'Doctor Who’s' Russell T. Davies Told Us What We Can Expect From The Pantheon Of Villians This Season, And I’m So Stoked

Interview with Russell T.Davies, Showrunner of the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who

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00:00the pantheon of villains. Like, I love them. Like, they're so fun. And I can only imagine

00:06how fun it was to write those episodes and cast Neil and Jenks in those roles. So I was curious

00:12if you could talk to me a bit about what it was like developing these stories for these characters

00:16and what was your favorite part about incorporating them into the Doctor's story.

00:20Absolutely. It was the freedom. That's why I did it. Exactly. I wanted to take the wheels off the

00:24bike and take the roof off the room and lift things into the world of fantasy. The hard thing

00:30is finding a way to defeat them. I mean, it becomes very hard for me to think of ways for

00:35them to be defeated. And therefore, it becomes hard for the Doctor to think of ways for them to

00:39be defeated. So I love that. Even now, I'm having to invent rules that will pin them down. And

00:44believe you me, there are more of these gods to come. I can promise you at least three more.

00:49That's a scoop. I haven't said that before. I very much enjoy them. They're allied with

00:54stories that don't have gods in them. When you get to Stephen Moffat's episode called Boom,

01:01which is so brilliant. I mean, the man is a master of the art. And it's my honor to work

01:06with him. That's very much hard science fiction, very technical rules, which pin the Doctor down

01:11with as much terror as any god can do. So we do keep telling those stories as well. But when the

01:16gods arrive with that laughter, with the giggle, I think all rules are off. And I think it's like

01:21being strapped into a roller coaster. I think the audience gets taken on a hell of a ride. I'm glad

01:25you like them. Thank you. I love that. Yeah. Oh, it's lovely. And Jinx was just fabulous as the

01:30maestro. I loved her so much. She killed it. Amazing.