Doctor Who 2000

  Over the past four years from 2000-03 the success of Doctor Who had skyrocketed, the show reached an average of over ten million and the general public’s opinion of the show being a silly and cheap sci-fi show that had lost it’s way in the 80s had become a successful drama programme.  New fans were also getting into the classic era after Sarah Jane had returned and some of the greatest villains of the show’s past had returned in recent years with Davros and the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Master to god-like evils such as the Toymaker and evils of Gallifrey returned in the form of Morbius. But now the so-called “Golden Age” of Doctor Who was ending, Executive Producers Russell T Davies, Mal Young, Matthew Robinson and Producer Nicola Shindler were to bow out of the show after a series of specials. During the planning for the two parter Silence in The Library and Forest of The Dead , Davies offered the role of showrunner to Steven Moffat. The series would air in the spring of 2...

  With the success of the first two Sarah Jane Mysteries series and a new generation’s new found love for Sarah Jane Smith, the BBC commissioned a third and fourth series of the show. With the growing popularity of the show the BBC planned to move it to Saturday Nights but Sunday Nights were surprisingly successful for the show. For the third series a new character was created called Mike Maloney, played by Jo Stone-Fewings, his character was created as a love interest for Ashley. The series would be the last series to be showrun by Jed Mercurio, although he was leaving he did say he wasn’t done with the Doctor Who universe and would try to write for the main show and any spinoffs which would be created in the future. Because Russell T Davies was leaving Doctor Who he decided to become showrunner of the Sarah Jane Mysteries and he would take over in 2005 after the end of his time on Doctor Who. Adipose Industries  By Russell T Davies and Jed Mercurio March 5th This story would...

  Voidwatch: Children of Earth would’ve been the third series of the show. After Series Two finished airing, the BBC renewed Voidwatch for a third series. However Davies decided to write the third series as the big finale to the show. Series Three aired from 7th - 11th June 2004 on BBC One, Russell T Davies wrote episodes 1 and 5 and co-wrote episode 3 with Paul Abbott as John Fay wrote episodes 2 and 4. Children of Earth: Day One By Russell T Davies In 1965 Scotland, a group of children is taken by bus to an unknown location. As they approach a bright light, one child flees before it engulfs the others. In Cardiff, 2004, all children in the UK suddenly freeze, then resume as if nothing happened. At 10:30 am, they stop again, scream, and chant, "We are coming." Voidwatch investigates. Meanwhile, Dr. Rupesh Patanjali, a doctor at a hospital, fails to save a patient and later helps Vince and Andy retrieve an alien organ. He later shoots Vince, revealing himself as a spy, before...

  2003 was an important year, Doctor Who was turning 40 Years old in November of that year. During that year as old fans reminisced about the adventures of Hartnell or Baker, a new generation of fans waited for the fourth series of the revival of Doctor Who as Michael French’s Tenth Doctor fought off monsters and villains old and new. Russell T Davies’ masterful storytelling was a main factor in the series’ success and the Fourth series was to see the show at the peak of it’s powers. At the start of 2002, Russell T Davies decided to shake up his regular line-up of characters. Chantelle Jones, played by Naomie Harris, was a new companion who would be introduced during the Series Three premiere, Smith And Jones. However, as work on her episodes progressed, Davies had come to feel that the character would need a break from the TARDIS, in order to provide a realistic timeframe for her to resolve her unrequited romantic feelings for the Doctor. It was decided that Chantelle would return...