The special, which will commemorate 100 years of the BBC, will mark Whittaker and Chibnall\u2019s departure from Doctor Who before former boss Russell T Davies takes back over as showrunner in 2023.<\/p>\n
Speaking in the Radio Times magazine<\/strong>\u2018s latest issue, Chibnall revealed that Whittaker\u2019s story will wrap up \u201cin a really huge, fun, action-y, mad, heart-breaking way\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019ll be a lot of laughs and tears in that final episode,\u201d he continued. \u201cYou want to do everything.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that it\u2019s a \u201ccelebration\u201d of the BBC. \u201cThere are some treats \u2013 Easter eggs and kisses to the past,\u201d he said.<\/p> Chibnall, who has previously written for Life on Mars, Torchwood and Broadchurch, went on to praise the BBC, saying: \u201cI have no idea why you would want to bash the BBC.<\/p>\n \u201cLook at the amazing drama and entertainment they still pump out \u2013 The Tourist, Time, Strictly\u2026 Everybody likes to attack it until we have a pandemic or a massive war and then everyone asks, \u2018Can you tell us the truth, please?\u2019 and the BBC does that. We should never take it for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n Doctor Who continues on Sunday with a brand new episode, Legend of the Sea Devils, with the Doctor, Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Dan (John Bishop) coming face to face with legendary pirate queen Madame Ching (Crystal Yu).<\/p>\n Read the full exclusive Chris Chibnall interview in the new edition of Radio Times, on sale now.\u00a0Subscribe 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 Read more about Doctor Who:<\/strong><\/p>\n Doctor Who: Legend of the Sea Devils comes to BBC One and\u00a0BBC iPlayer<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday 17th April. All 13 series of Doctor Who are available to watch now on Prime Video \u2013 sign up for a\u00a0Prime Video free trial<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n For more news, interviews and features, check out our dedicated\u00a0Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0page or our full\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 at 12:00 am While Jodie Whittaker fans aren\u2019t looking forward to seeing the Thirteenth Doctor regenerate later this year, we can\u2019t help but get excited about her very last Doctor Who episode \u2013 the centenary special \u2013 which is set to feature quite a few \u201ctreats\u201d, showrunner […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13784,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-boss-teases-easter-eggs-and-kisses-to-the-past-in-centenary-special-scaled.jpg",2560,1705,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-boss-teases-easter-eggs-and-kisses-to-the-past-in-centenary-special-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-boss-teases-easter-eggs-and-kisses-to-the-past-in-centenary-special-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-boss-teases-easter-eggs-and-kisses-to-the-past-in-centenary-special-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-boss-teases-easter-eggs-and-kisses-to-the-past-in-centenary-special-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-boss-teases-easter-eggs-and-kisses-to-the-past-in-centenary-special-1536x1023.jpg",1536,1023,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-boss-teases-easter-eggs-and-kisses-to-the-past-in-centenary-special-2048x1364.jpg",2048,1364,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 at 12:00 am While Jodie Whittaker fans aren\u2019t looking forward to seeing the Thirteenth Doctor regenerate later this year, we can\u2019t help but get excited about her very last Doctor Who episode \u2013 the centenary special \u2013 which is set to feature quite a few \u201ctreats\u201d, showrunner…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/13783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/1-SE-16-2-Cover1-7a41395.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C827"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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