Speculation is rife that Chibnall is unhappy behind the scenes and doesn't want the showrunner job so is planning to step down as of the 2019 Christmas Special. Jodie has reportedly said she wouldn't want to play the Doctor without chibnall at the helm, so would also regenerate in the 2019 Christmas Special.

Chibnall has also claimed it's truly impossible to create a whole 10 episode series per year (BOLLOCKS) - so 2019 will have 5 episodes + Christmas and the remainder of the series is to take place in 2020 with a new Doctor resulting in another split series. If they cannot find a new showrunner by early 2019 then Chibnall will have to produce the whole of S12.

Finally Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole (Graham and Ryan) are listed as highly unlikely to Stay on as regular companions, but Mandip Gills (Yaz) status is unknown and there's a chance she'll carry on as sole companion.

Obviously this is all speculation so take with a pinch of salt, but it all sounds fairly realistic as Chibnall didn't want the job in the first place and I know he's what attracted Jodie.

I'd be fairly happy if Chibbers left - none of his episodes have been more than mediocre.
Jodie? Sure. She's not really left an impression on me, I don't care if she stays or goes. She might be better under a different show runner, but I'm not too fussed to find out.
As for keeping just Yaz ... Why? Graham is the best one.

Bring back RTD!!!

bump as the episode starts less than half an hour :amazed:

Starts at half six girlies!

The doctor referencing one of the best ever episodes with Agatha Christie and the wasp :love:

Really liked that. Very clever twist at the end :clap1:

Definitely the best episode this year.

1. Kerblam!
2. Rosa
3. Arachnids in the UK
4. The Tsuranga Conundrum
5. Demons of the Punjab
6. The Ghost Monument
7. The Woman Who Fell to Earth

1. Rosa
2. Kerblam!
3. Arachnids in the UK
4. Demons of the Punjab
5. The Woman Who Fell to Earth
6. The Tsuranga Conundrum
7. The Ghost Monument

Another good episode, cementing that the weak link this season has been Chibnall, lol

really good episode, those delivery robots looked scary :worry: and bubble wrap bombs ok freaky

yuk at that bowl of employee stew :o

Ryan is woeful as a character and poorly acted :skull: Get rid!

This was a good episode though, reminded me a tad of Voyage of the Damned

On the whole I think I enjoyed it? It dragged a lot towards the last quarter and could've ended more simply at that point, and j was sad Ryan didn't leave at the end ngl, but it was still enjoyable?

Quite enjoyed that episode

1. Kerblam!
2. Rosa
3. Arachnids in the UK
4. The Tsuranga Conundrum
5. The Witchfinders
6. Demons of the Punjab
7. The Ghost Monument
8. The Woman Who Fell to Earth

There's a good episode in there somewhere, probably written by Russell T Davies.

Great performance by Siobhan Finneran. Alan Cumming, whilst I appreciate silly humour, was woeful.

And possibly the best new monsters this whole series. Tension, atmosphere, action and watching a story unfold has been sacrificed far too much this series for boring dialogue exchanges (which would be fine if they were well written) and the Doctor overusing the sonic.

An improvement though. 'Demons of the Punjab', 'Kerblam!' and 'The Witchfinders' are much better than the first half of the series.

I've enjoyed the historical episodes this year, normally they bore me and I turn off partway through but they've been well written and had good stories.

Historicals are amongst my favourites, especially if there's good tension and atmosphere.

I love 'The Unquiet Dead' and 'Tooth and Claw'.

King James loves himself a piece of Ryan. :hehe:

The past two episodes really have outshone the rest of the season tbh.

He was a gay in real life, Ryan could have got himself some titles!

Also, it kind of annoys me that Chibnall talks of this series being more "character focussed" despite the character stuff being very quite poor.

And it's quite jarring how he'll randomly insert "Character Moment No. 3" at points where it doesn't fit and it feels like he's just following a scriptwriting template (Ryan discussing his mum in 'The Tsuranga Conundrum') but then a moment which screams out for some connection and is a natural point for Ryan to express his grief for Grace comes in this episode when they arrive at a point where a young woman loses her Grandmother. Yes, I know Chibnall didn't pen this episode but he IS the show runner/head writer.

It's so slapdash it's actively annoying me.

Also, and I hate to say it, I'm sick of Jodie. The same scenes/monotonous dialogue over and over. I like her but she's not being directed/scripted well AT ALL.

The characterisation of the whole lot of our Doctor and friends is abysmal. I found myself wanting them all to bugger off stop getting in the way and let Alan Cumming and Siobhan Finneran carry the episode.

I gave up on this series about 50 years ago when they changed the actor !!


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Omg we love jokes from the 60s.

Do I have to watch the other seasons to watch this?

I havent watched since Dvid Tennant and tempted to watch, but not if I need a load of information from the other seasons.