Speaking at a BFI Southbank screening of 1977 story Horror of Fang Rock<\/a> held to mark the release, Jameson suggested she wouldn\u2019t hesitate if asked to return to the BBC sci-fi series.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s see\u2026 I\u2019d absolutely love to do one,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019d be back in a nanosecond.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cCan you just tell Russell [T Davies, Doctor Who showrunner]? Can somebody ask him to watch it [Leela vs the Time War]?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Leela vs the Time War was written and executive produced by Pete McTighe, who revealed that Davies has, in fact, seen the short \u2013 and \u201cloves it\u201d.<\/p>\n The film sees an older Leela escaping Gallifrey \u2013 where viewers last saw her in 1978 \u2013 during the dying days of the Time War.<\/p>\n Speaking about the inspiration behind the story, McTighe explained that he wanted to do something that \u201cnot only saw Leela back in action but also moved the character on a bit\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cShe can pop up anywhere [now]\u2026 who knows what she\u2019ll do next?\u201d he teased.<\/span><\/p>\n A warrior of the savage Sevateem tribe, Leela travelled in the TARDIS alongside the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) in nine stories \u2013 40 episodes \u2013 between January 1977 and March 1978.<\/p>\n The next season of Doctor Who<\/a> \u2013 starring Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor and Millie Gibson as his latest companion Ruby Sunday \u2013 will begin airing on BBC One in May in the UK and Ireland, with\u00a0Disney Plus streaming the show internationally<\/a>.<\/p>\n Season 12<\/a><\/p>\n Season 14<\/a><\/p>\n Season 15 (pre-order now)<\/a><\/p>\n Season 17<\/a><\/p>\n Season 18<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Doctor Who \u2013 The Collection: Season 15 is available for pre-order on Amazon now<\/a>. Doctor Who is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n C<\/strong>heck out more of our\u00a0Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n “Can you just tell Russell?” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":45490,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/louise-jameson-on-doctor-who-return-id-be-back-in-a-nanosecond.jpg",1527,1017,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/louise-jameson-on-doctor-who-return-id-be-back-in-a-nanosecond-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/louise-jameson-on-doctor-who-return-id-be-back-in-a-nanosecond-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/louise-jameson-on-doctor-who-return-id-be-back-in-a-nanosecond-768x511.jpg",768,511,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/louise-jameson-on-doctor-who-return-id-be-back-in-a-nanosecond-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/louise-jameson-on-doctor-who-return-id-be-back-in-a-nanosecond.jpg",1527,1017,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/louise-jameson-on-doctor-who-return-id-be-back-in-a-nanosecond.jpg",1527,1017,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"\"Can you just tell Russell?\"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/45489"}],"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\/45490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Doctor](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/DWS15Packshotactual-4s-27871dc97b-9166d59.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C761\" "\\"DW_S15_Packshot_actual-4s-27871dc97b\\"\/")
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