{"id":46081,"date":"2024-02-17T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1993457"},"modified":"2024-02-17T09:46:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T08:46:49","slug":"doctor-who-script-reveals-never-before-seen-tenth-doctor-and-donna-scene","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-script-reveals-never-before-seen-tenth-doctor-and-donna-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who script reveals never-before-seen Tenth Doctor and Donna scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Silence on the Beach? <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Louise Griffin\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 17 February 2024 at 08:00 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>With hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-14-release-date\/\">Doctor Who<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-ncuti-gatwa-audition-script-newsupdate\/\">scripts being released<\/a> on the BBC\u2019s Script Library, fans are discovering never-before-seen moments, including one glorious scene between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/david-tennant-doctor-who-end-of-story-newsupdate\/\">David Tennant\u2019s<\/a> Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate\u2019s Donna Noble.<\/p>\n<p>The script for season 4, episode 8, titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-guide\/silence-in-the-libraryforest-of-the-dead\/\">Silence in the Library<\/a>, reveals a full deleted scene showing the Doctor prattling on about the best beaches in the universe before he gets called to the library (where he would go on to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-alex-kingston-river-song-reveal-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Alex Kingston\u2019s River Song<\/a> and encounter the Vashta Nerada).<\/p>\n<p>The scene takes place <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-tardis-interiors-ranked\/\">inside the TARDIS<\/a>, with the Doctor declaring: \u201cBeaches! People never stop loving beaches!\u201d\u00a0 before telling Donna about a beach with \u201cintelligent sand\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It all sounds lovely \u2013 until he reveals that the beach in question dissolves all living matter into a protein slime when it gets hungry once a year.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"The Doctor Meets The Vashta Nerada | Silence In the Library | Doctor who\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UOE90ZSundc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>The scene then shows the Doctor receiving a worrying message on his psychic paper, before changing tact and declaring: \u201cBooks, yes. People never stop loving books!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence in the Library was the first of a two-part story in season 4, concluding with Forest of the Dead. At this point in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-river-song-timeline-order\/\">timeline<\/a>, Kingston\u2019s River Song had met the Doctor many times \u2013 but this was the first time <em>he<\/em> had met <em>her<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/christopher-eccleston-doctor-who-cover-newsupdate\/\">Revisit Christopher Eccleston\u2019s iconic Doctor Who Radio Times cover as he turns 60<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-louise-jameson-leela-exit-newsupdate\/\">Doctor Who\u2019s Louise Jameson on Leela\u2019s exit: \u201cShe should have died\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also included in the Whoniverse collection on the BBC Script Library is Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s audition scene, which had never been read by fans before.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 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data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/catherine-tate-doctor-who-f280a46-e1696504972731.jpeg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/catherine-tate-doctor-who-f280a46-e1696504972731.jpeg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=1110%2C740 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"> <source media=\"(min-width: 590px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/catherine-tate-doctor-who-f280a46-e1696504972731.jpeg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/catherine-tate-doctor-who-f280a46-e1696504972731.jpeg?quality=45&amp;resize=1110%2C740 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> <img class=\"wp-image-1136017 align size-landscape_thumbnail image-handler__image image-handler__image--aspect no-wrap js-lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/catherine-tate-doctor-who-f280a46-e1696504972731.jpeg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" alt=\"David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Doctor Who, standing back to back in front of the TARDIS\" title=\"catherine-tate-doctor-who\"\/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Doctor Who.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The eight-page script was written by showrunner Russell T Davies and sees the Doctor encountering a monster named the Spikemaster.<\/p>\n<p>It includes various monologues from the Doctor, a mention of the TARDIS, and even a nod to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-chris-chibnall-flux-60th-anniversary-specials-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Chris Chibnall\u2019s<\/a> Timeless Child arc.<\/p> <p>It was Gatwa\u2019s one and only audition, with Davies previously saying: \u201cI was very lucky that I did the audition with Ncuti, and it was one of the most astonishing afternoons of my life, because you were just so amazing \u2013 to actually be in a room with you and to see you face-to-face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did one audition. Normally there\u2019s, like, 27 auditions \u2013 one! He just got it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\" data-count=\"1829\" data-paragraphs-left=\"3\">\n<div class=\"post__content\">\n<div class=\"editor-content mb-lg hidden-print js-piano-locked-content\" data-placement=\"Body\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>You can read more Doctor Who scripts in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/writers\/scripts\/whoniverse\/\">Whoniverse collection<\/a>\u00a0in the BBC Script Library.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Doctor Who will return in May. 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