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DOCTOR WHO – STILL SHAPING MINDS, 60 YEARS ON

Russell T Davies is beaming. And his voice is booming. Always an effervescent joy of a human, this is next-level RTD. Why? Because he’s just handed in his latest masterpiece – another new episode. And it’s breaking yet more new ground for Doctor Who.

“If I sound a bit hyper, it’s because I just this morning delivered a Doctor Who script that will be on air in May 2025,” says Davies. “And it does things we’ve never done before. The writing really pushed me. It’s such a mad episode, I had to deliver it with a diagram explaining what’s going on! I’ve never had to do that in my entire life before.”

While the rest of us look back to celebrate 60 years of , its show-runner, back at the helm after

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