What does ‘back to basics’ mean for Doctor Who?

It seems to me the episodes that were doing now seem more like classicWho.Were going back to that style.

The series will be thirteen episodes long, including the Christmas Special, with no break in the middle.

There is at least one two-part story confirmed and a present-day family as recurring characters.

This is, contextually, the basicDoctor Whois returning to.

Three years later, most of them were resolved.

So, Moffat fans: rejoice!

Its business as usual.

Moffat haters: prep your DVD collections, its going to be a long one Im afraid.

The Seventies are influential, but they arent going to be copied in their entirety.

If they couldnt (and wouldnt) do so in 1988, they certainly arent likely to now.

Thats how things are structured now: The big hitters are finale villains.

Unlike Hinchcliffe, Moffat is staying around long enough to change strategy mid-way through his run.

Its likely that hes done with his contemporary fairy tale approach, his talk is of change.

Story-wise, are we likely to be in for a shake-up?

Are we going to get some Seventies classics reimagined?

Contemporary issues via monster allegories?

Series eight has an evil alien banker, so possibly.

Whimsy tends to get you into far less trouble than scarlet stomach wounds.

There are always new basics.