Chibnall Won’t Write for Doctor Who Again & “Fully Expects” RTD To Ignore His Controversial Canon Changes
Showrunner Chris Chibnall has said he expects his controversial canon changes to Doctor Who, the Timeless Child retcon
Chibnall told the Radio Times: “You’re not carrying a vase across a room – you’ve got to get in there and say what you want about the show, the character and the world.”
He continues: “It’s one of the few drama series without a written bible, and every era contains a contradiction or left-turn from what has come before. Any future showrunner will ignore it or run with it.”
Chibnall concludes: “Oh, I fully expect Russell to ignore it!”
As for returning to the show to write another episode, Chibnall makes it very clear: “Absolutely never again! Clear red line, final script.”
He added”I never expected to come back after working with Steven [Moffat], really, and I’d turned it down a couple of times after that. I never thought I’d be offered the job and built into that is why I wanted to keep it to a very specific three-series thing.
“Supervising teenagers’ revision is taking up my time now and there’s lots of other things to write! I will happily sit back and watch. For all that it’s been gorgeous all along, now it’s like, ‘Oh I remember this. This is what real life is like!'”
