“So, ” thinks Russell T Davies, “my episode Midnight got rather a good response. I wonder what people liked about it? I know, it was set on a bus!1 Let’s set the next special on a bus, that will work.”
“And,” he continues, “‘cos the special is a bit longer than a regular episode we’ll splice in a chunk of Pitch Black. No one will ever notice. Especially if we stick some BSG style music and flashbacks all over the trailer.”
1 This isn’t as daft as it seems. After all what else explains the popularity of Iris Wildthyme? Apart from the gin of course.
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