8 Most Overused Words In Doctor Who Fandom

6. NuWho

When Doctor Who returned in 2005, the producers could have taken a similar approach to Battlestar Galactica and rebooted the show from scratch. But truth be told, despite being off screen for so long, Doctor Who was far from coming out of hibernation. It had continued an unbroken run through the Virgin New Adventures and Eighth Doctor novels and other iterations of the programme had popped up from time to time too, online, on the radio and in special TV events. When Russell T Davies was first approached with a view to bringing back Doctor Who to the television, he feared the worst. "I€™ll be a nightmare. It wont have the money, they€™ll want an ironic or nostalgic or retro version, it€™ll be banished to BBC Three. Or worst of all, it€™ll be a reboot. No thanks"... Instead, Davies set about reimagining Doctor Who for a new, post-Buffy generation whilst remaining faithful to the long history of the show. Quite rightly, Davies recently declined the opportunity to be involved in some kind of special tribute episode for the 10th anniversary of the new series, arguing that in reality it's actually the 52nd anniversary and the 50th has just been celebrated so magnificently. Is the series post 2005 different enough from its past to warrant its own name? There have in fact been many distinctive eras of the show, largely defined by its many producers and the style of storytelling each have preferred. 2005 is arguably closer to 1970 Who than 1979 Who was. There are noticeable differences between Russell T Davies€™ and Steven Moffat€™s versions of the show and yet both producers have mined the full past of its mythology, bringing back old foes and companions. They have ensured that Doctor Who remains a single yet diverse entity. So why does the world of fandom like to create a divide between so called classic Who and NuWho? Shouldn€™t every single story be judged on its own merits instead of being written of for belonging to one or the other time periods? Is it not simply part of a tribalistic instinct, the human propensity to want to take sides by placing artificial walls in between two things that actually belong together.