{"id":13682,"date":"2022-04-11T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1624940"},"modified":"2022-04-11T22:16:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:16:28","slug":"chris-chibnall-expects-russell-t-davies-to-ignore-his-changes-to-doctor-who","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/chris-chibnall-expects-russell-t-davies-to-ignore-his-changes-to-doctor-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Chibnall expects Russell T Davies to \u201cignore\u201d his changes to Doctor Who"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Huw Fullerton\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 11 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Outgoing Doctor Who<\/a> showrunner Chris Chibnall has almost finished with the BBC sci-fi series, with just this week\u2019s Easter special and a centenary episode this autumn to go before he and star Jodie Whittaker hand in their TARDIS keys.<\/p>\n

And Chibnall was in a reflective mood when he recently caught up with Radio Times, looking back on his time making the show as well as the sometimes-controversial changes he made to Doctor Who \u201clore\u201d (including a new backstory for Jodie Whittaker\u2019s Time Lord).<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not carrying a vase across a room \u2013 you\u2019ve got to get in there and say what you want about the show, the character and the world,\u201d Chibnall says in the new edition of the Radio Times<\/strong> in an exclusive extended interview.<\/p>

\u201cIt\u2019s one of the few drama series without a written bible, and every era contains a contradiction or left-turn from what has come before. Any future showrunner will ignore it or run with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, we know the next showrunner taking over is none other than former series boss Russell T Davies<\/a> \u2013 and Chibnall says he already knows which way the wind is blowing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, I fully expect Russell to ignore it!\u201d he laughs.<\/p>\n

More generally, Chibnall heaps praise on Davies for returning to steer the Doctor Who ship once more, over a decade after he originally stepped back from showrunning duties.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody should have a big smile on their face,\u201d he says. \u201cRussell is one of the elite showrunners and Who is very lucky to have him, especially off the back of It\u2019s a Sin, one of the greatest shows of all time.<\/p>\n

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Returning Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

\u201cFor him to have incredible ideas and passion for it, to want to take it forward again \u2013 that\u2019s fab. Nobody has a greater love for Doctor Who.\u201d<\/p>\n

His advice for his predecessor\/successor? \u201cThe same as he gave me: enjoy it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve absolutely loved it. It\u2019s such a privilege. Few people have done it and you\u2019re standing in the foot-steps of those people across 60 years now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just don\u2019t ask him whether he\u2019ll do his own RTD comeback one day\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the full exclusive Chris Chibnall interview in the new edition of Radio Times, on sale now. Subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door, and for more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Radio Times Easter Cover<\/span><\/figcaption> Radio Times<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

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