Stephen Fry interested in writing for Doctor Who

January 21st, 2010

stephen-fryStephen Fry has confirmed that he would definitely consider writing an episode of Doctor Who if the opportunity ever came about.

Speaking at the National Television Awards last night, at which Doctor Who won 2 awards, the British icon told the BBC that he’d be honoured to pen an adventure for Matt Smith, the Eleventh Doctor, in the future.

“I look forward so much to seeing Matt Smith and I’m sure he’s going to be wonderful,” he said. ”If I get time it’ll be a thrill, I can’t think of anything nicer.”

Fry was originally offered to lend his creativity to the programme back in 2006, but, in his words, ‘the window passed’. “I never really got round to it,” he revealed. ”But I’m very happy to have had the experience of thinking about it.”

4 comments on this article
  1. Katie
    January 21st, 2010 at 8.37pm | #1

    I love Stephen and I bet one of his episodes would be fantastic!
    He did write one didnt he? For series three but he found out Rose wasnt in it and couldnt re-write it all for Martha in time, something like that anyway :)

  2. Craig
    January 21st, 2010 at 10.51pm | #2

    You really should start putting sources on your articles. Some of us like to check these things back.

  3. Mass
    January 21st, 2010 at 11.00pm | #3

    He was supposed to write for series 2 however he couldnt hit the deadline, so Fear Her was written quickly to replace it

  4. Mass
    January 21st, 2010 at 11.01pm | #4

    wikipedia :The episode was an overcommissioned episode, which replaced a planned but unproduced script by Stephen Fry.[4] Early drafts of this episode were titled “Chloe Webber Destroys the Earth”, and later, “You’re a Bad Girl, Chloe Webber”, with one such draft having the episode take place on another planet

    Due to Fry’s script being dropped, production of some episodes of the second series had to be rescheduled, with “Fear Her” being produced alongside “The Idiot’s Lantern”. The episode was filmed during late January and early February 2006, with the cold temperatures experienced during filming being explained in the plot as part of the Isolus’ endothermic nature. The majority of the episode, including exterior shots and Chloe’s home, was filmed in the Tremorfa area of Cardiff, with a majority of the remainder filmed in the Doctor Who studios in Newport. Dame Kelly Holmes, who was referenced in the episode, was considered for the part of the torchbearer, but was committed to Dancing On Ice at the time.

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