Russell T Davies Reveals The Real Reason Doctor Who Is Filmed So Far In Advance

  (The Huffington Post) : Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on set Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has lifted the lid on why the beloved sci-fi show needs to be filmed so many months in advance. The BBC series will be making its much-anticipated return later this month with Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa taking up the reins as The Doctor. But while the first season of the new instalment has not even arrived on our screens yet, Russell recently revealed that filming of the follow-up has also already wrapped. In a new interview with Metro, Russell explained exactly why the show had to be shot to this schedule. “I always knew that we would have to negotiate the fact that we are shooting so far in advance,” he said. “In April, we finished shooting the second season before the first season has even gone out. It’s extraordinary.” Ncuti Gatwa and Russell T Davies at the 2022 TV Baftas The writer continued that they have to work so far ahead because of special effects. “People think special effects are fast and easy these days. They are not. The better they are, the longer they take,” he shared.  “So it is very hard for us to answer stuff in the press that we have outstripped in our knowledge by an entire year. And yet we can’t give that away. “It’s just one of the problems of making a show in 2024 and in the end, it is a victim of Doctor Who’s success that people are interested.” A mystery plot development also means that a second companion will be joining the cast for the next season, played by Andor’s Varada Sethu. Millie Gibson, Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu behind the scenes of Doctor Who This ..