New rumors suggest that may well be happening. So what are your thoughts? Does the world's longest-running sci-fi TV show need a reboot, or not?

I admittedly haven't watched Doctor Who, so I'm probably not the best person to give an opinion on the matter, but I say no. I'm growing tired of the reboot and revival trend, and so many reboots just never even come close to capturing the magic that made the originals so good. I think especially with something as big and iconic as Doctor Who, it's a risky move that faces a major uphill battle right from the start.

I don't really get why you'd fully "reboot" DW at this point when it continuously soft-reboots all the time anyway. Canon is obviously a very loose concept in the franchise, but I don't really see why it can't just continue on with a new Doctor, keep the things it wants, and ignore any parts it doesn't want to address, like... every other time there's a new Doctor.

1 hour ago, James Hunt said:

I don't really get why you'd fully "reboot" DW at this point when it continuously soft-reboots all the time anyway. Canon is obviously a very loose concept in the franchise, but I don't really see why it can't just continue on with a new Doctor, keep the things it wants, and ignore any parts it doesn't want to address, like... every other time there's a new Doctor.

Very much my view, I have to say. For me, the only arguments in favor of a reboot would be that recent showrunners seem to have... kind of lost that skill. But it's more a "them" issue than anything else!

24 minutes ago, Tom Bacon said:

Very much my view, I have to say. For me, the only arguments in favor of a reboot would be that recent showrunners seem to have... kind of lost that skill. But it's more a "them" issue than anything else!

Yeah, that's much more on the showrunners and quality of the writing. But... it doesn't make sense as a way to appeal to old viewers, and if you're aiming for new viewers, I'm not sure they'd know the difference even if you did keep the mythology.

I don't think it needs a reboot. What it needs are new showrunners. Chibnall was divisive and wanted to tear up and change lore... and Russel T. Davies is just flat out of ideas. "Space Babies" exemplifies the rubbish. We've had an excellent cast in my opinion... but the writing is just so so sub-par so often. Even David Tennant suffered from that. One of my fav doctors ever, but some of his eps were fab and some were just awful.

I'd like to see Sean Pertwee (Jon Pertwee - the Third Doctor's son) take over as showrunner. He has been in the industry for years, has done a lot of sci-fi in his own right. He would definitely want to live up to the very best of storytelling and his father's legacy. I'm just very disappointed with Chibnall and Davies. Stop trying to be divisive or edgy and just make a great show.