{"id":611298,"date":"2026-05-30T01:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T01:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/611298\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T01:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T01:38:11","slug":"russell-t-davies-i-wont-be-back-filming-anything-until-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/611298\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell T Davies: “I won’t be back filming anything until next year”"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a recent spate of news questioning the lack of signs of production progress on the Doctor Who 2026 Christmas special<\/a>, showrunner Russell T Davies neglected to mention the special when discussing his future career plans to James O\u2019Brien on the Full Disclosure<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n

Toward the end of the podcast after Davies discussed the worsening state of the world, James O\u2019Brien asked, \u201cI feel we should end on a more upbeat note but I\u2019m not sure that that\u2019s\u2026 What are you doing next?\u201d<\/p>\n

Davies began with with, \u201cI don\u2019t actually know\u2026\u201d before mentioning a dance stage show planned for 2027 based on his hit television series It\u2019s a Sin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m having a nice time,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019m kind of not rushing to write the next thing. I\u2019m going to start now. The Tip Toe, we finished work on that next week and I\u2019ll start right on the next one. So, that script will take a few months then we\u2019ll start talking to people about it. So, I won\u2019t be back filming anything until next year, really.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s worth mentioning that Doctor Who composer Murray Gold has confirmed in February 2026<\/a> that Davies has already written several versions of the script for the 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special. However, that special is obviously something he would be obliged to film this year, not next year.<\/p>\n

Three thoughts spring to mind from this statement that he not filming anything until 2027: He\u2019s not executive-producing the Doctor Who special he\u2019s written so he\u2019s not involved with the filming, he\u2019s only talking about filming projects he hasn\u2019t yet written, or the 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special is not going to be filmed.<\/p>\n

Also worth noting is that the Doctor Who Christmas special doesn\u2019t receive a mention when he is asked what he is doing next. After bragging to BBC Newsbeat<\/a> in December 2025 that, after sharing his plans for the special with BBC bosses, it left them leaving them \u201cwith jaws agape, loving it\u201d, it seems a bit strange for him to omit mentioning something which arguably needs to go into production fairly soon if it is to be ready for Christmas 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Billie<\/p>\n

Fans are waiting for the explanation of why the Fifteenth doctor regenerated into the form of Billie Piper<\/a> without definitive word that Piper is playing the Doctor.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also worth noting that Davies not feeling rushed to \u201cwrite the next thing\u201d might indicate that he\u2019s not involved with potential future series of Doctor Who.<\/p>\n

When Radio Times<\/a> reached out to the BBC to comment on recent rumours regarding the current state of the Christmas special, the BBC \u201cdeclined to comment\u201d.<\/p>\n

CultBox will provide an update on the 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special as soon as we learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a recent spate of news questioning the lack of signs of production progress on the Doctor Who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[160141,96,59,125471,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-611298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-2026-doctor-who-christmas-special","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-russell-t-davies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}