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David Tennant, who plays the Fourteenth Doctor in the upcoming 60th anniversary specials, has said that these three episodes are “Russell [T Davies, showrunner] off the leash.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while we don’t know much about the middle episode, Wild Blue Yonder<\/em>, Tennant promises it’s unlike anything Doctor Who<\/em> has ever done before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He enthused<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI was surprised, when I saw what that first script was based on [i.e. the Doctor Who Magazine<\/em> comic strip, Doctor Who and the Star Beast<\/em>] , then I read the second script, which is unlike any Doctor Who episode ever. These new specials are Russell off the leash.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Davies was great at delivering experimental episodes — Love & Monsters, Midnight, Turn Left, The Waters of Mars<\/em> — some of which were hugely successful and others less so. But that’s the nature of experimentation, and it’s exactly what the show should be doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why tackle Doctor Who and the Star Beast<\/em> on TV? Russell explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I needed to bring Donna [Noble, returning companion, played by Catherine Tate] back into the story. Which meant setting it in London, which meant something alien landing on top of London, and I automatically thought of Star Beast as the best way to tell that story.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And the 60th anniversary trio of stories will be rounded out with The Giggle<\/em>, set to see the return of the Celestial Toymaker, a First Doctor era villain this time played by Neil Patrick Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though we don’t have exact dates, it’s safe to say now that Doctor Who<\/em> is back on TV next month!<\/p>\n

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