David Tennant Teases Potential Return Of Beloved Doctor Who BTS Series

Doctor Who star David Tennant teases the surprising return of the Doctor Who Confidential behind-the-scenes series alongside the show’s 60th Anniversary celebrations in late 2023. The Tenth Doctor actor returned to the long-running British sci-fi series in 2022’s “The Power of the Doctor”, as Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor regenerated into Tennant’s new, surprising incarnation of the Time Lord. Tennant will return alongside Catherine Tate to lead the 3 60th-anniversary special episodes under returning showrunner Russell T Davies.

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As reported by RadioTimes, despite no official announcement regarding the series being made, Tennant revealed to an audience at Galaxy Con that he had been interviewed throughout the anniversary specials’ production in 2022 for a behind-the-scenes series. The returning Doctor Who actor stated he had spoken to creatives behind Doctor Who comic books for a series of behind-the-scenes specials in the style of Doctor Who Confidential that fans can look forward to seeing later in 2023. Check out Tennant’s full response below:

It was absolutely thrilling. It was all filmed by all the various Doctor Who Confidential-style people, so you’ll see all that. But it was very exciting for us, for them to visit us on set.

What A New Doctor Who Confidential-Style Show Means For The Franchise’s Future?

​​​​​​Airing immediately after new episodes of Doctor Who following the show’s revival from 2005 to 2011, Doctor Who Confidential would take audiences on a trip behind-the-scenes of the production of the latest adventure. The documentary series also informed younger viewers of some of the franchise’s history, explaining elements of the classic series to new audiences when relevant to the events of the current season. Despite becoming a beloved series in its own right and even being utilized to reveal Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith’s casting in 2009, Doctor Who Confidential was canceled in 2011, with the BBC citing its cancelation as being part of cost-cutting measures.

While potential Doctor Who spin-offs have been rumored following Disney’s involvement in the franchise, many may be pleasantly surprised to hear that a successor series to Doctor Who Confidential is in the works. With the franchise finding a new international streaming home on Disney+, the new documentary series could be a perfect way to introduce audiences to the wider universe of Doctor Who. While a potential new documentary series may only be a one-time production commissioned to celebrate the show’s 60th-anniversary milestone, Davies’ ambitions to see the brand grow could see the documentary series continue into Ncuti Gatwa’s era of Doctor Who.

Doctor Who Confidential offered a new way to learn more about the franchise. With Disney+ regularly releasing behind-the-scenes specials including the Disney Gallery Star Wars docuseries and Marvel Studios Assembled specials, the service could offer similar programming with Doctor Who Confidential. As such, with Tennant confirming a new Doctor Who behind-the-scenes series is in development and the franchise set to arrive on Disney+, the streaming service could potentially be the ideal place to release the successor to the beloved behind-the-scenes docuseries.

Source: RadioTimes

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