Doctor Who: 10 Things Fans Want From Series 9 (But Won't Get)
As Series Nine of Doctor Who approaches some fans are once again set to be disappointed as their hopes for the show are dashed for another year at least.
Steven Moffat is not adverse to giving the fans what they want. After all he's brought back Paul McGann, reverted to the pre new paradigm Daleks, made the anniversary special a multi-doctor romp, swapped the cybusmen with the genuine article and given us scenes of the Time War and Gallifrey. Series Nine will continue the trend, providing fans with plenty to get excited about. For starters we will see the return of the much missed two parters. The producer has also brought on board two new female writers (Catherine Tregenna, Sarah Dollard), fulfilling another wish within fandom. But nevertheless, some hopes for Series Nine are likely to be nothing but pipe dreams. Many of them resurface in every interregnum. Even if Steven Moffat has emphatically said "no" the rumours continue on the basis that he has been known to be economical with the truth and sometimes downright misleading. So are there any wishes for Series Nine that we can with any confidence blow out of the water? Here are ten things that we are unlikely to see. And if we do then, unlike Paddy Ashdown, I will eat my hat. Really.
Paul Driscoll is a freelance writer and author across a range of subjects from Cult TV to religion and social policy. He is a passionate Doctor Who fan and January 2017 will see the publication of his first extended study of the series (based on Toby Whithouse's series six episode, The God Complex) in the critically acclaimed Black Archive range by Obverse Books. He is a regular writer for the fan site Doctor Who Worldwide and has contributed several essays to Watching Books' You and Who range. Recently he has branched out into fiction writing, with two short stories in the charity Doctor Who anthology Seasons of War (Chinbeard Books). Paul's work will also feature in the forthcoming Iris Wildthyme collection (A Clockwork Iris, Obverse Books) and Chinbeard Books' collection of drabbles, A Time Lord for Change.
