Who's happy now?
Davies chats to SFX magazine about new Who.
Russell T Davies has revealed to SFX Magazine his best moment of working on the series so far:
"It was when I saw the TARDIS interior," revealed Russell. "I was lucky, cause I'd been trapped at home, writing episode seven, and only saw it in studio half-built. So my first sight of it was fully lit, on a glorious wide shot, on the rushes. The second best day of my whole working life."
Russell goes on to talk about the on/off/on situation regarding the Daleks, and how it affected the scripting process:
"We had the script written and ready to go, and then the bad news came, that we couldn't forge a deal... So a rewrite was commissioned - same story, new monster. There was no need to think of a completely new story, cause the original idea's so good, Dalek or no Dalek.
"The script was rewritten - and it was great, we were all really happy with it. It was only a first draft, and still smacked slightly of 'this creature used to be a Dalek'. It would make a good book one day, I suppose, that little bit of Who history. Certainly a good article - there's even some artwork to back it up! But then again, I might still use the New Enemy one day, so that embargoes the material for a few years."
You can read more comments from Russell in the new issue.
Other cult goodies in the new issue include Joss Whedon revealing the latest Firefly gossip from the set of Serenity, Tom Welling discussing the highlights of Smallville's third season, a feature on wacky witch-fest Charmed, and what may be the world's first review of the new Farscape mini-series, The Peacekeeper Wars.
Issue 123 of SFX goes on sale from 29 September.
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