Comments on: Neil Gaiman tweets behind-the-scenes photo

By: TWWL

TWWL — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:27:02 +0000

@pirko Yes, being given the opportunity would be both thrilling and poop your pants scary.

By: TWWL

TWWL — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:18:49 +0000

@TE The 1989 series is one of my favourites! Big up the McCoy!:)

By: TE

TE — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:16:07 +0000

@pirko Helen had a track record: Torchwood, for which she wrote two excellent episodes. Also, she wrote the fantastic Sontaran Stratagem/Poison Sky, so... Also, with a show like Doctor Who, you would never find a new, new Writer writing any series. They would always have a track record, presumably to maintain Doctor Who's reputation and not end up with another 1989... @David Or utter brilliance like Victory of the Daleks, one of the best episodes from this series.

By: pirko

pirko — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:31:58 +0000

Well I work in tv writing anyway so it would be such a thrill to write for doctor who, but then again id be terrified as to what to write. can guess one whovian wouldnt like it though…:-S

i agree with david though, new blood is always good for any tv show. but i also agree with TWWL that new writers are not always going to write better scripts (2 words…HELEN…RAYNOR!)

By: TWWL

TWWL — Sat, 22 May 2010 14:54:26 +0000

I agree that I’d like to see more new blood in the series though, if it means I get the chance to write for it!!

By: TWWL

TWWL — Sat, 22 May 2010 14:40:17 +0000

@David There's really no guarantee that a brand new person would write a better episode than someone with a track record. Neil Gaimen is fresh blood to the world of Doctor Who; someone with a great imagination who has the potential to produce something really interesting.

By: David

David — Sat, 22 May 2010 14:06:43 +0000

@Steve I think Steven is doing a spendid job too. However, that wasn't the point I was making. Programmes like DW need fresh blood, new talent, to survive. Roping in your squillionaire showbiz mates is rather predictable and can lead to utter tosh like 'Victory Of The Daleks'.

By: TWWL

TWWL — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:39:29 +0000

@pirko Those people you mention weren't new-new, they all had track records as writers.

By: pirko

pirko — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:22:15 +0000

I think its good that established writers like curtis, gaiman and simon nye are contributing to the new series but (dont start steve!) i agree with david. It would be good to give new writers a chance too. At least RTD brought in new people (like james moran, gareth roberts and chris chibnall) to write the series.

and as for “wanting his mates writing stories”…umm its known fact that steven moffat is good friends with simon nye, richard curtis and mark gatiss- his co creator for the upcoming sherlock series) so that argument seems a bit hypocritical.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:49:38 +0000

@David I think Steven is doing a splendid job. At lease he is prepared to use other writers. Russell ME Davis only wanted his mates writing stories!!!