That’s what Google is for! 
Well,on the one hand, it was a worldwide success and Robin Williams is still a contemporary figure, albeit posthumously. On the other hand it was from 40 years ago.
Not that it matters, it’s not a deliberate reference, it’s just a commentary.
I can go look at that pic upthread with the others, and none of their pants look particularly ill-fitting. Granted, we can’t see the length of the pant leg, so some may be too short. But they all look pretty much normal to me.
I also note they tend to match the shirt or the coat, and tend to be a normal tan or black variation.
If I’m honest, Chibnall doesn’t have a strong record:
Broadchurch was good, but completely different to Dr Who. None of his other work really inspires confidence.
I think the UK has maxed out its showrunner talent and needed to look abroad for someone who could keep the show from descending back into the same second tier fantasy show that it had become (as I understand it) before the original version got the axe back in the day and needed to be revived.
I am reasonably doubtful that Chibnall is going to bring it back to Tenant/early-Smith levels.
But I will at least give it a try, since I did like the show before Moffat started his Hollywood riff set of stories, which seemed to be the hard corner where everything went to stupidland. I’m willing to give Chibnall and Whitaker a chance. I expect it to start out reasonably strong at least. A new showrunner should have at least a few strong ideas on where to go, so even a mediocre one should (ideally) be able to give us one decent season.
But I do hope that they’ll consider looking outside of Britain after Chibnall starts to run dry.
You’ve reduced a 30-year writing career to 7 producing credits.
A showrunner is a producer, first and foremost.
Also:
And while I don’t remember the rest of his episodes as being notably horrible, I don’t remember the rest of his episodes. They don’t stand out among the rest in any real way. They are all just “some episode”.
And it doesn’t matter whether the man has a 1 year writing history or a 30 year writing history, if he’s mostly “some TV writer”. Moffat, for all the flaws of his later seasons did, unequivocally, write the standout episodes of the Tenant era. Regrettably, he also wrote the standout episodes of the Smith era and he was the only one.
…Emma Frost. Jed Mercurio. Toby Whithouse. Jack Thorne. Britain has no shortage of show runners nor has it a shortage of writers who could potentially step up. Chibnall has already intimated that he is going to bring in a “American styled writers room” instead of the traditional writer/episode-centric approach used now which on its own will both shake things up and cover over Chibnall’s deficiencies as a writer. There is no need to panic.
Realistically New Who has pretty much ran it’s course. It’s been on the air since 2005! That’s an eternity in our modern tv culture. It’s actually quite amazing the show has thrived this long.
I know the original Who ran 26 seasons. Heck Gunsmoke was on 20 and Bonanza over 15. Those days are gone. It’s unusual for any show to even make seven years.
Maybe this gimmick with a woman time traveling Doctor will work. I hope it’s not another Voyager. Kate Mulgrew has said her character was written similar to Capt Kirk. The writers never figured out how to adapt the role to a woman’s viewpoint and unique strengths.
Not so. A showrunner is someone with decades of experience at all levels.
Yeah, but to all intents and purposes, it’s been 4 different shows in that time.
A person with decades of experience at all levels is “a veteran of the industry”. And while it’s something might say about themselves and be proud of, it’s not an occupation, it’s not even a colored belt nor a gold watch.
A showrunner is a specific role, that is focused on bringing in the right people, setting them on the right direction, and keeping track of everything as production ensues. It’s the producer who is actually doing the real job of producing the show.
Yes, clearly no other doctors have ever worn pants that are too short:
And certainly not anything baggy or high waisted, you’re definitely correct that the BBC themselves are wrong when they say that dressing like Two requires “Big, baggy plaid pants. Again, they need to be too big, as though the Second Doctor has big shoes to fill, and isn’t quite old enough. You’ll need suspenders too.” http://images.amcnetworks.com/bbcamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/patrick_troughton.jpg
Yes, they match the shirt or coat like:
And stick to normal tan or black for colors like:
Clearly, Jodi Whittaker’s doctor is going well outside the bounds of anything the doctor would wear with her outfit, there’s certainly no precedent for anything like it in the history of the show.
Well…Big Bang Theory is in its 11th season. CSI lasted, what, 15? South Park and the Simpsons have both lasted over 20. It’s certainly not unheard of, even now. Especially since Doctor Who changes it up every 3-4 years.
There’s plenty of precedent for the show being stupid as shit, too, but we don’t like that either.
Fair point, but the doctors who have been best and worst have not been strongly dictated by how fashionable their garb was.
LAW & ORDER: SEX CRIMES UNIT (note: not the real title) (note: it should be) is apparently still going strong in Season 19, closing in on its predecessor’s 20.
Though actually the 2 worst Doctors (5&6) did have the silliest looking outfits.
But I agree, the outfit is far less important than the writing. A New showrunner gives me hope the series will go in a better direction.
Actually, I kind of think they have.
This is the first impression the new show, new Doctor and new showrunner get to make on us, the viewing public. And the first impression they’ve made isn’t a good one, going by the majority of comments.
FWIW, here’s my take on Doctors and their outfits: the more outrageous the outfit, or the more outrageous elements it has, the shittier the Doctor and the show. It’s camouflage, is all, and it never works. Eccentric is fine, affectations are fine, but when it crosses over into crazy homeless person territory (and this new outfit does), things are never at their best for the show as a whole. My cites are 5-8 and 11. I didn’t see any 12s so I have no idea if the conceit holds for Capaldi’s Doctor.
ETA: What Exit? sees it, too. Good; it’s not just me, maybe.
Yes, all of the Rainbow Brite cosplayers will just need to find a pair of culottes instead of a skirt.
It’s awful.
That said, I do not watch Doctor Who for the Doctor’s sartorial brilliance.
No New Series Doctor has ever made a favorable first impression going by internet comments, and as I understand it the same is true for fanzine discussion of the pre-internet Who.