Doctor Who Magazine 589 includes an exclusive interview with all three directors of the forthcoming 60th anniversary specials – Rachel Talalay, Tom Kingsley and Chanya Button. In this revealing feature, they discuss the new TARDIS set…
Special 1 director Rachel Talalay: “I was around for the four months watching it being built. My DP [director of photography] and I were having all these conversations about how to light the wall roundels, and things like that, but I just kept thinking, ‘It will never be ready in time…’ So the fact that, in the last couple of days of my contract, we finally got on there, was amazing.”
Happy Who Year 60th — #DoctorWho Thanking all the kindness of friends and strangers who meant I’m still fighting on into 2023. With love. (better post on instagrams). pic.twitter.com/NsZYoUSG2D
— Rachel Talalay (@rtalalay) December 31, 2022
Special 2 director Tom Kingsley: “So much detail and love and thought has gone into it. You can point the camera anywhere at it and it looks amazing.”
Aaargh! A surprise teaser trailer for the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who! I am SO lucky that RTD let me direct 1 of the 3 special episodes alongside @rtalalay and @ChanyaButton.
Not long to wait – it’s out in November* https://t.co/4q4OKDUHf8
— Tom Kingsley (@kingsley_tom) October 23, 2022
Special 3 director Chanya Button: “Oh my gosh, it’s enormous. I mean, it’s absolutely beautiful. It’s sort of church-like in scale, and yet it’s also this intimate space that takes you from one place to another – to even larger, wider worlds.”
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The three Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials will air in November 2023.
Other highlights in the new DWM issue include:
• The DWM 60th Anniversary Poll – the analysis of the results begins, with this issue looking at the rankings of every story from the 1960s.
• Liberation of the Daleks Part Six – the adventures of the Fourteenth Doctor continue in the epic comic-strip adventure written by Alan Barnes and illustrated by Lee Sullivan.
• Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies on writing the next series, exciting nights out and the hunt for silver glitter body spray.
• Production Diary – script editor Scott Handcock files his latest report on the forthcoming episodes, direct from Doctor Who HQ.
• Gallifrey Guardian – all the latest official news, including new cast announcements and executive producer Phil Collinson on Doctor Who’s involvement with Comic Relief 2023.
• How Cleo Carried On – Cleo Sylvestre recalls the early years of her career, when she appeared in the 1965 story The Crusade.
• Best Life – Moses Ogundeji reveals what it’s like to work as ‘best boy’ on the new series of Doctor Who.
• Tea Time Terror – a look back at The Amazing World of Doctor Who, the 1976 book that’s about to gain a surprising new lease of life.
• 60 Objects, 60 Years – from The Key to Time in 1978 to a Neo-Cyberman in 1982, the latest instalment of this series tells the story of one object from every year of Doctor Who history.
• The Fact of Fiction uncovers the secrets of the acclaimed Twelfth Doctor adventure Flatline.
• Other Worlds – the essential guide to forthcoming stories in the Doctor Who expanded universe.
• Previews, reviews, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser and more.
Doctor Who Magazine issue 589 is on sale Thursday 30 March from Panini and WH Smith priced £6.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags priced £5.99.