BBC Publicity Dept -- DR. WHO is coming back to television (In Two Forms)

[Khephra]

DR. WHO is coming back to television
The BBC has ordered a new series

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Dateline: Friday, September 26, 2003

By: PATRICK SAURIOL
By: News Editor
Source: BBC

DOCTOR WHO will be back on British television screens in 2005.

The publicity division for the BBC has confirmed that the legal snafu surrounding the rights for the sci-fi franchise DOCTOR WHO has been cleared up and a greenlight has been given to begin work on a new TV series. Writer Russell T. Davies has begun working on several new scripts for the new show, which should air on the network in, at the bare minimum, two years from now.

No other details about the new show, storylines or who will play the new Doctor have been announced except that the series will be a family show. This new project is separate from the previously announced animated DOCTOR WHO series in development. Richard E. Grant (WITHNAIL & I) will provide the voice of the animated Doctor.

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http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Television&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270355&obj_id=39762

[phaseolus]

1. Bring Peri back too & I'll watch ...

yum!

[tsipple]

2. "Family Show"?!?!?

OK, no... Not good.

[Khephra]

3. BBC has always called Dr. Who a children's show

So that could be considered a step in a more mature direction.

;-)