Doctor Who to face Daleks in new BBC ONE series
August 4, 2004 by Staff · Leave a Comment
04.08.2004
Mal Young, BBC Controller of Continuing Drama Series, and Tim Hancock, agent for the Terry Nation Estate, announced today that the Daleks will return in the new series of Doctor Who which is currently in production for transmission on BBC ONE in 2005.
Hancock says: “I am absolutely delighted that the Terry Nation Estate and [...]
Billie Piper is Doctor Who companion
August 4, 2004 by Staff · Leave a Comment
24.05.2004
Billie Piper is confirmed to play Rose Tyler, companion to Doctor Who, it was announced today by Julie Gardner, Head of Drama, BBC Wales.
The former singer who made her acting debut last year in the critically-acclaimed BBC ONE drama serial Canterbury Tales: The Miller’s Tale, will star alongside Christopher Eccleston in the forthcoming 13-part drama [...]
Christopher Eccleston to play Doctor Who
August 4, 2004 by Staff · Leave a Comment
Acclaimed British actor Christopher Eccleston is to play Doctor Who in the forthcoming 13-part drama series for BBC ONE, it was announced by Jane Tranter, BBC Controller of Drama Commissioning.
Eccleston, star of Flesh & Blood and The Second Coming, will take Doctor Who into the 21st century � travelling through time and space, fighting monsters [...]
Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat to write Doctor Who
August 4, 2004 by Staff · Leave a Comment
04.08.2004
Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat are to join the writing team led by Russell T Davies on the new series of Doctor Who, it was announced by Mal Young, BBC Controller of Continuing Drama Series.
“I’ve never received so many requests from writers and actors to be involved in a drama series, as I have had [...]
