{"id":994,"date":"2009-08-05T19:19:53","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T07:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=994"},"modified":"2009-08-05T19:22:52","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T07:22:52","slug":"the-family-jewels-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=994","title":{"rendered":"The Family Jewels, part two"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"crystalballcapitol\"We are, I think, in an envious position at this point in time for being a fan base granted the indulgence of looking wistfully into the future not only for Torchwood<\/em> but also (if you insist) Sarah Jane Smith and Kidz<\/em> or whatever it’s called and even K-9 and Kidz<\/em> too for those that might be interested in that sort of thing. These spin-offs aside however, the main attraction in Who <\/em>fandom’s stargazing must be the core series itself. 2010 has the be the most anticipated year for Doctor Who<\/em> since 2005, a phrase which looks as absurd as it reads, but you get my drift. Next year we will have the most complete turnaround in personnel in six years, including a new TARDIS crew, Executive Producer, Producer and possibly composer to boot. It’s the end of the Gold-en Era, you might say. The show has already been primed for HDTV, but to address any concerns we have a new TARDIS prop and, we’re told, new insides as well. Less extrinsically the show may have a new ‘feel’ being the beginning of the post-RTD, Moffat Age. What that could mean varies widely – my impression of what we’re likely to see in the new series will differ from yours, his, hers, theirs and so on. The concensus is that we’re in safe hands, but it won’t be business as usual. The Moff has revealed little (and good on him), and despite the odd spoiler photo we\u2019ve not much to go on. So what would you like to see in year one of the Matt Smith tenure (besides a strong case for there being a year two and so forth, obviously)? And what do you expect to see?<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some quotes to start the ball rolling:<\/span>
\n(<\/span>http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/entertainment\/7531310.stm<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

[On returning friends and monsters]<\/span><\/p>\n

“We’re not in the business of being nostalgic, we’re making nostalgia for the future, new monsters, new friends.”<\/strong>
\n<\/span>
\n[On who the show is aimed at]<\/span><\/p>\n

“Doctor Who<\/em> is at its best when it’s brand new and you’ve always got to remember that there’s a new bunch of eight-year-olds watching every year and it has to be original – it has to belong to them.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[and once more with feeling:]<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/news\/tvnews.php?id=47147<\/a><\/p>\n

“…fundamentally, the absolute paradigm of Doctor Who<\/em> stories is — right from the TARDIS — is that everything you see is brand new. I always think there should be more new stuff than old stuff in Doctor Who<\/em>. “<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s the usual deal – likes, wants, expectations on your behalf. But has\u00a0fandom’s collective and varied\u00a0anticipation ever been so imperilled?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are, I think, in an envious position at this point in time for being a fan base granted the indulgence of looking wistfully into the future not only for Torchwood but also (if you insist) Sarah Jane Smith and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crystal-ball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=994"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1043,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions\/1043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}