A bit of background to the Doctor Who debacle from Davies’ pov…
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I am watching since Friday “House of Cards” the original BBC TV series with Ian Richardson, who is fantastic in the lead. I watched this original around 1990 on Dutch television and I thought it was brilliant. Bought on dvd maybe ten years ago but never got it out of it’s seal, untill Friday afternoon. I watched the first series, but there’re two more to go “Play the King” and “The Final Cut” which I will watch the folowing days. I never watched the American remake and I am not going to, just not interested and I don’t like the American lead.
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This reads… exuberantly. I felt overwhelmed and rushed by someone absolutely sure of himself.
Maybe it’s time for a showrunner who is more in doubt.
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He sounds very confident in that snippet. Wonder if he would if someone else had pitched him that Doctor Who Christmas Special with the Daleks…
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You should read The Writers Tale. RTD it turns out is full of self doubt but his public persona is the most confident and bombastic force of nature you’ve met, but then his friends and colleagues of years read that book and where shocked to discover that is all an act to make sure his scripts get made or convince people that it’s completely right to change this or remove that.
First time I’ve ever seen someone use that ability to cancel his OWN script mind you…
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I encountered people with similar behaviour.
Very, very difficult to deal with since their confidence is so off the charts, at least in their official public persona, that they tend to throw tantrums whenever one dares to make a comment.
Some producers and studio people even get so scared that they duck behind writers to have them say what they are afraid of.
Not a good atmosphere to work in. And the results often show that.
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The interest definitely seems to be there.
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It is a major IP.
But imagine how many will now have to compete… for free. Even the big guns in today’s climate will be asked to ask for nothing before they are chosen.
At least that is something I encounter now every day. One used to get paid for a pitch. Now it´s just: no, are you kidding? Be grateful that you are allowed to compete for us. And by the way: your ideas will be owned by us, sign this before you send in your pitch.
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Particularly with it being at the BBC at the moment - if part of the pitch you give doesn’t have an idea where most of the money is coming from, it’s a non-starter. Would certainly suggest why the partnership with ITV is being floated.
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