{"id":17414,"date":"2022-06-23T17:38:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T15:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1668260"},"modified":"2022-06-23T18:06:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T16:06:37","slug":"russell-t-davies-teases-familiar-monsters-facing-david-tennant","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/russell-t-davies-teases-familiar-monsters-facing-david-tennant\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell T Davies teases \u201cfamiliar\u201d monsters facing David Tennant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 23 June 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>The <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-2022-specials-release\/&quot;\">Doctor Who<\/a> team are continuing to film episodes written by Russell T Davies for <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-david-tennant-russell-t-davies-return-newsupdate\/&quot;\">David Tennant and Catherine Tate<\/a>, and while that statement might seem mind-boggling in 2022, things are perhaps about to get even more nostalgic.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because writing in this month\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/doctorwhomagazine.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Doctor Who Magazine<\/strong><\/a>, Davies has revealed that some monster who are \u201cfamiliar, but new\u201d are returning for the 60th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>In the issue, Davies said: \u201cThere might be information leaking beyond our control. For example, at the time of writing, we\u2019re six days away from a night shoot in Cardiff in which some monsters might be glimpsed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMonsters which might well be familiar to readers of DWM. Well, familiar, but new. Whatever that means. But there, maybe, for once, we can try to deny, deny, deny.\u201d<\/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\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.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\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-801640\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Doctor-Who-1ea4271.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Catherine Tate and David Tennant in Doctor Who<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>While at first glance it might seem that Davies is talking about iconic monsters such as the Daleks or the Cybermen, we have to remember that Davies\u2019s section in Doctor Who Magazine would have been written a while ago, so unless things were kept very tightly under wraps it seems it\u2019s not one of these more obvious villains that he\u2019s referring to.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, it\u2019s far more likely that he\u2019s actually talking about little-known additions to the Doctor Who canon, Beep the Meep and the Wrarth Warriors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">It\u2019s DWM 579! Available from branches of WH Smith and selected supermarkets from this Thursday, 23 June. Available to preorder online from <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/M0TUeDw7E2&quot;\">https:\/\/t.co\/M0TUeDw7E2<\/a> from later today (UK, Ireland and Gibraltar only). <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DrWho?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#DrWho<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DoctorWho?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#DoctorWho<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DavidTennant?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#DavidTennant<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CatherineTate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#CatherineTate<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TARDIS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#TARDIS<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NPH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#NPH<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RTD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#RTD<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/WZmDMreoER&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/WZmDMreoER<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Doctor Who Magazine (@DWMtweets) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/DWMtweets\/status\/1538764487427338240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">June 20, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>That\u2019s because both of these characters, who were first witnessed in the Doctor Who Weekly comic in 1980, were seemingly spotted in Cardiff earlier this month.<\/p> <p>You can read more about just <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-beep-the-meep-theory\/&quot;\">who Beep the Meep is and why he appears to be on the run from the deadly Wrarth Warriors here<\/a>, but for now we seem to have further evidence that these are in fact monsters we\u2019ve seen before, further solidifying the theory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doctor Who is available to stream on\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b006q2x0\/doctor-who&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>. Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&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=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Hibbs Published: Thursday, 23 June 2022 at 12:00 am The Doctor Who team are continuing to film episodes written by Russell T Davies for David Tennant and Catherine Tate, and while that statement might seem mind-boggling in 2022, things are perhaps about to get even more nostalgic. 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