‘Doctor Who’ season 10: Peter Capaldi levels some criticism at BBC
Here is a story we did not exactly expect coming down the pipeline today: “Doctor Who” star Peter Capaldi not being entirely complimentary of the network that aired his show in the BBC. While this may be one of the most internationally-popular shows out there, there is in his mind a thought that it could be something more than it is.
We don’t want to extrapolate too much from his comments just yet; instead, let’s instead just bring you what he said in a new chat with Newsweek:
“The BBC is an incredible organization, but…sometimes people there think, [the franchise] looking after itself … And it’s not being looked after. I think maybe their eye was taken off the ball, or the show was seen as a thing they could just push around. It’s not. It’s a special thing.”
We feel like at the heart of what Capaldi is saying here is that since the show is popular, the network feels like they don’t have to put much attention into promoting or discussing the show, and instead are putting special attention into other things that they have on the schedule. We already know that he was unhappy with the timeslot for much of season 9, feeling that it came on too late for many young viewers to watch.
As for whether or not we agree with him, the answer may sound a little wishy-washy on our part so we’ll try and explain. We do think that the show is getting a little ignored right now in comparison to other prestige programming on the BBC; however, the network’s not worried about it, so it’s understandably they are focusing some attention elsewhere. We also wonder if part of Capaldi’s perception comes from starting at a time right after the 50th anniversary when all of the attention in the world was on the show.
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