{"id":33363,"date":"2021-09-29T03:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=33363"},"modified":"2021-09-28T11:13:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T10:13:52","slug":"who-is-directing-jodie-whittakers-last-episode-of-doctor-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2021\/09\/29\/who-is-directing-jodie-whittakers-last-episode-of-doctor-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Directing Jodie Whittaker&#8217;s Last Episode of Doctor Who?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div>\n<p>Though unconfirmed by the BBC, it appears that Jamie Magnus Stone will direct the <em>Doctor Who<\/em> BBC Centenary special, which will be the last episode of the show with Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s been seen on location shooting for the special episode, alongside Whittaker and various companions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stone&#8217;s first <em>Doctor Who<\/em> work was the <em>Clara and the TARDIS<\/em> and <em>The Last Day<\/em> shorts, then both parts of <em>Spyfall<\/em>, and he returned for <em>Praxeus<\/em>, and the Series 12 finale,\u00a0<em>Ascension of the Cybermen\/ The Timeless Children<\/em>. He&#8217;s also worked on the as-yet-unaired Series 13, specifically episodes 1, 2, and 4 of the 6-episode run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jamie Magnus Stone is directing the Doctor Who BBC centenary special. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dwsr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dwsr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bsh8UBnL0Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/Bsh8UBnL0Z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Doctor Who Production News (@DoctorWhoPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DoctorWhoPN\/status\/1440005072587567107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also likely that Stone has directed the New Year&#8217;s special, the first of three specials to screen in 2022. <a href=\"http:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2021\/08\/13\/who-is-directing-and-producing-doctor-who-series-13\/\">The middle one will reportedly<\/a> be directed by Haolu Wang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We won&#8217;t spoil <a href=\"http:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2021\/09\/22\/are-any-companions-returning-for-jodie-whittakers-last-doctor-who-story\/\">who else has been seen filming<\/a> on Jodie&#8217;s final story here, but fans of the Thirteenth Doctor era should be very happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will also be Chris Chibnall&#8217;s last <em>Doctor Who<\/em> as showrunner, and, in a surprising turn of events, <a href=\"http:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2021\/09\/24\/russell-t-davies-is-the-new-showrunner-of-doctor-who-no-this-isnt-2003\/\">Russell T Davies will return<\/a> for the 60th anniversary special and beyond&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ttr_end\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s likely to be a returning director&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"Who Is Directing Jodie Whittaker's Last Episode of #DoctorWho?","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[205],"tags":[411,3788,5163,6561,5110,2848,5161,2264],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/The-Haunting-of-Villa-Diodati-Jodie-Whittaker-13th-Thirteenth.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24010,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2019\/12\/03\/doctor-who-series-12-spyfall-airtime-revealed\/","url_meta":{"origin":33363,"position":0},"title":"Doctor Who Series 12: Spyfall Airtime Revealed","author":"Philip Bates","date":"3 December 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Spyfall, the first episode of Doctor Who Series 12, will air at 6:55pm on New Year's Day 2020, beginning a 10-episode run which is expected to conclude on 1st March. 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