Good old Doctor Who Magazine have confirmed the writers for episodes 4 and 5 of the upcoming series of Doctor Who.
Both episodes are currently filming, with Douglas Mackinnon at the helm. We had hoped that this practice of having a director film two episodes might mean that we'd be seeing a return to two-part stories, unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case. For now anyway.
Episode 4 is written by Steven Moffat himself. We know that actor Robert Goodman will be guest starring in it, and believe it will see the introduction of Danny Pink. That is unless Steven Moffat stuffs him inside a Dalek (a la Clara 'Oswin' Oswold) and surprises us all with an early appearance.
Episode 5 comes to us from the pen of Steve Thompson. He's the man responsible for The Curse Of The Black Spot, and Journey To The Centre Of The Tardis (still, third time lucky eh?). Guest stars include Pippa Bennett-Warner and Jonathan Bailey (Olly Stevens from Broadchurch).
Whilst we've got you here, take a look at the cover of this months DWM, it's nice...
The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine celebrates 50 years of the Doctor’s deadliest enemies – the Daleks! The mag comes complete with a FREE, giant double-sided poster, and is choc-full of Dalek-related content.
Inside the issue, you’ll find…
- We Are the Daleks – An in-depth feature looks at why the Daleks remain Doctor Who‘s Number One monsters after 50 years.
- 1960s Dalek voice artist DAVID GRAHAM comes face to face with his modern equivalent NICHOLAS BRIGGS!
- Discover surprising facts and see rare images from the first ever Dalek story in The Fact of Fiction.
- Anatomy of a Dalek – find out what lurks within the metal casing!
- Doctor Who‘s showrunner STEVEN MOFFAT reveals the secrets of being a successful writer in Production Notes.
- The Blood of Azrael – the second part of a new comic strip adventure for the Doctor and Clara.
- Model-maker extraordinaire MIKE TUCKER and members of the Model Unit talk exclusively to DWM about their work on Doctor Who, Red Dwarf and more.
- The Time Team travels back to ancient Rome to witness The Fires of Pompeii.
- Jacqueline Rayner recalls her favourite moments from Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary in Relative Dimensions.
- A review of the recently rediscovered The Web of Fear on DVD.
- The Watcher champions a little-known Dalek story by the writer who created them, Terry Nation, in Wotcha!.
- Reviews and previews of the latest DVDs, CDs and books.
- Prize-winning competitions, official news and much more!
Source: DWM
