Doctor Who takes last romp
- Publication: The Oklahoman
- Date: 2009-07-21
- Author: Matthew Price
- Page: E1
- Language: English
There's soon to be a new Doctor in the house, but fans can celebrate one of the final adventures of David Tennant's Doctor Who with "Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead."
The first of four Doctor Who upcoming DVD specials featuring Tennant as the loth Doctor will be released July 28. "Doctor Who" features a 900-year-old human-looking alien who can travel through time and space, righting wrongs and saving the innocent.
Julie Gardner, who executive-produced "Doctor Who" until earlier this year, talked about the final days of the current Doctor, and the 2005 revamp that put the long-running British sci-fi program back on the map.
"'Planet of the Dead' is the last big adventure romp," Gardner said. "It's a great chase and a great kind of survivor story."
In "Planet of the Dead;' the Doctor is on a bus that travels through a rip in space that deposits the bus and its passengers on a faraway, dangerous planet. He's teamed with a jewel thief, played by Michelle Ryan, to figure out a way to safely return the bus through the rift.
Gardner says she thinks "Doctor Who" caught on in the U.K. again in 2005 as people were hungry for family drama.
"We were able to reach a family audience. A lot of research said the family is disjointed and people aren't watching together — 'Doctor Who' in the U.K. proves that not to be the case," Gardner said. "It's got to be intelligent and witty and fun and engaging, and not always easy."
Gardner has now passed the torch on "Doctor Who, much as the Doctor himself is about to do. (The next Doctor will be played by Matt Smith, 26. Gardner works in Los Angeles at BBC America. She thinks change is key for "Doctor Who's" appeal.
"It's a show that, written into its very DNA, is regeneration," she said. "I think it needs new vision every four, five, six years. Because as a show that has such a robust format, you could look at 'Doctor Who' and say this could still be on air in zo, 25 years. But I think in order to do that, it needs to be given the space to reinvent itself."
For more from Features Editor Matt Price, read his blog online at blog.newsok.com/nerdage.
Disclaimer: These citations are created on-the-fly using primitive parsing techniques. You should double-check all citations. Send feedback to whovian@cuttingsarchive.org
- APA 6th ed.: Price, Matthew (2009-07-21). Doctor Who takes last romp. The Oklahoman p. E1.
- MLA 7th ed.: Price, Matthew. "Doctor Who takes last romp." The Oklahoman [add city] 2009-07-21, E1. Print.
- Chicago 15th ed.: Price, Matthew. "Doctor Who takes last romp." The Oklahoman, edition, sec., 2009-07-21
- Turabian: Price, Matthew. "Doctor Who takes last romp." The Oklahoman, 2009-07-21, section, E1 edition.
- Wikipedia (this article): <ref>{{cite news| title=Doctor Who takes last romp | url=http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Doctor_Who_takes_last_romp | work=The Oklahoman | pages=E1 | date=2009-07-21 | via=Doctor Who Cuttings Archive | accessdate=30 March 2025 }}</ref>
- Wikipedia (this page): <ref>{{cite web | title=Doctor Who takes last romp | url=http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Doctor_Who_takes_last_romp | work=Doctor Who Cuttings Archive | accessdate=30 March 2025}}</ref>
