This week's episode of Doctor Who, The Story and the Engine, comes from acclaimed poet and playwright Inua Ellams, with this being one of his first on-screen projects.
When it was first announced that he was joining the show, Ellams revealed that he has been a fan of the series "for as long as I can remember television", and that he started watching when he was 10 years old in Nigeria.
"The show invited me to dream, to live beyond my reality," he explained. "Getting to write for the show felt like touching God; it was blasphemously humbling and exciting, and I can’t wait to share my story with the world."
Now, Ellams has revealed the advice he got when joining the show from another writer who knows it well, former showrunner Chris Chibnall.
Ellams said of his experience working on Doctor Who: "I really liked working with Russell [T Davies, current showrunner].
"There was something the previous showrunner said to me, Chris Chibnall, which I think is true: 'Doctor Who is a sci-fi and horror for eight-year-olds, but also for all ages.' I kept that in mind.
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The synopsis for The Story and the Engine says: "In Lagos, the mysterious Barber reigns supreme. The Doctor discovers a world where stories have power, but can he stop the Spider and its deadly web of revenge?"
The episode takes us past the halfway point of this season, with just three more instalments left to come after it - The Interstellar Song Contest, Wish World and The Reality War.
The final two episodes will be screened across cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 31st May, just as last year's two-part finale also was.
Doctor Who continues next Saturday (10th May) on BBC One, with new episodes available from 8am on Saturdays on BBC iPlayer in the UK. The series is available on Disney+ outside of the UK.
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