Ever since the RTD2 era started, I’ve seen a number of people insisting that Disney is ruining the show, or that they can see the corp’s fingerprints all over it, or other things to that effect. These statements have come not only from the corners of the internet that I’m completely comfortable ignoring, but also from people I respect.
My question is simple: do you think this is a real phenomenon, and if you do, can you provide some examples of what you mean? The examples can be based in fact, or purely vibes-based, I would just like you to clearly identify which it is, and if it is vibes based, what makes you feel that way.
It’s probably clear by now, but I just don’t see it. Nothing about the RTD2 era has screamed “studio interference” to me, nor do I get a “Disney vibe” from it (Disney is such a massive conglomerate at this point, I don’t even know what that vibe would be). I guess you could point to the musical numbers as an example?
Ultimately, I feel like for better or worse, RTD has been doing the things that RTD likes to do for these past two seasons.
There is one example of Disney directly influencing the show that I’m aware of: RTD has said that in “The Church On Ruby Road”, Disney felt that the Doctor needed to be introduced earlier in the story, so he wrote the scene with the Doctor “rescuing” the lady with the baby carriage. And honestly? That’s a pretty good note.
Anyways, no wrong answers. Just help me understand.
That’s not Disney, that’s a rewrite and reshoot they had to do after they’d already shot the original ending, I think it was even reshot after the first episode had aired. They were scrambling to accommodate for Gatwa’s decision to leave. IMO it was better than the original ending and they handled it well, considering the circumstances.
(I’m assuming you meant Belinda…)
@Uruanna Oh damn - yes Belinda of course 😅
Hm. Reshootings you say? 🤔 and the best idea was to take her out of the story for the last episodes and almost completely in the final just to … meh 😒 don’t like it.
I’m sad that Ncuti is gone. If he had a bit more time … I think he had potential for a really good doctor! But maybe it was rushed from the beginning? I had the feeling that his character wasn’t really build. An episode here and there but overall? Very sad, I like him as Doctor.
What changed is only the end. The plan was, the girl really was the Doctor’s kid, making Belinda a lot more important and maybe staying one more season, and Gatwa too - the kid was meant to be the future mother of Susan (I hate it) and they were planning the next season. But most of the episode before the very end was the same. Something happened with Gatwa after new years and he called it quits, that’s where they reshot the final house scene, flashbacks with new mentions of the kid, and the regeneration. Yeah, Gatwa was cool, it’s too bad.
@Uruanna Didn’t know that 🤔 now understand better what happens. I mean: it all started with the doctor searching for Belinda because he saw her(?) thousand years in her future or so. That was a nice miracle and mystery to start with - but it seems that all that was forgotten.
Now I see: it was rewritten and no time to solve this, so they mostly ignored it. Sad. 😔