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Doctor Who: BBC confirms 50th anniversary special

BBC One's 2013 commissioning announcement confirms "the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special"...



Speculation about next year's Doctor Who 50th anniversary special isn't just rife, it's practically an Olympic event. Will past Doctors return? (Almost certainly). Will there be more than one special? (Two is the current front-running suggestion). Will it be a live episode? (Er, we hope not).

We do know that the Mark Gatiss-scripted Who docudrama, a dramatisation of the show's birth on the BBC, has been officially confirmed, and now in BBC One Controller Danny Cohen's 2013 commissioning statement comes reference to a single "Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special".

"Drama on BBC One takes another big leap in 2013 in the shape of some major event dramas, including The Village, Ripper Street, Luther, The White Queen and the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special. These shows will bring a rich range of tones and worlds to BBC One's fiction."

We'll bring you more on Doctor Who's 50th anniversary plans as soon as we have it.
Source:http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/23663/doctor-who-bbc-confirms-50th-anniversary-special
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creative_candy 2nd-Dec-2012 09:40 am (UTC)
please please please have 9 & donna. please
egalitarianmuse 2nd-Dec-2012 09:43 am (UTC)
Took the words right outta my fingers. I want them back just for a bit so much.
creative_candy 2nd-Dec-2012 09:44 am (UTC)
i want donna to meet 11 so bad.
shahoney 2nd-Dec-2012 10:27 am (UTC)
YES!!! Those are all I wish for next year... with the following addendum:

- Get rid of Eleven, he's tiring me out.
- Get rid of Steven Moffat.
grapefruitzzz 2nd-Dec-2012 03:18 pm (UTC)
omg omg yes

although pref not written by moffat.
ahzuri 3rd-Dec-2012 04:45 am (UTC)
I would be happy forever if Donna just came back to the show.
imkevinspacey 2nd-Dec-2012 09:46 am (UTC)
Was going to say it should be about Donna.

Then remembered I wouldn't want Moff to touch my queen with a stick sonic screwdriver.

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Edited at 2012-12-02 09:48 am (UTC)
thesegoto11 2nd-Dec-2012 09:52 am (UTC)
lmao bless
zoaster_toaster 2nd-Dec-2012 10:02 am (UTC)
Donna is the best of all the companions, but ITA I'd be worried about Donna in Moffatt's hands.
buttermell0w 2nd-Dec-2012 10:07 am (UTC)
RIGHT? tbh im legit scared about any of my bbs from RTD time in moffats hands (chris, david, billie, john, donna etc)
toilandblood 2nd-Dec-2012 03:59 pm (UTC)
haha that gif
bluepassiflora 2nd-Dec-2012 09:50 am (UTC)
a dramatisation of the show's birth on the BBC

A show about the creation of a show?
yurasama_love 2nd-Dec-2012 05:03 pm (UTC)
SHOWCEPTION
violet_crumble9 2nd-Dec-2012 09:54 am (UTC)
i havent even finished the latest season but i can't wait. i want donna to sass 11.
saffronshire 2nd-Dec-2012 09:54 am (UTC)
I'm both impatient and anxious.
zoaster_toaster 2nd-Dec-2012 09:56 am (UTC)
I saw an interview with Eccleston on Tumblr recently where the interviewer asked him about possibly being in the 50th anniversary special. Eccleston replied with a "I can't say anything" type line.

Methinks we're gonna get him in the anniversary...
egalitarianmuse 2nd-Dec-2012 09:58 am (UTC)
I've been thinking that as well and I'm trying so hard not to get my hopes up, but he's who I'm coming to that anniversary for, hands down. It doesn't matter what else they do if they get me Nine.
alexlover14 2nd-Dec-2012 11:13 am (UTC)
I hope so, he's my favourite Doctor.
batsublue 2nd-Dec-2012 01:06 pm (UTC)
It would be so awesome if that happens :D
celtic_thistle 2nd-Dec-2012 03:21 pm (UTC)
I hope so omg. I miss him so much.
toilandblood 2nd-Dec-2012 04:00 pm (UTC)
that would be amazing
yurasama_love 2nd-Dec-2012 05:06 pm (UTC)
He'd better be. I love him oodles as Nine.
gogeta1 3rd-Dec-2012 03:38 am (UTC)
omg i hope so
fauxkaren 2nd-Dec-2012 09:59 am (UTC)
Chances of this being a hot mes?

