Robert Shearman was the writer behind Dalek – the first episode of the revived series to feature the show's most iconic monsters – and has admitted he didn't know exactly how to pitch the tone of his script when pulling together the first few drafts.
"You'd go into the first meetings and Russell [T Davies, Doctor Who showrunner] would say we're going to explore all these different tones. [But] we weren't sure in the first couple of drafts if we could even kill people on-screen anymore... for a family audience-type show that we hadn't had on TV for about 15 years.
"Then we got the go-ahead and Russell sent me an e-mail saying, 'It's alright, we can kill to our hearts' content!'"
The final version of Dalek – aired on 30th April 2005 – remained notably darker in tone than the five episodes which had preceded it, dealing in moral complexities and the Doctor's (Christopher Eccleston) survivor's guilt following the Time War.
"I would worry that I was going too dark and Russell would say, 'No, I want to see how dark we can go as well' so he was always pushing me.
Doctor Who recently wrapped up its latest season starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu, but 2005-era stars Eccleston and Billie Piper are set to reunite for a new audio drama series from Big Finish, scheduled for release in August.
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