{"id":15272,"date":"2022-05-12T14:38:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T12:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1644101"},"modified":"2022-05-12T15:09:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T13:09:08","slug":"doctor-who-fans-speculate-hot-fuzz-director-will-helm-new-episode","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-fans-speculate-hot-fuzz-director-will-helm-new-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who fans speculate Hot Fuzz director will helm new episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 12 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Doctor Who speculation has gone into hyperdrive ever since <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-david-tennant-ncuti-gatwa-support-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Ncuti Gatwa<\/a> was announced to be taking over the Tardis as the new Doctor. Who will play the Doctor\u2019s companion(s)? What will his costume look like? <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-ncuti-gatwa-twist-casting-theory\/&quot;\">Are there more surprises yet to come?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, some recent Instagram posts have got the internet guessing that one of the new series\u2019 directors might already have been found \u2013 and if correct, their involvement would be quite the coup for the long-running sci-fi series.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright posted an image of a blue door, followed a couple of days later by a hexagon pattern. These could of course be hinting at something else entirely (or they could just be images he likes!).<\/p>\n<p>However, one Twitter user <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/SafeSpaceDrWho?s=20&amp;t=FCaUfnkJN8N9cGXA2w6zNw&quot;\">SafeSpaceWho<\/a> speculated: \u201cEdgar Wright, director of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/last-night-in-soho-release-date\/&quot;\">Last Night in Soho<\/a>, has posted the following two pictures on his Instagram. Could be anything but I can\u2019t help to just instantly think of the TARDIS\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">S14 Speculation\/\/\/ <br\/><br\/>Edgar Wright, director of Last Night in Soho, has posted the following two pictures on his Instagram. Could be anything but I can\u2019t help to just instantly think of the TARDIS ????<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DoctorWho?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#DoctorWho<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/ChTe4hJDwB&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/ChTe4hJDwB<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Safe Space Who (@SafeSpaceDrWho) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/SafeSpaceDrWho\/status\/1524473257172385793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">May 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>This speculation only grew when the same Twitter user noticed that returning <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-2022-specials-release\/&quot;\">Doctor Who<\/a> showrunner, Russell T Davies, had liked the blue door post.<\/p>\n<p>One respondent to the tweet <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Doinkadect\/status\/1524474110578991107&quot;\">also mentioned<\/a> that Wright had previously revealed on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IAmA\/comments\/1krclo\/we_are_edgar_wright_simon_pegg_and_nick_frost_ask\/&quot;\">Reddit<\/a> that he had been offered to direct the 2005 episode \u201cRose\u201d, the first episode of the revived series which was written by Davies. He had to decline it due to his work on Shaun of the Dead.<\/p>\n<p>When asked nine years ago by a Reddit user if he would ever direct an episode of the series, Wright wrote: \u201cI\u2019m going to break your heart here, but I was offered the episode \u201cRose\u201d by Russell T. Davies (the first of the new Doctor Who episodes) and I could not do it because I was busy with Shaun of the Dead. And my mother has never forgiven me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Could Mr Wright be directing an episode or even multiple episodes of Doctor Who?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> has reached out to Edgar Wright\u2019s representatives and the BBC for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/ncuti-gatwa-russell-t-davies-90733b8.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/ncuti-gatwa-russell-t-davies-90733b8.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Ncuti Gatwa and Russell T Davies on BAFTA TV Awards red carpet.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>David M Benett\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s casting was announced on Sunday ahead of the BAFTA TV Awards, with his <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/sex-education-ncuti-gatwa-doctor-who-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Sex Education co-stars<\/a>, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/matt-smith-ncuti-gatwa-doctor-who-newsupdate\/&quot;\">multiple former Doctors<\/a> and former showrunner <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/steven-moffat-doctor-who-ncuti-gatwa-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Steven Moffat<\/a> all full of the praise for the incoming star.<\/p> <p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-next-doctor-ncuti-gatwa-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Russell T Davies said<\/a>: \u201cNcuti dazzled us, seized hold of the Doctor and owned those TARDIS keys in seconds. It\u2019s an honour to work with him, and a hoot, I can\u2019t wait to get started. I\u2019m sure you\u2019re dying to know more, but we\u2019re rationing ourselves for now, with the wonderful Jodie\u2019s epic finale yet to come. But I promise you, 2023 will be spectacular!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doctor Who is available to stream on BBC iPlayer. For more, check out our dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\">Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0page or our full\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Hibbs Published: Thursday, 12 May 2022 at 12:00 am Doctor Who speculation has gone into hyperdrive ever since Ncuti Gatwa was announced to be taking over the Tardis as the new Doctor. Who will play the Doctor\u2019s companion(s)? What will his costume look like? Are there more surprises yet to come? 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