{"id":54612,"date":"2024-07-10T01:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T23:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2069369"},"modified":"2024-07-10T04:25:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T02:25:03","slug":"doctor-who-boss-says-mrs-flood-breaking-fourth-wall-might-never-be-explained","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-boss-says-mrs-flood-breaking-fourth-wall-might-never-be-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who boss says Mrs Flood breaking fourth wall \u201cmight never be explained\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Night-night!” <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 10 July 2024 at 23:01 PM<\/p>

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One of the most surprising elements of Doctor Who<\/a> season 14 was its repeated shattering of the fourth wall, but showrunner Russell T Davies has suggested we might never get an in-universe explanation for why it\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n

Anita Dobson\u2019s enigmatic Mrs Flood<\/a> bookended the season by addressing the audience in The Church on Ruby Road<\/a>, and providing some concluding remarks in action-packed finale Empire of Death<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both of these moments teased bigger stories to come with that particular character, while the Doctor\u2019s own wink to camera in The Devil\u2019s Chord<\/a> was seemingly just for fun, ushering in an elaborate dance number.<\/p>\n

In a new interview with SFX<\/a>, Davies was quizzed on this as-yet-unexplained twist on the traditional Doctor Who style, but stayed non-committal on whether fans could expect the matter to be formally acknowledged.<\/p>

\u201cThat hasn\u2019t been explained, and it might never be, frankly,\u201d he began. \u201cIt\u2019s very interesting, within the Doctor Who offices, we know exactly why that happens and yet I\u2019m showing no sign of putting that on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cThere is actually a reason for it that was in a very early draft of The Star Beast<\/a>. But I see no need to explain it whatsoever.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sister watches that, she doesn\u2019t blink. She actually doesn\u2019t blink when a character turns to camera and gives them a wink.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, you would if it was Pride and Prejudice, that would be odd. But there\u2019s something showy about Doctor Who, there\u2019s something proscenium arch about it. There\u2019s something arch about it, full stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar with theatre jargon, a proscenium arch essentially refers to the area of a stage in which a show unfolds; it is the frame where the characters, locations and scenarios exist, with the audience sat firmly outside.<\/p>\n