Russell T. Davies Unveils Revival Dreams for Christopher Eccleston's 'Second Coming' at BAFTA

The Doctor Who showrunner says he's already got ideas for his next project, outside of the Tardis. Report by Jonny Nelson.

[@BigCMiner]

Well i mean, i doubt hes getting Chris on board, and it would feel slightly offensive to do it without Chris

[@sendintheclowns6539]

Why? It would be a reboot set in this day and age, you wouldn’t use the same actor.

[@BORIS-THE-BEAR]

That's exactly a reason he'd do it without Chris to pick a nerve

[@Geraldine_Dinkins]

Just like how casting Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet was offensive to Richard Burbage, right?

[@pierssegal5910]

​@Geraldine_Dinkins Kenneth may be old but I'm sure he'd take offence at the suggestion he originated the rule of Hamlet.

[@BigCMiner]

@@sendintheclowns6539 no of corse, but rebooting a show without the blessing of the lead actor, whilst perfectly legal is just a bit disrespectful

[@shrewman]

“You can give me the kiss of life” what a fucking weird thing to say man.

[@rac3502]

He probably was on coke

[@tomsaveryscotlandicproduct8505]

Very predatory

[@charlielynes]

The Second Coming was a fantastic piece of drama. Christopher Eccleston shone in his performance. Plus, the casting was magnificent, and of course... God is a City fan 💙

[@flyhyland]

'I kind of think that Doctor Who belongs to the public in a way.' Oh that's good of you Russell to say that about this 60-year-old public funded institution.

[@scaleofperspective6211]

It still technically belongs to BBC, so it's not like he stated something that's supposed to be an obvious truth

[@thejfoshow1320]

@@scaleofperspective6211but who does the bbc belong to?

[@CallumMcPherson]

The second coming of The Second Coming

[@justharry2190]

the second coming is so freaking good

[@danielcox3152]

"You can give me the kiss of life"

[@matthewst537]

Chris all the way

[@ethanjohnson3642]

Chris hates Russell?

[@JDPrice94]

@@logan-dy4cfwell there’s one person that always speaks highly of the other and one person that always puts the other down after 20 years. I know which one seems the better bloke.

[@joevictor53]

​@@JDPrice94yeah the one that stood up for the little people and didn't cover up sexual assault on set

[@deathswitch2404]

​@@JDPrice94 It's called a guilty conscience. Plus Chris doesn't put on a fake persona & pretend to like someone who arguably could've ruined his career.

[@Tommymua]

@@deathswitch2404Christopher couldn’t play the doctor again the sad fact is he’s gone very very grey

[@Tommymua]

@@deathswitch2404six words. Don’t you think he looks tired.

[@debonaire_nerd]

He'll probably cast David Tennant.

[@HOTD108_]

In a duel role.

[@3man3]

Did he snort something before doing this interview? Hes acting like hes had 20 cups of coffe and an adrenaline shot

[@jonperkins5774]

He did write in one of his Doctor Who production diaries that he has a problem with crowds, but in this case I would guess - and I emphasise it is a guess - that he is in a state of nervous breakdown at the very low viewing figures. I say that from personal knowledge of a breakdown. He is putting on a brave face but he must surely be stressed to breaking point as the showrunner. He is sweating profusely and words are just tumbling out of his mouth on an instinctual basis rather than with any consideration. I doubt the BBC will be around by the time the charter comes up for renewal in 27/28, and Disney is currently bankrupting itself with a series of costly failures so both corporations will be looking to cut costs, so a series with ratings as bad as we saw with DW episodes 1 and 2 will be of prime consideration. The two episodes were shown one after the other and still managed to lose 200,000 viewers. Not good. I really hate what he has done with the show but I feel sorry for him too.

[@anngulliver5964]

​@@jonperkins5774nonsense. It was the highest rated show on the night and many people watched it ahead on streaming

[@CJFS00s]

( 1:30 ) Lol Russell *always* hits on a male interviewer. 😒

[@sanctuaryoftelevision642]

Huw Edwards wasn't the only Welsh man working at the BBC ya know

[@mistergooji]

"belongs to the public" Proceeds to shit on the fans

[@magnetmountain33]

Russell Purves and even the paparazzi

[@tomimpala]

I wonder what Russell could do to make it up to Chris

[@maxcardun]

Quit

[@cebkidy]

Davies is def high rn. Dude is strait geeked out of his fuckin mind

[@rac3502]

Probably stress and coke

[@JustAdam411]

Ur both messed up

[@crispendaysh3401]

I doubt he will be back unless RTD and 3 others are sacked.

