Ace spin-off rumours

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www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1725163/Doctor-Who-Sophie-Aldred-Ace-return

Sophie Aldred alludes to a possible spin-off here (she's at least very keen) and, in terms of possible RTD2 spin-offs, it seems to be one of the most popular requests from fans.

How do you feel about this? I'm personally not sure. I'm sure she'll end up being another Kate character and that honestly just doesn't interest me at all. And again, there's every possibility that the ship's already sailed, but you never know I guess. 

Thoughts on this?

[rushy]

I think it's very likely. RTD hasn't forgotten the success of the Sarah Jane Adventures, and Ace is arguably the other most recognisable classic series companion. We know RTD is determined to build a DW TV universe. This definitely seems like the place to start. I won't watch it, because I don't really have any investment in DW spinoffs, but from a business standpoint, it makes total sense.

[iank]

It's about 25 years too late.

[logopolitanicecream]

I've never been into the idea of turning DW into a multi-show 'universe' sort of franchise. It's very easy to get sick of something when TV is over saturated with it.

[ClockworkOcean]

I'm happy for Sophie, but it's almost certainly going to be a rehash of the Sarah Jane Adventures set in the RTD/Chibnall bullshit timeline where she returns to Earth and becomes a charity worker, so I'm not interested. I'd love to see a proper sci-fi adventure series based on Cartmel's original vision for the character, but that's never going to happen.

[RobFilth]

Although this rumour is certainly a possibility, Fathead might be a bit cautious before launching into another spin-off where the central lead character might kick the bucket partway through filming a series.

Okay, I'm sure Aldreds got quite a bit of a fair innings left in her yet, but she's 60 and only about 10 years away from repeatedly peeing herself and her false teeth rattling and falling out all the time, and we all know just how ageist and youth orientated Fathead and the BBC are.

I mean, could you imagine her huffing and puffing, legging it across some BBC car park chasing after a rogue Slitheen, only for her bowels to suddenly vacate and start rolling out of her trouser leg, and where she then has to improvise dialogue with, "Oopsy Poopsy! Now what WOULD the Professor do in a situation like this?"

They'd have to give her a sonic colostomy bag or something.

Fathead might decide to do a bioptic "early days" series of a Classic companion instead, where he can re-cast the part to some bratty snotty nosed drama student, such as "The Sarah Jane School Days" or "Lethbridge Stuart: The Cadet Years" etc, so that he only has to worry about his lead actor falling into drug addiction and suicide instead of incontinence and slipping the mortal coil.

Yup, I KNOW it sounds shite, but that makes it FAR more likely in NuPooh/Fathead circle jerks and those Yanks at Disney are singularly obsessed with repeatedly raking over the bloody origins and rewriting mythologies of franchises ALL the bloody time.

As soon as they get their grubby, greasy, puffy hamburger hands on ANY property, it's the first thing they want to immediately balls-up. They just can't leave it be for longer than 5 ruddy seconds. It's something hard wired into the Yankee-doodle psyche.

[burrunjor]

Jan 27, 2023 5:59:03 GMT RobFilth said:

Although this rumour is certainly a possibility, Fathead might be a bit cautious before launching into another spin-off where the central lead character might kick the bucket partway through filming a series.

Okay, I'm sure Aldreds got quite a bit of a fair innings left in her yet, but she's 60 and only about 10 years away from repeatedly peeing herself and her false teeth rattling and falling out all the time, and we all know just how ageist and youth orientated Fathead and the BBC are.

I mean, could you imagine her huffing and puffing, legging it across some BBC car park chasing after a rogue Slitheen, only for her bowels to suddenly vacate and start rolling out of her trouser leg, and where she then has to improvise dialogue with, "Oopsy Poopsy! Now what WOULD the Professor do in a situation like this?"

They'd have to give her a sonic colostomy bag or something.

Fathead might decide to do a bioptic "early days" series of a Classic companion instead, where he can re-cast the part to some bratty snotty nosed drama student, such as "The Sarah Jane School Days" or "Lethbridge Stuart: The Cadet Years" etc, so that he only has to worry about his lead actor falling into drug addiction and suicide instead of incontinence and slipping the mortal coil.

Yup, I KNOW it sounds shite, but that makes it FAR more likely in NuPooh/Fathead circle jerks and those Yanks at Disney are singularly obsessed with repeatedly raking over the bloody origins and rewriting mythologies of franchises ALL the bloody time.

As soon as they get their grubby, greasy, puffy hamburger hands on ANY property, it's the first thing they want to immediately balls-up. They just can't leave it be for longer than 5 ruddy seconds. It's something hard wired into the Yankee-doodle psyche.

LOL I agree with all of that except 70 isn't old these days. 70 is the new 60. Michael Keaton will be donning the cape and cowl again this year at 73. 

Meanwhile America's obsession with origin stories is insane. I remember that old joke of Hollywood executives saying "How did Old McDonald get that farm? Coming this summer the adventures of Young McDonald inheriting the family farm."