When Universal cancelled King Kong in 1. Jackson and Walsh immediately received support from Weinstein and began a six week process of sorting out the rights. Jackson and Walsh asked Costa Botes to write a synopsis of the book and they began to re read the book. Two to three months later, they had written their treatment. The first film would have dealt with what would become The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and the beginning of The Return of the King, ending with Sarumans death, and Gandalf and Pippin going to Minas Tirith. In this treatment, Gwaihir and Gandalf visit Edoras after escaping Saruman, Gollum attacks Frodo when the Fellowship is still united, and Farmer Maggot, Glorfindel, Radagast, Elladan and Elrohir are present. Bilbo attends the Council of Elrond, Sam looks into Galadriels mirror, Saruman is redeemed before he dies and the Nazgl just make it into Mount Doom before they fall. They presented their treatment to Harvey and Bob Weinstein, the latter of whom they focused on impressing with their screenwriting as he had not read the book. They agreed upon two films and a total budget of 7. During mid 1. 99. Jackson and Walsh began writing with Stephen Sinclair. Sinclairs partner, Philippa Boyens, was a major fan of the book and joined the writing team after reading their treatment. It took 1. 31. 4 months to write the two film scripts,1. Sinclair left the project due to theatrical obligations. Amongst their revisions, Sam is caught eavesdropping and forced to go along with Frodo, instead of Sam, Merry, and Pippin figuring out about the One Ring themselves and voluntarily going along after confronting Frodo about it, as occurs in the original novel. Gandalfs account of his time at Orthanc was pulled out of flashback and Lothlrien was cut, with Galadriel doing what she does in the story at Rivendell. Denethor attends the Council with his son. Other changes included having Arwen rescue Frodo, and the action sequence involving the cave troll. The writers also considered having Arwen absorb owyns role entirely by having her kill the Witch king. Trouble struck when Marty Katz was sent to New Zealand. Spending four months there, he told Miramax that the films were more likely to cost 1. Miramax unable to finance this, and with 1. On 1. 7 June 1. 99. Bob Weinstein presented a treatment of a single two hour film version of the book. He suggested cutting Bree and the Battle of Helms Deep, losing or using Saruman, merging Rohan and Gondor with owyn as Boromirs sister, shortening Rivendell and Moria as well as having Ents prevent the Uruk hai from kidnapping Merry and Pippin. Upset by the idea of cutting out half the good stuff1. Jackson balked, and Miramax declared that any script or work completed by Weta Workshop was theirs. Jackson went around Hollywood for four weeks,1. New Line Cinemas Mark Ordesky. At New Line Cinema, Robert Shaye viewed the video, and then asked why they were making two films when the book was published as three volumes this was later corrected New Line only made this choice out of economical reasons 1. Now Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens had to write three new scripts. The expansion to three films allowed much more creative freedom, although Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens had to restructure their script accordingly. The three films do not correspond exactly to the trilogys three volumes, but rather represent a three part adaptation. Jackson takes a more chronological approach to the story than did Tolkien. Frodos quest is the main focus, and Aragorn is the main sub plot,1. Tom Bombadil that do not contribute directly to those two plots were left out. Much effort was put into creating satisfactory conclusions and making sure exposition did not bog down the pacing. Amongst new sequences, there are also expansions on elements Tolkien kept ambiguous, such as the battles and the creatures. During shooting, the screenplays continued to evolve, in part due to contributions from cast members looking to further explore their characters. The BBC Responds to Doctor Who Complaints Deal With It. This weekend, the BBC unveiled the identity of the 1. Doctor, and as with all Doctor Who castings, there was inevitable complainingsome more than usual however, because the 1. Doctor is Jodie Whittaker, the first female Doctor. Today the BBC released its official response to the complaints, and its basically, Its canon, so deal with it. As a public broadcaster, part of the BBCs duty is to issue formal responses to complaints from the viewing public after a certain number of complaints about a given subject have been submitted. This can range from everything as minor as complaints about sound levels in drama shows to allegations of political bias in news coverageand, sometimes, it can concern people angry at something thats happened in Doctor Who, like the time back in 2. BBC had to assure people that the show does not have an anti redhead agenda after Matt Smiths newly regenerated Doctor appeared to some as dismissive of redheads when lamenting that he wasnt one yes, really. Its latest complaint response is in a slightly different manner, however, addressing displeasure that, after 5. Doctor will be female. The BBCs response is short and polite, but its basically a reminder to fans that a, this is a TV show about a shapeshifting alien from a planet of shapeshifting aliens and b, Doctor Who has clearly established the canonicity of a Time Lords ability to regenerate into either male or female forms Since the first Doctor regenerated back in 1. Doctor as a constantly evolving being has been central to the programme. The continual input of fresh ideas and new voices across the cast and the writing and production teams has been key to the longevity of the series. The Doctor is an alien from the planet Gallifrey and it has been established in the show that Time Lords can switch gender. They even added a bonus reminder that hey, Jodie Whittaker is a damn good actor As the Controller of BBC Drama has said, Jodie is not just a talented actor but she has a bold and brilliant vision for her Doctor. She aced it in her audition both technically and with the powerful female life force she brings to the role. She is destined to be an utterly iconic Doctor. We hope viewers will enjoy what we have in store for the continuation of the story. So there you have it Jodies getting the TARDIS key, and thats quite all right with the BBC. If only it were all right with everyone else.