{"id":39238,"date":"2023-08-22T00:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=39238"},"modified":"2023-08-21T19:29:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:29:50","slug":"pre-production-work-on-doctor-who-series-15-has-begun-and-it-sounds-like-production-is-imminent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2023\/08\/22\/pre-production-work-on-doctor-who-series-15-has-begun-and-it-sounds-like-production-is-imminent\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Production Work on Doctor Who Series 15 Has Begun (and It Sounds Like Production Is Imminent)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Producer, Scott Handcock has revealed that scripts for Doctor Who<\/em> Series 15 are being worked on, and pre-production has likely begun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently being referred to as “the 2025 series”, Series 15 will be Ncuti Gatwa’s second season as the Fifteenth Doctor, and in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine<\/em>, Handcock has written: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Scripts are still coming in, crew are getting booked, and meetings are filling the diaries. Three weeks till formal prep begins on the next season!”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

That was apparently written in mid-July, so those meetings seemingly will have began, as has “formal prep”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was also revealed that a guest writer met with the production team (likely at least Handcock and new showrunner, Russell T Davies) on 4th July 2023 in Cardiff to discuss scripting an episode of the series. We’ve not actually heard of any guest writers for the Gatwa era of Doctor Who<\/em> so far — all we know is that Davies has written the lion’s share, and understandably so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This might sound like a quick turnaround, given that Series 14 wrapped<\/a> on 14th July with scene 73 of Episode 8, but there’s a lot of talk that Series 14 and 15 are being filmed in one huge run, albeit with a brief break in between, to allow for Ncuti to get time away from the show and do other things while remaining as the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus, if there’s a 2024 Christmas special — which is exceedingly likely — that’s probably classed as part of Series 15 and would be a bridge between Gatwa’s first two seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctor Who<\/em> will return to TV in November 2023 for the 60th anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n

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