{"id":47013,"date":"2024-03-02T16:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2002264"},"modified":"2024-03-02T17:09:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T16:09:41","slug":"doctor-who-adds-new-season-15-directors-teasing-unique-maze-sequence","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-adds-new-season-15-directors-teasing-unique-maze-sequence\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who adds new season 15 directors \u2013 teasing \u201cunique\u201d maze sequence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The new directors have worked on Gentleman Jack and Waterloo Road. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 02 March 2024 at 15:00 PM<\/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>We may not yet have seen Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s first full season as the Doctor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-14-release-date\/\">Doctor Who<\/a>, but announcements continue to come through regarding his second season, which is in production now.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point, we\u2019ve just learned who two of the directors will be taking on episodes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-15-release-date\/\">season 15<\/a> \u2013 and one of them has teased an exciting sequence involving a maze.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes courtesy of this month\u2019s edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/doctorwhomagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who Magazine<\/a>, which revealed that Amanda Brotchie (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/sally-wainwright-hot-flush-bbc-newsupdate\/\">Gentleman Jack<\/a>) and Makalla McPherson (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/waterloo-road-season-14-release-date\/\">Waterloo Road<\/a>) will both be helming upcoming episodes.<\/p>\n<p>McPherson teased that for her episodes she has created \u201ca unique crane shot as the Doctor runs through a maze as they escape their captors, which will play for a particular scene\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/Ncuti-Gatwa-promo-9dcd202.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/Ncuti-Gatwa-promo-9dcd202.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=599%2C399 2x, 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<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/Ncuti-Gatwa-promo-9dcd202.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/Ncuti-Gatwa-promo-9dcd202.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=815%2C543 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> <source media=\"(min-width: 590px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/Ncuti-Gatwa-promo-9dcd202.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370\" type=\"image\/webp\"> <source media=\"(min-width: 590px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/Ncuti-Gatwa-promo-9dcd202.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> <img class=\"wp-image-1860933 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\/2023\/07\/Ncuti-Gatwa-promo-9dcd202.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" alt=\"Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor in Doctor Who reaching his hand towards camera\" title=\"Ncuti Gatwa promo\"\/>\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\"\/> Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor in Doctor Who.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>McPherson continued: \u201cI hope it will give the viewers a dynamic peek into a bit of cultural history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-ncuti-gatwa-costumes-newsupdate\/\">Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s Doctor Who costumes will include \u201cnods\u201d to past Doctors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/karen-gillan-jenna-coleman-doctor-who-newsupdate\/\">Karen Gillan and Jenna Coleman share cute Doctor Who reunion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile, Brotchie teased that she was most excited that her episodes \u201care so different to each other \u2013 world, mood, tone, even genre\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cRussell [T Davies, showrunner] has magicked up sensational episodes, with action, humour and emotion, and am ambitious vision I feel privileged to be able to realise on the screen. I love that about Doctor Who, that each episode is like its own feature film\u201d.<\/p> <p>Brotchie went on to praise Gatwa, calling him \u201castonishing\u201d, and noting that the guest cast for the episodes is \u201cextraordinary\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This month\u2019s issue of Doctor Who Magazine also saw showrunner Davies confirm two of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-genesis-lynea-season-14-cast-newsupdate\/\">guest stars for the season<\/a>, Genesis Lysea (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/shadow-bone-season-3-release-date\/\">Shadow &amp; Bone<\/a>) and Gw\u00efon Morris Jones (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/winter-king-how-to-watch-uk\/\">The Winter King<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s new DWM day! Issue 601 is available now from selected branches of WH Smith and some supermarkets. 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