{"id":15618,"date":"2021-09-27T09:02:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T13:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/russell-t-davies-returning-doctor\/"},"modified":"2021-09-27T11:09:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:09:16","slug":"russell-t-davies-returning-to-doctor-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/russell-t-davies-returning-to-doctor-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell T Davies Returning to Doctor Who"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russell T Davies will once again serve as showrunner for <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, succeeding Chris Chibnall, who departs next year.<\/p>\n<p>Davies will return to celebrate the 60th anniversary of <em>Doctor Who<\/em> in 2023 and seasons beyond this. Davies was responsible for <em>Doctor Who<\/em>\u2019s revival in 2005 and left the show in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Studios is partnering with Bad Wolf to produce.<\/p>\n<p>Davies said: \u201cI\u2019m beyond excited to be back on my favorite show. But we\u2019re time-traveling too fast, there\u2019s a whole series of Jodie Whittaker\u2019s brilliant Doctor for me to enjoy, with my friend and hero Chris Chibnall at the helm\u2014I\u2019m still a viewer for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chibnall said: \u201cIt\u2019s monumentally exciting and fitting that <em>Doctor Who<\/em>\u2019s 60th anniversary will see one of Britain\u2019s screenwriting diamonds return home. Russell built the baton that is about to be handed back to him. <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, the BBC, the screen industry in Wales\u2014and let\u2019s be honest everyone in the whole world\u2014have so many reasons to be Very Excited Indeed about what lies ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Piers Wenger, BBC&#8217;s director of drama, said: \u201cAs the 13th Doctor prepares to embark on new and extraordinary adventures, the winds of change are blowing\u2026 bringing with them news to delight <em>Doctor Who<\/em> fans across the globe. We are thrilled that Russell is returning to <em>Doctor Who<\/em> to build on the huge achievements of Chris and Jodie. Thank you to the two of them and the team in Cardiff for all they continue to do for the show, and hello, Russell, it\u2019s wonderful to have you back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russell T Davies will once again serve as showrunner for Doctor Who, succeeding Chris Chibnall, who departs next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":15619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[115,2525],"class_list":["post-15618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-doctor-who","tag-russell-t-davies","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russell T Davies Returning to Doctor Who - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/russell-t-davies-returning-to-doctor-who\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russell T Davies Returning to Doctor Who - 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