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The "Disneyfication" of Doctor Who: Is it real? (startrek.website)

submitted 4 days ago by ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to c/doctorwho@startrek.website

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Ever since the RTD2 era started, I've seen a number of people insisting that Disney is ruining the show, or that they can see the corp's fingerprints all over it, or other things to that effect. These statements have come not only from the corners of the internet that I'm completely comfortable ignoring, but also from people I respect.

My question is simple: do you think this is a real phenomenon, and if you do, can you provide some examples of what you mean? The examples can be based in fact, or purely vibes-based, I would just like you to clearly identify which it is, and if it is vibes based, what makes you feel that way.

It's probably clear by now, but I just don't see it. Nothing about the RTD2 era has screamed "studio interference" to me, nor do I get a "Disney vibe" from it (Disney is such a massive conglomerate at this point, I don't even know what that vibe would be). I guess you could point to the musical numbers as an example?

Ultimately, I feel like for better or worse, RTD has been doing the things that RTD likes to do for these past two seasons.

There is one example of Disney directly influencing the show that I'm aware of: RTD has said that in "The Church On Ruby Road", Disney felt that the Doctor needed to be introduced earlier in the story, so he wrote the scene with the Doctor "rescuing" the lady with the baby carriage. And honestly? That's a pretty good note.

Anyways, no wrong answers. Just help me understand.

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[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think Disney did fuck up the show, but just through the deal in general, not through any direct creative interference. Their refusal to say whether or not they were extending the deal until (presumably) after The War Between The Land And The Sea has aired really fucked up the rhythm of production, and has led to some indirect creative shenanigans (ie. pretty much forcing Ncuti Gatwa to leave because he needs to work, which forced a big rewrite to the end of S2 etc.)

Also if rumours are to be believed, the extra Disney budget didn't even help that much because they apparently insisted on everything being in 4K HDR, which ate up most of the time and budget anyway.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I think it's pretty uncontroversial at this point to say the Disney deal was a dud.