In fact, before we had any idea he was returning to the main TV series fans were already excited at the news of a very different Who return for the acclaimed screenwriter \u2013an audio drama. It all started when Davies dug out an old script he\u2019d written as a young fan in the 1980s, and eventually Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish came on board to bring the story to life for real.<\/p>\n
Now, Davies\u2019 unfinished Mind of the Hodiac<\/a> \u2013 completed by Scott Handcock and starring Colin Baker and Bonnie Langford \u2013 is coming soon, the first Who script we\u2019ve seen from Davies for over 12 years. And with a load more scripts on the horizon, it\u2019s fair to say that it\u2019s a moment of odd synchronicity for the It\u2019s A Sin creator.<\/p> \u201cThis whole thing\u2026 it\u2019s very strange that I\u2019m coming back to Doctor Who at the same time, because none of this was planned,\u201d Davies told Doctor Who Magazine<\/a>. \u201cBut it feels all as one. It feels like a whole. It feels like it was meant to be.<\/p>\n \u201cWho would have thought, as I sat there in that little flat in Roath in Cardiff, bashing away on an electric typewriter my mother had bought me for my 21st birthday\u2026? Obviously I was writing it in the hope it would be made \u2013 and here we are, all these years later.\u201d<\/p>\n Though for star Colin Baker \u2013 who was playing the Sixth Doctor at the time Davies originally wrote the script, and now brings it to life in voiceover \u2013 the process makes perfect sense given the long tradition of Doctor Who fans eventually becoming creative titans in their own right.<\/p>\n \u201cDoctor\u00a0Who\u00a0<\/em>is kind of a self-generating programme, in that all the people who make it are people who saw the programme back in the mists of time, and loved it so much they became writers, producers, directors, actors\u2026\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s like some creature that cannot be killed, because it spawns new creative talent. And Russell is the prime example. As a young fellow, he took a shine to a programme \u2013 which, by happenstance and good fortune had Bonnie and I in it at the time \u2013 and he wrote a script for us. Not for the other ones, but for us! So we got the benefit of this wonderful story.\u201d<\/p>\n And according to co-star Langford, you can see the seeds of Davies\u2019 2005-2010 Doctor Who style in the story Mind of the Hodiac tells.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you look at the programme when Russell brought it back, you can see those roots in this script,\u201d she told DWM.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the reasons people love this programme is because it has this sort of fantastical, infinite opportunity \u2013 and when you\u2019re young, you want to think that your life could go anywhere. But with Russell\u2019s scripts it starts at home, it\u2019s about the human race. It brings a kind of reality to the fantasy.\u201d<\/p>\n For fans desperate to see what Davies does next with the main series, it sounds like Mind of the Hodiac will be the perfect amuse-bouche. Just try not to bolt it down all at once \u2013 it\u2019ll be a while before we get the main course.<\/p>\n Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford and Russell T Davies reveal a new adventure for the Sixth Doctor!![\""Doctor\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/mindofthehodiac-c4120e2.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C620"\" "\\"\"Doctor\\"\/")
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