Three hour+ interview with former and upcoming Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies, released to coincide with the shows 50th anniversary in 2013, where Davies speaks about his experience as showrunner.
*** indicates moments i found valuable
SERIES ONE:
Rose - 1:11 (death on modern TV, filming blocks, convincing the modern world of Dr Who)
The End of the World - 11:10, 24:10, ***1:30:55 (production design, budget limitations, "actually, we survive" - optimism for the child audience)
The Unquiet Dead - 10:02 (ratings)
***Aliens of London/World War Three 11:20 (Dr Who Confidential, masking production woes, executive lead TV, choosing directors)
Dalek -
The Long Gane - 29:47 (too blue)
Fathers Day - 27:45 (Buffy influence, Mothers)
The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances - 29:52 (agonising about locations - "why is it in a railway station?/SILVER FOIL!")
Boom Town - 34:58 (Annette Badland, morality and liberalism, deifying the Dr)
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - 41:38 (noble deaths, validation from the BBC, series 2 thoughts)
SERIES TWO:
The Christmas Invasion - 1:25:05 (running jokes, xmas day slot)
New Earth - 56:40 (not all about scares)
Tooth and Claw -50:49 (kicking historical stories up the arse)
***School Reunion - 59:35 (Sarah Jane - embracing the past, Anthony Head)
***The Girl in the Fireplace - 1:05:40 (kissing in Dr Who, fans swallowing inconsistencies, the 8th Dr being half human)
Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel/Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - 49:22 (repeasting scheduling mistakes - 4 episode filming blocks)
***The Idiots Lantern - 1:12:46 (is being a fan essential to writing?)
The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit - 1:27:01 (friendly aliens)
Love & Monsters - 1:36:21 - (confident enough to risk, taking the hero off stage, blowjob joke)
Fear Her - 1:42:50 - (abuse portrayed by tea time entertainment, Dr who as police procedural)
SERIES THREE:
The Runaway Bride - 1:46:16 (Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn, editors)
Smith and Jones - 1:48:53 (slow alien,
***The Shakespeare Code - 1:51:08 (Shakespeare as Liam Gallagher, you dont become Shakespeare sitting under a willow tree, Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love, how to manage writers, taking notes)
Gridlock - 1:58:05 (take all the drama out and whats left is interesting, old rugged cross - A-Level writing, "it's nice to lie")
Gay Agenda - 2:05:49
Daleks in Manhatten/Evolution of the Daleks - 2:13:20 (writing for daleks)
The Lazarus Experiment - 2:17:29 ("no agent is ever falling over themselves to get their client down to Cardiff for the money that we pay.")
42 - 2:20:20 ([ Ссылка ])
Human Nature/The Fanily of Blood - 2:23:10 (freedom at prime time saturday night)
Blink - 2:26:41 (hard to cast older black actors)
Utopia - 2:29:37 (Doctor Who Magazine, equal access, RTD fact-checking DWM - dictating fandom)
The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Time Lords - 2:34:54 (Dr Who as urban thriller, , "the more we made David suffer, the more the ratings went up.")
SERIES FOUR:
Voyage of the Damned - 2:37:52 (Julie Gardener's pop star schedule)
Partners in Crime - 2:39:03 (Dedicated to Howard Attfield, getting Catherine Tate back)
The Fires of Pompeii - 2:43:30 (comedy and tragedy)
Planet of the Ood - 2:44:33 ("you address what you let the humans off the hook with before", Hind-Brain Guillotine,
The Sontaron Stratagem/The Poisin Sky - 2:46:45 (building in consistent worlds - the Valiant or the year 5 billion/Face of Boe)
60th - 2:48:46
The Doctor's Daughter - 2:15:15
The Unicorn and the Wasp - 2:52:48
Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - 2:49:26 (trust in Steven Moffat)
Midnight - 1:56:51, 2:53:04 (accurate dipiction of human reaction, when kids do it it drives you mad)
Turn Left - 2:55:40 (kids think the Dr can't die, dystopia portrayed by tea time entertainment)
The Stolen Earth/Journeys End - 2:58:31 (Donna Noble has been written out - you can't save the entire universe without any sort of loss)
SPECIALS
The Next Doctor - 3:01:22 (winding down, David Morrissey)
Planet of the Dead - 3:04:31 (adapting to a vital prop broken in transit)
The Waters of Mars - 3:05:57, 3:07:29 (base under seige, uncredited re-writes)
The End of Time Part One & Part Two 3:10:12 (The Final Days of Planet Earth, Terrence Higgins Trust)
Message to all Dr Who fans: 3:13:49
