Naturally, the absence of news about whether the show will be recommissioned by Disney has led to speculation and more than a little concern about its future.
I also love a touch of drama. Don't we all? But even I fear things have gone a little far. Why?
I'm a big fan of Shearman's, with Dalek being one of my favourite ever Doctor Who stories. But to say the show is "as dead as we've ever known it" feels like catastrophising to the highest extent.
But "as dead as we've ever known it"? As it stands, we're just a few months away from The War Between the Land and the Sea, the upcoming Doctor Who spin-off, starring Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (it doesn't yet have a release date, but it's expected to air sometime soon).
Meanwhile, although Disney hasn't yet committed to more Doctor Who, the BBC certainly has. Lest we forget the announcement that echoed across the Whoniverse at Edinburgh TV Festival, which saw Kate Phillips, chief content officer at the BBC, declare: "Going forward, with or without Disney, Doctor Who will still be on the BBC."
However, Shearman also goes on to to say: "After 1989, we had, for years, a current Doctor. Now, everything that is ever going to be produced in Doctor Who terms is going to feel retrogressive. At least with the New Adventures and then the BBC Books, you thought, ‘It’s the current Doctor – McCoy or McGann.’
As a fan, I don't mind there not being a "current" Doctor. I certainly don't think that signals the death of the show – and I think Doctor Who nostalgia is something to be celebrated. However, I do worry The Reality War will be treated as a "full stop" when it absolutely shouldn't be.
That, in itself, isn't the end of the world. But, when Doctor Who returns to screens, if that storyline is simply neglected, the show risks losing a lot of goodwill from viewers. Already, in season 15, we've seen various threads seemingly unceremoniously dropped, most prominently, the role of Carole Ann Ford, whose long-awaited return amounted to mere moments on screen.
I'm not saying Piper needs to immediately be locked into a contract for a three-season run as the Sixteenth Doctor (although...). But I do think Doctor Who's reputation rests on doing justice to that storyline and not immediately writing Piper out of the show, with a couple of lines of questionable dialogue to explain why the Doctor suddenly had the face of Rose Tyler.
Maybe that's the key to Doctor Who cheating death this time round. After all, the show has been doing it for more than 60 years – it's not about to stop now.
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