Author: Cameron K McEwan / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The new Doctor Who has finally landed.
The BBC’s global time-traveling hit launched its 11th season with a bang, eschewing the more traditional London with a world premiere in the northern U.K. city of Sheffield.
The red-carpet event saw hundreds of fans line up outside for a glimpse of incoming Time Lord Jodie Whittaker, while journalists and local school children were treated to a screening of the season opener, an episode entitled “The Woman Who Fell to Earth,” followed by a Q&A featuring Whittaker, her co-stars Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill and Bradley Walsh (who play the Doctor’s new friends Ryan, Yasmin and Graham, respectively) and new showrunner Chris Chibnall.
Before it began, though, Chibnall – best known for Broadchuch (also starring Whittaker) – revealed that screening his first story as Doctor Who boss in front of an audience was both an emotional moment and a “recurring nightmare.”
Here are The Hollywood Reporter‘s five takeaways from the world premiere of Doctor Who season 11.
The series will deal with dyspraxia
A strong component of “The Woman Who Fell to Earth,” which airs Oct. 7 on BBC America, is that of dyspraxia, a neurological condition affecting physical co-ordination that is thought to affect around 6 percent of children.
Showrunner Chibnall, who has a nephew with dyspraxia, expressed his opinion that it was “important” to explore the issue within the show which has a huge fan base amongst children.
The writer explained that he and the script team had done a lot of research with the Dyspraxia Foundation and went on to say, “It’s a relatively common thing amongst kids, so I think it’s important to see that heroes come in all shapes and sizes. That’s the most important thing about Doctor Who and you’ll see that happen a lot across the year.”
Dude, where’s my TARDIS?
When asked by one the Sheffield school children present at the screening about the new design for the Doctor’s time-traveling ship, yet to be seen by the public, Chibnall replied, “I don’t know whether we’ll see the TARDIS.
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