Of course, that season was shortened due to the effects of the pandemic \u2013 becoming the serialised six-parter Flux \u2013 and in a recent interview, McTighe explained that a clash meant he had to sit the season out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was going to come and do series 13,\u201d he told National World<\/a>. \u201cI was doing [crime drama] The Pact<\/a> at the same time \u2013 when COVID happened, we had to move our shooting dates for The Pact, which meant that I was kind of taken out for the production period of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe shot The Pact series 1 at the same time Doctor Who was shooting,\u201d he added. \u201cWe were shooting, actually, in quarries next door to each other at one stage. They were in a quarry shooting the Sontaran episode, and we were literally over the road in the woods shooting The Pact.\u201d<\/p>\n Pressed on whether he could reveal anything about what his episode might have included, he admitted that it didn\u2019t focus on any classic monsters but responded: \u201cI\u2019ll hold on to it, because Doctor Who ideas are never dead.<\/p>\n \u201cHopefully one day I\u2019ll get to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n Pete McTighe\u2019s The Rising premieres on Sky Max<\/a> and NOW on Friday 22nd April.<\/strong><\/p>\n Doctor Who will return to BBC One and\u00a0BBC iPlayer<\/a>\u00a0later this year.\u00a0<\/strong>All 13 seasons of Doctor Who are also available to watch now on Amazon Prime Video \u2013 sign up for a Prime Video free trial<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Visit our\u00a0Sci-fi<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news, interviews and features, or find something to watch with our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Patrick Cremona Published: Wednesday, 20 April 2022 at 12:00 am Doctor Who writer Pete McTighe has revealed he was set to write an episode for season 13 of the sci-fi juggernaut before it was scrapped due to COVID-19 \u2013 but he\u2019s saving the idea he had for the future. McTighe \u2013 whose new Sky […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14109,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-writer-holding-on-to-episode-idea-after-it-was-scrapped.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-writer-holding-on-to-episode-idea-after-it-was-scrapped-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-writer-holding-on-to-episode-idea-after-it-was-scrapped-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-writer-holding-on-to-episode-idea-after-it-was-scrapped-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-writer-holding-on-to-episode-idea-after-it-was-scrapped-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-writer-holding-on-to-episode-idea-after-it-was-scrapped-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/doctor-who-writer-holding-on-to-episode-idea-after-it-was-scrapped-2048x1366.jpg",2048,1366,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 Patrick Cremona Published: Wednesday, 20 April 2022 at 12:00 am Doctor Who writer Pete McTighe has revealed he was set to write an episode for season 13 of the sci-fi juggernaut before it was scrapped due to COVID-19 \u2013 but he\u2019s saving the idea he had for the future. McTighe \u2013 whose new Sky…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/14108"}],"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\/14109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/Tardis-Team-Mary-Seacole-eb6ac8c.jpg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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