Russell T Davies

Screenwriter and producer Russell T Davies discusses taking Wales to LA for the latest Torchwood story, Miracle Day.

Taken from a longer interview with BBC Radio 4's Mark Lawson: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011zmsc

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[Igamer124]

Come back to Doctor Who and save it from being cut short next season.

[birisumisu]

thumbs up if your watching this while it's got the name rtd youtube!

[maishi]

@The1stDirector sorry for procrastinating, but..... I know he's been to america, but it's mostly in an america i wasn't alive for, or the freaking dessert! I mean the nixon era, the great depression, way back during the azrec(?), Monroe, area 51.....seriously. I just want one episode in present day new york city or LA that i can recognize, not alternate usa or future usa. I don't want him to stay(america tends to poison british shows).

and don't assume i'm american, just because i live here now

[Bushflare]

@hogwartsprincess

No. Russel T. Davies overexposed the Daleks. And about the shortened season. It's shortened because they're putting most of the work into the 50th anniversary which will be a feature length movie. So I think bringing davies back for a few episodes would be nice. Or maybe some other writers who can write better than him *quite a few*.

And it's not the size of the enemy. It's the ingenuity of the plan used to beat them. Look at the Silence. That was a total fangasm moment xD

[hogwartsprincess]

@Bushflare :O Noooooo. That sucks. Saying that if they did something like what they did with Torchwood's children of earth that could be interesting. Either way I'm annoyed but agreed about it being wibbley-wobbely-timey-wimey hehe, much better and much harder to work out because anything can happen where as if its the Doctor vs a big monster it'll either be the Daleks or the Cybermen.

[Bushflare]

@hogwartsprincess

Aaaaaaactually. It is getting cut short. Next year's season/series is only going to last about 7 episodes.

I for one consider Moffat to be leagues above Davies (which he is) but I can't say I didn't enjoy -some- of Davies episodes. Midnight was a very clever one. So having Davies back to fill some space next season might be nice. So long as he realises that Dr. Who isn't about trumping a massive enemy and coming up with Deus ex Machina. It's wibbely-wobbely-timey-wimey.

[LightLife4]

Russell T Davies is amazing in every sense of the word, good luck with further writing projects.

[2IBbristol]

@Igamer124 No. Just, no.

[bencrossley36]

Anyone know where the Gwen and Jack publicity images with the sky background are from?

[wongywongers]

@Igamer124 no way. moffat is a much better writer!

[Darcoth]

I wouldn't say it's being cut short. It's spread over 2012 and 2013 because of the 50th anniversary, it seems.

Plus I don't think it will be much different from when Davies did the specials at the end of Tennant's run rather than a proper series.

Also we've got the other half of series 6 to look forward to, and probably a christmas special at the end of this year as well. So it won't actually seem too long.

[FirstmateRouge]

@Igamer124 It's not being cut short!