[@satansprguy2864]

Chris will do it if they sack you first 🤣🤣🤣

[@markwilliams8369]

Second Coming is Russell's wish fulfilment, killing God with rat poison, is he peeved about how his life has turn out or something?

[@maxcardun]

His smile looks more like a grimace.😬

[@badangel9592]

Bringing back RTD to DW was a massive mistake. DW is meant to be escapism, a fantasy about a time travelling alien called the Doctor and not RTD"s wet dream about social justice. He's completely sold out and let us all down by bringing Disney into it; it's a family show not a children's show, there's a difference. If only we could go back in time to Peter Capaldi's exit and take it from there; that way there would be no Timeless Child and no destroying River Song's backstory. If RTD had wanted a show about social justice he should have written one not hijacked DW.

[@Zorkahz]

Looks like someone never watched the 3rd Doctor

[@jonperkins5774]

@@Zorkahz I did, so what's your point specifically?

[@Zorkahz]

@@jonperkins5774 his era was literally nothing but fighting social injustices or did you just think that the constant meetings for World Peace were just pretty background plots?

[@SarcyBoi41]

Literally cannot imagine being this dumb. Doctor Who has been "woke" since its first episode and anyone who couldn't see it is objectively a moron.

[@Jake-d8d]

Do you mean social justice like The Silurians or The Green Death from the classic series?

[@IsThatDrak]

We all grew up with it. And he destroyed it. Chris wont come back until russell is gone. As will most of the fans of the show lol

[@magnetmountain33]

Psychotic madman let loose on BBC show after turning so woke he’s even putting off the fans he’s trying to attract😂

[@Lineageholder]

He's not making Doctor Who any more, it's Disney Doctor Who - big effects budget, terrible writing and identity politics propaganda. RTD of 2005 and RTD of 2024 are totally different, he's lost the talent he had - it's sad.

[@sendintheclowns6539]

Disney has no direct involvement as you well know.

[@charliechar__]

They are exactly the same, had the telly from 20 yearas ago be anywhere close to what it was today, he WOULD HAVE definitely be more open about things he's writing about today. YOu all are just completely out of touch and don't even know the format (Family TV), the show (Doctor who has touched progressive topics way before the revival) or the producer (RTD has made a LOT of daring productions on his TV tenure) you try to cry about. TLDR; WHOMP WHOMP

[@pierssegal5910]

That's some "when did Rage Against the Machine get political" horseshit.

[@platypusnoise]

"I kinda think Doctor who belongs to the public" yeah except to so the straight white men of the actually and who grew up with the show. We all know how to get Eccleston back "Sack Russell T"

[@JDPrice94]

Your comment seems to imply that only straight white men grew up with the show 😂 are you mentally challenged?

[@StevenErnest]

He never said "except. "

[@random_gamer_guy82]

I'm offended. I was born a white heterosexual man but I identify as a non binary emu two spirited gibbon. 😂😂😂

[@BORIS-THE-BEAR]

Yep let's recreate something that noone really liked and make it even more unlikeable to suit the Modern world sounds a bit like what he's doing with Doctor Who

[@aliservan7188]

Why? So h can make Jesus a trans black woman in a wheelchair? After the first 2 episodes of Who he's shown he's either forgotten how to write (Space Babies) or is wholly in the pocket of Disney. jinkx monsoon made that episde

[@andrewknudsen7225]

don't know about trans or woman, but Jesus was definitlty closer to Black than he was white lmao

[@sendintheclowns6539]

Oh shut up! What is genuinely your problem with a black person playing the lead in a television programme? Or someone in a wheelchair getting the chance to board something like the TARDIS? The first episode was fine and the second was top quality. It sounds like you’re the problem, not Davies. Move on if you can’t hack it.

[@andrewbowman4611]

A black transfemme disabled Jesus? That's telly right there! At least one of those descriptions would be closer to Jesus than he's usually portrayed in Western culture. It could be a sitcom with Gyles Brandreth as Satan and a whole host of diverse and inclusive actors as the disciples. I'm being facetious, but come on! You're a grown up (presumably); it does you no favours being all petty and cruel for the sake of it.

[@charliechar__]

WHOMP WHOMP

[@BORIS-THE-BEAR]

Jinx was good can't deny that but the whole episode was a bit off and very very creepy didn't make sense at all. Totally forgettable episode I'm not looking forward to the Steven Moffat episode as he was lame and boring for the majority of his seasons (not all but some)