Ncuti Gatwa’s first season starred A doctor who It was generally Joy-but there were some weak spots even as fans grew to love the high-energy positive of the fifteenth doctor and the nasty journey of companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson). Not every episode was a winner (we still scratch our heads ”Dot and bubble“), And we wanted it to be Quieter moments to expand about the friendship of the characters. However, after Christmas special “Joy to the world“We are eagerly waiting for Gatwa’s return – and the second season was just more excited about the announcement of the new writers who came to the shore.
The BBC officer A doctor who Page Today shared that four new writers joined the following season: Juno Dawson, Inua Ellams, Pete McTighe, and Sharma Angel-Walfall. It is a wonderfully diverse group, including the first people of color and the first trans -woman who contributes to the fifteenth medical adventures – especially noticeable to draw attention, as Gatwa is himself a very black man.
The site continues to give a short biographies of each writer. Dawson is a best -selling author (The royal covenant of her Majesty) and the creator of an official scripted podcast Doctor Who: Edited; Ellams is a poet and playwright (as well as self-described life-long A doctor who fan); Mctighe is back World Health Organization Scribe, having written episodes along with Chris Chibnall for Jodie Whittaker’s thirteenth doctor; And Angel-Walfall is an emerging talent whose earlier works of writers include Netflix Supacellamong others.
After the first season – in which seven of the nine total episodes (including Christmas special “The Church on Ruby Road”) were written by the show list Russell T Davies – that means at least four stories this – time written in completely fresh voices (not An offense to Steven Moffat, who returned to the show, which he once ran to write one of the non-wine episodes of the season one, “Explosion”, as well as the newly published “Joy to the World”).
Speaking to the BBC, Davies sounded excited by the new blood. “A doctor who Takes his talent from a glittering galaxy of names, and these extraordinary writers embrace the sky, “he said.” We have old hands, new stars, voices of theater, radio and literature, all the works! It is the wildest and most exciting season of A doctor who However, and I can’t expect to free their brilliant work. ”
Gatwa and Gibson will return, along with new partner Varada Sethu, for more A doctor who Later this year in the BBC and Disney+.
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