When Doctor Who triumphantly returned to our screens in 2005, Christopher Eccleston was of course cast as the Time Lord by the man who brought the show back, Russell T Davies. In recent months, Eccleston has opened up about his departure from the show, and how he fell out with certain people behind the scenes. … >
Cast your mind back to 2008, and that year’s Doctor Who Christmas special. Coming towards the end of David Tennant’s tenure in the TARDIS, David Morrissey was cast opposite him in Russell T Davies’ The Next Doctor. And with Tennant set to leave the role of the Doctor the following Christmas, speculations swiftly rose that … >
13 years on, the revival of Doctor Who, kickstarted by Russell T Davies, has continued to reap benefits for the BBC. But it’s easy to overlook just how big a risk it was seen to be at the time. With a big Saturday evening slot, huge publicity and no shortage of fanfare, it was still … >
Russell T Davies’ superb drama Cucumber debuted in 2015 on Channel 4, earning terrific reviews but perhaps not quite the level of ratings that it deserved. Still, it stands up still as one heck of a drama, and a piece of work well worth seeking out. It was produced by Matt Strevens, currently working alongside … >
It’s been some time since their screen Torchwood days, but Russell T Davies and Eve Myles have finally been working together for the first time in a good number of years. Davies has penned the upcoming BBC miniseries A Very English Scandal, that stars Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw. It’s been filming filming recently, and Myles … >
Now this could be fun. As spotted by the brilliant Girly Letters Twitter account, a new series of Doctor Who Target novelisations look like they’re heading into stores on 2nd April 2018 – and there are some high profile authors involved! The Book Depository lists five upcoming books in all, with Jenny T Colgan and … >
Russell T Davies on the casting of Jodie Whittaker, and the source of most Doctor Who leaks…
Cucumber won Russell T Davies a BAFTA: but he laments the fact that it didn’t get the hoped-for ratings…
Russell T Davies has been doing some interviews, to help promote a brand new book of Time Lord poetry, that he’s provided the illustrations for. It’s a lovely book, that’s on sale now. As part of his interview tour, he gave an interview to Doctor Who megafan Frank Skinner, on the latter’s Absolute Radio show. … >
The dust has settled on the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the new Doctor in Doctor Who now, and she’s going to start filming for series 11 of the show before the year is out (and, of course, we’ll see her for the first time in the role on Christmas Day). Ahead of the announcement … >