Doctor Who Will Celebrate Its Revival’s Big Anniversary With a New Documentary

Last week, Doctor Who marked a large milestone—the 20th day of the airing of “Rose”, the landmark occurrence that brought the amusement backmost to TV aft astir 20 years successful hiatus, kicking disconnected a full caller era. But it did truthful successful a comparatively quiescent mode compared to Who‘s accustomed caller grand day overtures. But it turns retired there’s a crushed for that—and that soon enough, it’ll beryllium rectified.

Speaking to io9 implicit Zoom up of the series’ latest return successful a fewer weeks, showrunner Russell T Davies exclusively confirmed determination are plans for an hour-long occurrence of Doctor Who Unleashed, the series’ behind-the-scenes companion show, that volition research and observe the making of Doctor Who‘s revival era. It volition aerial successful the coming months connected the BBC iPlayer successful the UK, and worldwide connected Doctor Who‘s YouTube channel.

The crushed it didn’t get timed to the day of “Rose”? Well, successful part, Davies himself.

“To beryllium honest, [the day wasn’t connected my mind]. I’m precise overmuch alert however connected Disney+ worldwide, going to immoderate territories that person ne'er had Doctor Who before,” Davies told io9 arsenic helium reflected connected the latest play of the amusement airing truthful adjacent to the 20th day of “Rose”. “There are immoderate radical watching this to who Ncuti is the Doctor—the fig one, their Doctor, and truthful you’ve got to carnivore that successful mind. That’s ever been the case, for galore years, to look for that caller audience. So I really thought it’d beryllium a spot backward, beryllium a spot dense handed to [acknowledge]… and present we’re present and I’m benignant of somewhat kicking myself, due to the fact that everyone seems to beryllium afloat of joyousness astir it!”

Seeing that joyousness successful the physique up to the day yet spurred Davies into realizing the bid should besides observe successful immoderate mode too, and chose to bash truthful with the caller documentary. “It’s coming retired late, due to the fact that I was the 1 saying ‘let’s not bash anything!’,” Davies laughed. “And past rather precocious successful the time I changed my mind! ‘Everyone’s talking astir it, let’s bash something!’. So we are.”

Stay tuned to io9 adjacent week for much from our speech with Russell T Davies. Doctor Who returns for a caller play of adventures connected the BBC and BBC iPlayer successful the UK, and worldwide connected Disney+, from April 12.

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