Approx 95% imo.
zoaster_toaster 2nd-Dec-2012 10:03 am (UTC)
It's being penned by Moffatt, I'm not expecting less. I'm just hoping they somehow rope Eccleston into it so I can have the pleasure of that banana-loving, "fantastic"-spouting incarnation on tv again.
azrielen 2nd-Dec-2012 10:36 am (UTC)
I thought the hot messness was part of Doctor Who's appeal?
fauxkaren 2nd-Dec-2012 10:43 am (UTC)
There are different kinds of hot messes.

Like "Journey's End". That episode's plot was barely hanging together by a thread and with all the characters it was like watching RTD spinning plates and waiting for one of them to come crashing down. So in a lot of ways it is not a fantastic episode. But I still enjoyed it because it was just so fun to see all the characters interacting.

But Moffat's hot messes tend to be pointlessly complicated timey wimey bullshit that I hate with poorly written character sprinkled on top and I am not here for that.
atomicdogmeat 2nd-Dec-2012 01:25 pm (UTC)
It's tradition for anniversary specials to be a hot mess. They are all thoroughly enjoyable though.

Edited at 2012-12-02 01:25 pm (UTC)
fauxkaren 2nd-Dec-2012 10:03 am (UTC)
Idk what I want from this special to be honest.

Mostly I just want Moffot to stay away from writing any of the characters that I love. lol.
miakun 2nd-Dec-2012 02:46 pm (UTC)
Yes, that's all I want too.
sarahofcroydon 2nd-Dec-2012 10:05 am (UTC)
And it's an absolute travesty that Moffatt will be anywhere near it.
buttermell0w 2nd-Dec-2012 10:09 am (UTC)
i'm excited but im also scared bc moffat is writing this.
like ugh.
im rlly sad if my bbs from RTD's time are going to be FUCKED by moffats writing.

one of my best friend was like watch rose/10too will be like a 5 second shot of their gravestones and i was like LEGIT HE FUCKING WOULD.

Edited at 2012-12-02 10:10 am (UTC)
_dennis_csi_ 2nd-Dec-2012 10:16 am (UTC)
There is a good gifset on tumblr with tennant and eccleston answering if they are going to return and from their answers/smiles I say yes(well we all could have guessed tennant but still...)

I just missed 9&10 and all of their companions
kiarrith 2nd-Dec-2012 05:20 pm (UTC)
could you link to it? was not able to find it thru google :)
buttermell0w 2nd-Dec-2012 10:22 am (UTC)
just gonna spam my bff's of time and space <3




maryjanewatson 2nd-Dec-2012 01:49 pm (UTC)
'yes, you look lovely' always kills me.
beesknees7 2nd-Dec-2012 03:53 pm (UTC)
kween
toilandblood 2nd-Dec-2012 04:02 pm (UTC)
aww i love her
unique_lilpixie 2nd-Dec-2012 04:25 pm (UTC)
aaaaagh I love Donna sfm
yurasama_love 2nd-Dec-2012 05:07 pm (UTC)
Oh God, at the end of Midnight, just seeing him and hugging him.
God bless you Donna Noble.
_beka 2nd-Dec-2012 06:09 pm (UTC)
I love her so much!!!
shahoney 2nd-Dec-2012 10:30 am (UTC)
The 1-million-dollar question is, when are they going to sack Moffat?
egalitarianmuse 2nd-Dec-2012 10:33 am (UTC)
As long as he makes them more money than he costs them, I can't imagine it'll be any time soon.
fauxkaren 2nd-Dec-2012 10:39 am (UTC)
Media and awards shows are still riding his dick, so probably not for a long while.
celtic_thistle 2nd-Dec-2012 03:22 pm (UTC)
It baffles me. If fans notice the horrible writing, whyyyyyy won't the media?
azrielen 2nd-Dec-2012 10:35 am (UTC)
Tho Eleven will forever by my Doctor, I would LOOOOVE to see the others come back and interact with each other. Ahahaha oh god I can't even imagine.
fauxkaren 2nd-Dec-2012 10:38 am (UTC)
If they ask Tennant to do it, he will be there will bells on because he's such a ridiculous fanboy. I think that Freema would be up for it too if it works with her schedule.

Billie and Catherine would probably only do it if David talked them into it.

Eccles MIGHT do it, but probably not.

John Barrowman definitely would if asked.

So really for the most part it probably depends on actor's availabilities and which characters the Moff feels like bringing back.
buttermell0w 2nd-Dec-2012 09:12 pm (UTC)
idk if this is true or not bc i read it on tumblr but supposedly they are doing cap't jack but a YOUNGER version - so they won't ask for john to come back they are going to cast someone else

if this is true i will rage
ahzuri 3rd-Dec-2012 04:54 am (UTC)
Wut the fuck they can't just recast him! Barrowman is Jack Period end of story fuck off people!
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