IT'S OVER! Jodie and Chibnall Out In 2022

[zarius]

www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/jodie-whittaker-chris-chibnall-leaving-doctor-who-newsupdate/

Jodie Whittaker is to step down from the lead role in Doctor Who, the BBC has confirmed.



The first woman to play the Time Lord will bow out in Autumn 2022, along with showrunner Chris Chibnall.



Whittaker will star in a new six-part series later this year, and three specials next year, before she exits.



In a statement, Whittaker paid tribute to Chibnall and the Doctor Who team, adding: "I will carry the Doctor and the lessons I've learnt forever."



Chibnall, who appointed the actress to replace Peter Capaldi four years ago, has been in charge of the BBC One series since 2017.



It has not yet been announced who will take over from Whittaker in the leading role.



"In 2017 I opened my glorious gift box of size 13 shoes," Whittaker said. "I could not have guessed the brilliant adventures, worlds and wonders I was to see in them."


She continued: "My heart is so full of love for this show, for the team who make it, for the fans who watch it and for what it has brought to my life."



"And I cannot thank Chris enough for entrusting me with his incredible stories. We knew that we wanted to ride this wave side by side, and pass on the baton together. So here we are, weeks away from wrapping on the best job I have ever had. I don't think I'll ever be able to express what this role has given me. I will carry the Doctor and the lessons I've learnt forever.



"I know change can be scary and none of us know what's out there. That's why we keep looking. Travel Hopefully. The Universe will surprise you. Constantly."



For her final series, Whittaker will once again be joined by Mandip Gill as Yaz, and comedian John Bishop, who will play a new character named Dan.

[burrunjor]

God do I hope that is it. They need to just drop this shitstain now.

[Deleted]

Thanks for nothing.

[mott1]

You beat me to it!

The fact both are leaving together would hardly indicate great success, even aside from them losing half their initial viewers. 'Size 13 shoes' - spare us!

Any news on who their replacements will be? Which translates as: Who's lacking in talent and knowledge of why Classic Who worked, and is friends with either of those two clowns?

[zarius]

'Next Generation' to be announced soon.

www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-next-doctor-showrunner-newsupdate/

[zarius]

ROFL, MRTARDIS having a meltdown "Notmydoctor said she'd be leaving 17334 times, they're a broken clock"

[burrunjor]

Well Mr Tardis wanted us to get the fokk out of his fandom and he succeeded. Now DW fandom is just him, Chibnalls toupee and Jon Blum.

PS I hope it is someone crap as I don't want a good era or Doctor to follow Chinballs. His shit needs decanonised. Hell the Capaldi era needs decanonised, all of fokking new who needs decanonised, but right now I'd settle for Jodie. It's pointless to continue it at this stage when too many people have peed in the pool.

[mott1]

As a mark of respect we should all have a minutes' gurning.

[Bernard Marx]

Jul 29, 2021 15:12:48 GMT mott1 said:

The fact both are leaving together would hardly indicate great success, even aside from them losing half their initial viewers. 'Size 13 shoes' - spare us!

And only after three seasons (the lowest number for any NuWho showrunner thus far), with the third season abridged! Can't say they've earned anything remotely resembling longevity though, beyond the reputation of creating the most fokking awful, vapid and vacuous era of the programme to date.

Not only is it even more narratively bereft of ideas than previous eras of NuWho, it's also a complete failure commercially, haemorrhaging viewers very quickly and receiving unbridled derision from even some of the most forgiving of viewers. If it can't even succeed on a populist basis, let alone one of modest narrative quality, what excuse does Chibnall have to stay?

If the next showrunner is somehow even worse than Chibnall, I'll be thoroughly impressed. How low can one go?

[iank]

Ha ha what glorious successes! While I'm sure the faithful will argue that Jodie's done the normal amount (she hasn't) that Chinballs isn't sticking around is damning indeed. What a failure.

Lol at Jodie's "I've learned so much". What's that, that if you're female you CAN get away with anything?

[Bernard Marx]

Jul 29, 2021 21:23:24 GMT iank said:

Ha ha what glorious successes! While I'm sure the faithful will argue that Jodie's done the normal amount (she hasn't) that Chinballs isn't sticking around is damning indeed. What a failure.

Lol at Jodie's "I've learned so much". What's that, that if you're female you CAN get away with anything?

What's even more amusing about this is that I'm convinced that this next season, as one continuous story, will be indelibly linked and bound to the seemingly unresolved Timeless Child bollocks, which means that Chibnall's final outings in the series will revolve around a creative decision disliked by the vast majority of audiences.

That'll be his primary legacy going forward. There's pretty much no chance whatsoever for him to undergo a last minute stylistic turnaround that wins over a few extra viewers (as series 10 somewhat managed to do, even if I wasn't especially impressed by it personally). What an absolute cock up all around.

[burrunjor]

Is it really only 6 episodes? That's pathetic. It's not by any stretch a full series. They managed to squeeze out 2 and a half seasons over a span of what will be 5 years out of the first female Doctor, and incredibly enough over those two years, they caused the shows viewers to crash and burn, destroyed its fandom, completely fokked up the Doctors character and history and left it in a worse state than its ever been up to and including when the BBC where actively trying to destroy it!

Can we now acknowledge that a female Doctor was a shit idea? None of this pussy "I think it could work, if the Doctor can change his height and weight why not gender, because you know height and weight are definitely comparable to a sex change."

That's Missy, Jodie, Jo Martin all absolute fokking turkey's. How many more examples do you need!

[RobFilth]

I haven't watched a single Jodie episode and I doubt I'll watch after she and Chinballs have gone either.

The programme died when that Cyberman zapped Capaldi.

[Genkimonk]

I recently rewatched the Doctor Falls, and God it is sooooooooooooo much better than the Jodie era. I've only seen the Dalek episodes and Timeless Children, as I couldn't stand Jodie or the companions.

I hated the writing in Capeldi era, but he carried the show and made it watchable. Jodie had all the charm of a used condom filled with rancid spunk. It's just a turn off.

[henshin]

So, in a way, this ends up possibly being the shortest tenure for both a showrunner and Doctor.

It's certainly less than RTD and Moffat as they each had around 5 years and 2 Doctors.

I'm fairly certain JNT had more Doctors and years to his name.

No, the gap years for Whittaker/Chibbs don't add to the time.