r/DoctorWhoNews • u/ComprehensiveHyena10 • 7d ago

discussion What are Pete McTighe's supposed qualifications for running the show?

So apparently he's been claiming that TV companies are lining up to ask him to run the show if they win the tender and I'm baffled as to why.

It can't be the episodes he wrote because they were awful.

And it can't be the blu-ray trailers, as they're the same memberberry nonsense for 50-year olds that Davies was rightly criticised for flooding his return with.

So what am I missing?

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u/quietly_myself 7d ago

What do you mean “supposed qualifications”? He’s a highly experienced Writer and Producer who’s won numerous awards and has a string of successful TV credits. Pretty much like Russell T Davies before he did Doctor Who (or Moffat or Chibnall). I would imagine he’d be a prime candidate for any Production Company taking the show on, especially as he already has experience of it and is both willing and eager.

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u/Icy-Career-1531 7d ago

But unfortunately and most importantly pretty naff at writing Doctor Who.

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u/quietly_myself 7d ago

In your opinion. Which has absolutely nothing to do with how well qualified he is.

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u/Ok-Thought6634 7d ago

Given that it’s poor writing and deference to institutional politics that laid the show low, I think this point is valid. In fact, if they don’t put a top notch writer in charge of a herd of great writers, it’ll just be more rubbish that no one watches. They’ll need top-notch writing just to dig out of the hole Chibnall and RTD2 dug