Season 57 - 2024

After the 60th Anniversary celebrations in 2023, the BBC were set to make 2024 the beginning of a new era for Doctor Who. This began with the appointment of EastEnders Executive Producer - Chris Clenshaw, Clenshaw was announced in March 2022 as showrunner from 2024 onwards after Russell T Davies was brought in to handle the 60th celebrations. Clenshaw may have been the new showrunner, but chose to co-write episodes 1 and 8 with Pete McTighe and John Dorney. This was due to him planning to expand the Whoniverse as many of the shows ended from 2021-23, so Clenshaw wanted to focus more on running the franchise and not necessarily writing as many showrunners had done. Once again Bad Wolf Productions and Sony Pictures Television co-produced the show, giving the show a massive budget which was noticeable with the many VFX and scenes in the show. Clenshaw knew that he had to cast “his Doctor”, but with so many talented actors there was one question: Who was he gonna choose? Auditions fo...