RTD will need to be involved for at least a little bit.
The problem, as stands, and the reason why RTD is back at all, is it’s an incredibly difficult show to make. Same budget as something like Midsommar Murders, but you’ve got to go somewhere completely different every story, with new sets, locations, and cast. And you’ve got plenty of bespoke objects & scenery to create, and VFX.
So the person running the show has to be a really good showrunner. And there’s not that many people in the UK with that much experience. And fewer who’d want to take on a huge franchise rather than do their own thing.
That’s why you’d almost certainly need someone to shadow RTD for a year or two before they could take over. Even if they’ve been a showrunner before, they’d need experience running Doctor Who.
RTD will need to be involved for at least a little bit.
The problem, as stands, and the reason why RTD is back at all, is it’s an incredibly difficult show to make. Same budget as something like Midsommar Murders, but you’ve got to go somewhere completely different every story, with new sets, locations, and cast. And you’ve got plenty of bespoke objects & scenery to create, and VFX.
So the person running the show has to be a really good showrunner. And there’s not that many people in the UK with that much experience. And fewer who’d want to take on a huge franchise rather than do their own thing.
That’s why you’d almost certainly need someone to shadow RTD for a year or two before they could take over. Even if they’ve been a showrunner before, they’d need experience running Doctor Who.