Not way back, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies teased that there have been extra Doctor Who spinoff reveals coming, and now we’ve discovered particulars of 1 that’s presently in improvement.
The first of the new spinoffs will put a deal with the navy analysis group UNIT, which has appeared numerous occasions in the franchise since 1968. That collection will star Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, who has appeared in 10 episodes of Doctor Who since 2012. The spinoff will deal with Stewart working the group.
The character additionally might seem in the Doctor Who Christmas particular later this 12 months alongside the new Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa. David Tennant and Catherine Tate are additionally set to function in three Doctor Who Sixtieth-anniversary specials.
When beforehand speaking about his spinoff plans, Davies mentioned: “So I thought — with no criticism whatsoever towards the people who were running it at the time, because they were running it within the BBC’s measures — it was time for the next stage for Doctor Who. I thought the streaming platforms are ready, the spin-offs are ready; I always believed in spin-offs when I was there. I did Torchwood as a spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures as a spin-off. Those spin-offs declined when I left, and I can see why. And I very much left after 2008, when the money became scarce, I think that’s fair enough for the public service broadcaster that the money is spent on other things.”
Davies has been hoping to construct the Doctor Who franchise up in the approach that Marvel has achieved with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has massive targets and massive aspirations, and it might be attention-grabbing and cool if he managed to really pull it off!
He beforehand tried it when he rebooted Doctor Who in 2005 with spinoffs of Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Chronicles. He beforehand defined: “I was in the middle of running an empire, and my god I did that 10 years too soon, didn’t I?”
He continued saying: “There should be a Doctor Who channel now. You look at those Disney announcements, of all those new Star Wars and Marvel shows, you think, we should be sitting here announcing The Nyssa Adventures or The Return of Donna Noble, and you should have the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors together in a 10-part series. Genuinely. You laugh, but did Star Trek fans ever think they’d be getting a Captain Pike series? Ever? That’s insane. The whole science fiction world is so creative and so money-making right now, I think your wildest dreams can come true.”
So now he’s going to provide it a shot and with Disney now backing him, he has the means to do it.
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