Century Gloucester, this Doctor[...]

Even with three more episodes left in Jodie Whittaker's Doctor, Yaz (Mandip Gill) & Dan's (John Bishop) adventures in BBC's Doctor Who: Flux, it's hard to not already start thinking about Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's final run of three special in 2022 to wrap up their run on the long-running show On Wednesday, more[...]

It's like a summation of the Chris Chibnall era – the title character ends up sidelined in her own program!! The clips focus more on plot than the actual character the video is supposed to be about! Did Chibnall oversee the compilation? Even the Steampunk Dalek shows up and overshadows everyone! Why show the "Timeless[...]

Chris Chibnall wants to restore their menace as an army in "The War of the Sontarans", even ordering a new variation on their design to make them look more classically menacing, though they still look like turds with faces At least we got to see dying Sontaran in the clip from "The Sontaran Experiment" where[...]

Directed by Jamie Magnus Stone and written by Chris Chibnall. Joining Jacob Anderson's (Game of Thrones) Vinder in the cast are Robert Bathurst (Cold Feet, Toast Of London, Downton Abbey), Thaddea Graham (The Irregulars, Us), Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners, A Very English Scandal, World On Fire), Kevin McNally (Pirates of the Caribbean, Designated Survivor, Downton Abbey), Craig Parkinson[...]

Doctor Who: Flux is the most Chris Chibnall of his entire run You have to think about how in many ways Chibnall is the ultimate old-school TV writer: his approach to storytelling is to pile PLOT upon PLOT upon PLOT to keep the viewer on their toes and constantly paying attention There is no chance[...]

Showrunner Chris Chibnall penned all six episodes, with Maxine Alderton (Series 12 "The Haunting of Villa Diodati") co-writing Episode 4 with Chibnall Jamie Magnus Stone (Series 12 "Spyfall: Part One" & "Ascension of the Cybermen" / "The Timeless Children") directed episodes one, two & four; with Azhur Saleem (Amazon & Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys adaptation)[...]

Here's a look at Moffat offering his heartfelt apology for the big spoiler, but we're not sure if all of the praise for the trailer and having watched it 413 times will be enough to save him an "upset" current showrunner Chris Chibnall (relax, this is all in fun) Though Moffat doesn't seem too concerned[...]

As her run on the BBC's Doctor Who enters its final era beginning Sunday, Jodie Whittaker admitted she considered staying put past Series 13.