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RUSSELL T DAVIES

DEFYING MAVITY

NOBODY EXPECTS THE FANNISH INQUISITION! EXCEPT DOCTOR WHO’S RUSSELL T DAVIES, WHO KNOWS SFX ONLY TOO WELL WORDS: DARREN SCOTT

WHEN SFX CATCHES UP with Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies in his office at Wolf Studios in Cardiff, he is – as you might expect from someone overseeing the Whoniverse – very busy. He’s sending notes on someone’s script and about to go and watch the first edit of season two, episode seven.

But we have questions. So many, in fact, that we’re splitting this interrogation, sorry, interview, over two issues…

Why did you include a glimpse of Richard E Grant’s Doctor when the Doctor is scanned in “Rogue”?

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