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Russell T Davies, the new showrunner of Doctor, Who has stated the show will be madder, funnier, bigger and broader than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Russell T Davies takes the helm of the new series of Doctor Who. Credit: PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Davies returns to the show for its 15th season following the departure of showrunner Chris Chibnall<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davies originally brought Doctor Who<\/a> back to the screens in 2005 and departed the show in 2008 being replaced by Steven Moffatt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In between his time on Doctor Who, Davies wrote Years and Years and the critically acclaimed It’s a Sin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When is Doctor Who back on TV?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The series will start on 11 May, dropping on BBC iPlayer at midnight before airing on BBC one before the Eurovision song contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ncuti Gatwa will star as the Doctor in series 15. Credit: Ian West\/PA Wire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The new series will star Sex Educations’ Ncuti Gatwa as the doctor and Coronation Streets’ Millie Gibson as companion Ruby Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davies said: “It starts from scratch and the programme does this every so often, but it is a new Doctor and a new companion and the whole point of a new companion is that Ruby walks into the Tardis and she says everything a new viewer wants to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho are you? What\u2019s this? What is the Tardis? Why is it bigger on the inside than the outside? She\u2019s the human walking into this strange world.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘It\u2019s madder than it used to be, it\u2019s wilder, it\u2019s funnier, it\u2019s kind of bigger, broader’
<\/p>Russell T. Davies, Doctor Who showrunner<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How does Davies write?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When asked about how he thinks about the current state of the world while writing, Davies said: “It\u2019s my job to look at where we are, how we feel, what a difficult, complicated world we live in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new Doctor Who team of Millie Gibson, Russel T. Davies and Ncuti Gatwa at the Doctor Who premiere. Credit: Ian West\/PA Wire\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo I genuinely look to Doctor Who this time around and thought it\u2019s time for fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“And I don\u2019t mean just as an escape because I think it does have things to say about the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I think a lot of science fiction gets very dark and heavy. Producers like me will sit on settees like this and \u2018It\u2019s much darker. It\u2019s a deep dive into the character\u2019s souls.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s all very well but actually with Doctor Who I would say come and have fun. As a family you can sit around, come and have fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is madder than it has been in the past. You still get moments of terror and horror and the chases and the monsters and there\u2019s tears at some points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut the sense of fun has been pushed, I think, this time because I think we need it. In this day and age, come and have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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