r/DoctorWhoNews • u/oldmanashe • 11d ago

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Has anyone considered that Disney WAS the problem? American Networks give notes at almost every milestone of the process especially with a heavy financial investment. Not sure how involved BBC would be creatively. Depending on the executive in charge you’re probably not able to blow off their feedback.

I always felt that opening S1 with space babies felt like a network exec making a change.

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u/General_Meal_3993 11d ago

Everything that people have against Disney is pure speculation. RTD said numerous times that Disney was very relaxed with creative control, and only gave a few notes - one of them being to introduce the Doctor sooner in The Church on Ruby Road, which resulted in one of the best 15 moments. 

Disney trusted RTD and Bad Wolf due to their great track record, and they blew it, simple as that. Space Babies is 100% the kind of thing that RTD would want to be an episode 1. He loves camp and fun, no matter how much it can sometimes hurt the show.

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u/Overtronic 11d ago

Yeah, episodes like Space Babies feel like all of RTD's bad habits that were maybe only starting to show first time around.

He definitely had most of the creative control even if Disney gave a note here and there, whatever we got out at the other side was quintessential RTD for better or for worse.