It’s almost time for another trip in the TARDIS!
He also spoke about working withthe incomparableAnita Dobsonand the return of the villainous Mrs. COLLIDER: I’m so excited for this season.
It looks so impressive and so massive.
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What can you say about how that shapes their dynamic?
For some people, Ncuti Gatwa is Doctor number one, which is a glorious experience to have.
She literally sees it happen in her first story.
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She’s got no idea what’s going on in her first episode.
Suddenly, just like the Doctor’s life always does, it gets serious.
So, Varada as Belinda brings a whole new slant to that someone who’snotimpressed by the Doctor.
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Someone who wants to get home.
And there’s more to that story than it looks, as well.
Look up your schedules.
An episode is actually dropped on that day.
Oh, that’s very exciting!
DAVIES: Forverybig reasons.
Imagine how much work that was thinking about the script and the actual transmission.
It really pays off.
Very complex timing math there.
DAVIES: There were many reasons to not let that happen.
We had to fight them off almost weekly, but it worked.
[Laughs]
Bringing an actor who had a one-off part inDoctor Whois not uncommon.
What made you want to make Mundy part of Belindas story?
DAVIES: It very first happened in 1966.
It was just three weeks between two different parts.
I think now you’re free to do it different ways with this.
So, I might as well ride public opinion with this.
If youdoknow her past, it’s an extra little spin.
She’s been in it before.
So, you might as well play that game.
DAVIES: Yeah, it was something we all had to learn.
I’ve done the whole range of things.
I’venevertouched hand-drawn animation, not in any shape or form.
So, we all had to learn the process, and none of us had ever done that.
That’s why I do these things.
I cannot tell you how many meetings hand-drawn animation is.
It’s like every blink of Mr. Ring-a-Dings eye is a meeting.
It was just enormous fun.
Its a nice, healthy process.
Speaking of the visual effects, they’ve changed so much since your first era ofDoctor Who.
What’s it been like to watch that evolve?
it’s possible for you to bring things to life you could only imagine 20 years ago.
At the same time, fair dues to those teams who worked on it.
I can remember in 2005 a premiere of theDoctor Whofinale at the BAFTA building.
They’d never seen anything like that on the BBC.
Even back then, thats not the kind of science fiction that the television was making great big spaceships.
So, our teams have always been brilliant, pushing the boundaries.
And that’s what they designed.
So, the rockets really look like space rockets.
Theyre not spaceships, theyrerockets.
And the city, it’s dazzling colors and style.
So, we can just afford to keep experimenting and making wild swings with it.
ThatsDoctor Whoat its best, I think.
I think it’s so much fun!
Now, I don’t need spoilers, but what can you tease about Mrs.
I can remember moments of that to this day.
She’s still enormously famous for that.
So, it’s like working with royalty.
And on top of all that, we discovered what a laugh she is.
She’s such good company.
I just call her Dobs.
I go, Hey there, Dobs!
She’s like, Hello, love.
We have such a laugh together that it very quickly escalated into what is now Mrs.
It was a very clear statement of intent, and I can absolutely tell you that all is revealed.
It’s a secret that we don’t keep going.
Some secrets you keep going for years.
This one was like gunpowder.
Once we started to roll with it, we loved it.
So, you’ll see a lot more of her, and in the finale.
She’s absolutely set the stage.
That is so much fun.
I cannot wait!
Can you pinpoint something specific that you’re very excited for people to see?
But I’m very excited by Episode 6, which looks like it’s a laugh.
It has well over 100 million viewers, that thing.
So, it’s an outer space version of that.
So, I’m very pleased with that one.
Doctor WhoSeason 2 premieres on Disney+ and BBC iPlayer on April 12.
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