Executive Producer Russell T Davies Talks About Casting Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson

I don’t think the inclusivity is the most interesting part of this interview - rather:

I wanted the show to be fun and a bit nuts. I think there’s an awful lot of television now, and I watch an awful lot of television, but I think there’s so much television that [sticks too rigidly] to the three-act structure. You know when there are 10 minutes left to go, when there’s going to be a major event, or when the murderer is going to be caught. So, I think it’s time for a show just to break those rules. Writing is about the heart and the pulse and sparks in the brain. Writing is about psychology. It’s about understanding people and why they do what they do. It’s not about hitting a particular beat 17 minutes in. So, I wanted to show this kind of laughing in the face of those rules.

  • @givesomefucksEnglish
    10•8 months ago

    You know when there are 10 minutes left to go, when there’s going to be a major event, or when the murderer is going to be caught. So, I think it’s time for a show just to break those rules.

    I mean, Dr Who tho…

    The structure is kind of baked in, unless they do more 2/3 parters, and those are announced ahead of time and have their own.

    There’s overarching themes, but it’s all about the self contained episodes. Its not like they can do one long story, at the end of the episode the TARDIS goes off to a new adventure. Even if they did “reinvent” that, lots of others have by now.

    It just reads of changing shit for the sake of changing it.

    Also, I don’t know who’s acting like Dr Who just got inclusive, they have been ahead of general culture for a long time while still being a show meant to be watched as a family.

    • Value SubtractedOPMEnglish
      5•8 months ago

      Yeah, I’m all for experimentation, but “traditional” story structures exist for a reason. It’s definitely possible to work outside of that box, and I’m interested to see what they do with it, but it’s also going to be a hard target to hit.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝English
      4•8 months ago

      It just reads of changing shit for the sake of changing it.

      I Think he just means “why not throw a song-and-dance number in, rather than the conventional twist of 'ah ha! You thought I was defeated but I.live to fight another day, probably popping up throughout the series then returning for the finale” rather than throwing all structure out of the window.