#honestly i think -- i hope -- that rtd wont stay on the show for too long and that itll be passed on to someone else

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not negating that chris eccleston had a bad time on dw and rightfully wouldn't want to work with that team again for his own sake (minus billie i assume), but i have reservations about people in fandom jumping on the "yeah rtd is a dick who's incredibly hated in television actually, it's just a big secret," train when i have never heard anything to that effect outside of this working relationship that ended poorly and that as far as im aware rtd has never spoken about, so it's still a relatively private affair (of which we know a scant few details/that rtd didn't stick up for eccleston when he needed that support). i mean, he might be the worst guy ever, i've never worked with him, but i don't think the people saying this have either, and i think it's way too easy for people to assume the worst and go looking for confirmation bias, because it can justify their own dislike of rtd as a showrunner or his return as pure "nostalgia baiting" (that's another post). but yeah, if i see one more person go "oh i just have a feeling he's probably an asshole actually and the fact that we know that eccleston doesn't like him (as if that's new news) confirms that" as a roundabout way of going actually his era of the show wasn't that good or that him coming back to the show is a mistake, im simply not taking that seriously. just say you don't like the writing or whatever, don't make up a guy to personally dislike. there'll be another showrunner after him.

#honestly i think -- i hope -- that rtd wont stay on the show for too long and that itll be passed on to someone else #because i think it's time for a new generation to take over generally i think it's been in the hands of people who #grew up watching classic!who for about long enough #im not thrilled about the disney stuff (which idk if that had anything to do with him anyway but i hope it gets challenged) #but ive never heard a mutter or a rumour that he actually sucks and is terrible to the people he works with #but hey show me a mutter or a rumour id be interested #doctor who #dw #rtd #russell t davies #i often see people going *the whole martha thing* and im like... you mean freema agyeman? martha isn't real #did freema agyeman say something? i think that would be relevant if she did 100% #but when you say martha i assume you mean the writing of martha was flawed and yeah at times it really really was #at times it was pretty good especially from a character development perspective #and mainly the fandom was super racist and awful to freema #if that was reflected onset id be curious to know more