I was just trying to figure out if they were conflating the two shows, or if they actually mean that someone's considering a US version of Doctor Who in addition to Torchwood. Because if it's the latter, way to bury the lede. And brace for armageekdon.
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Strega - Jan 19, 2010 7:34:20 am PST #11893 of 30001
Polter-Cow - Jan 19, 2010 7:34:29 am PST #11894 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And the idea of remaking Doctor Who for the US? Oy.
Oh yeah. DW is totally British! Things like State of Play and Life on Mars, okay, I can at least see the appeal in the inherent story possibilities. But DW is so...British to its core. I wouldn't want to see it Americanized.
People do keep saying great things about CoE, and they do say you don't need to watch the rest of the series to enjoy it, but still, I wouldn't want to jump in like that. Maybe one of these days.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2010 7:38:21 am PST #11895 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And brace for armageekdon.
No shit.
The sentence
Tranter might try to reboot “Doctor Who” for U.S. audiences while departing “Doctor Who” star David Tennant stars in NBC’s pilot “Rex Is Not Your Lawyer.”
is a damned weird one. I know that RTD is off Who, but trusting Tranter with the Who franchise in a whole new country? Who is she in the Whoniverse again?
Frankenbuddha - Jan 19, 2010 7:40:15 am PST #11896 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
First suggestion - no Eric Roberts.
Typo Boy - Jan 19, 2010 8:30:50 am PST #11897 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Huh. An American Dr. Who series makes zero sense. (Which does not mean it won't happen.) If they want an American show, why not a spinoff? The Doctor's granddaughter or someone. (She could stll be played with a British accent. She could just keep ending up in NY the way the Doctor keeps ending in London, and with American companions, and American accented villains. At least it would not be guaranteed fail. If it did fail it does not screw up the rest of the franchise.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2010 8:34:37 am PST #11898 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm trying to imagine a reboot of the doctor. Like, a proper reboot, not a shot-in-the-arm restart like RTD did. He walked a fine line of making it interesting in its own right and mining decades of history--history that fans can acknowledge is schmaltz. I mean, can you introduce a Dalek in the 20th century?
And American...
Typo Boy - Jan 19, 2010 8:55:39 am PST #11899 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I'm American and still have trouble imagining an American Doctor. I mean you could have a time travel series with a main character you call the Doctor but ...
Jessica - Jan 19, 2010 8:58:44 am PST #11900 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If the original British Who had perished in the 60s, I could see doing an American reboot. But it makes no sense to me to do an American version while the original show is still going on and airing on American TV stations.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2010 9:06:27 am PST #11901 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
At least Being Human is relatively untested. But Doctor Who has legions of insane fans. Amongst whom I clearly number myself.
Scrappy - Jan 19, 2010 9:16:58 am PST #11902 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We've been watching them all in order this month, something I have been waiting to do since I got them for my birthday in August. I could never get the DH to watch them until now--he thought they were going to be twee. Last night was the Ghosts two-parter which was the end of the first Tennant season, and when it was over there was silence. I looked over at him and there were tears in his eyes and he said "Rose and the Doctor never get to see each other again?"
One toaster for me.