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" Lucky Day " writer Pete McTighe discusses joining the Doctor Who universe and this weekend ’s Ruby Sunday ( Millie Gibson)-focused adventure .
Pete McTighehas been a major part ofDoctor Whofor the last few geezerhood – he wrote " KABLAM " forChris ChibnallandJodie Whittaker ’s run , he has written the short moving-picture show featuring past Doctors and companions for the new remastered Blu - Ray season boxsets that also serve as trailers for those releases , and has write episode ofTales of the TARDISstreaming on the iPlayer , and is co - writer of the upcoming spinoffThe War Between the Landand the Seas wtih showrunnerRussell T. Davies . This hebdomad ’s episode , " Lucky Day , " is his first solo instalment for this season ofDoctor Who , featuring the return ofMillie Gibsonas Ruby Sunday as she tries to live a normal lifespan after leave the TARDIS.The BBC release an interview with McTighe , who shared some insights from both side of the television camera regarding this weekend ’s " thrill " ( McTighe ’s one - word description ) episode .
McTighe on write for " Doctor Who":"‘Doctor Who ' is the rationality I ’m a author , the cause I work in television . It ’s my favourite thing in the world . So , it feel like come home . This was * my * lucky day ! Working withRussell T. Daviesand the Bad Wolf team is always such a smart as a whip experience . I ’ve created and showrun my own shows and written 100 of hours of idiot box , but nothing beatsDoctor Who – I ’ve literally had the practiced couple of years of my vocation , working with Russell on ' Tales of the TARDIS , ' ' Lucky Day , ' and ' The War Between The Land And The Sea . ' It ’s been a total joy .
McTighe tease " Lucky Day " : " What I loved about indite this episode was being able to explore what occur when the Doctor is n’t around , when he ’s off saving other planets . immediately , without the Doctor , there ’s more jeopardy for the human graphic symbol , the bet are higher , and they ’re pushed to spot they would n’t of necessity have to go if he was there to save the sidereal day . Of of course , the Doctor * is * in the episode , in a very pregnant means , but really ' Lucky Day ' is Ruby ’s story . I love whatMillie Gibsondid in her first season , so being capable to amount in and develop her character even further was really exciting .
Throughout all of ' Doctor Who ' – with the exception of Sarah - Jane Smith – we ’ve never really explored what happens to someone after they stop journey with the Doctor , and how those escapade affect them . I bang being able-bodied to turn over into that facial expression of the character . I also enjoyed developingJonah Hauer - King ’s eccentric , Conrad , Ruby ’s fresh fellow . He ’s someone who adores Ruby and wants to be as brave and heroic as the Doctor , but in doing so , he puts himself and Ruby in wicked danger .
We ’ve got a great raw monster in this episode as well , it ’s savage and terrifying and can not be conclude with . It was also a massive treat to be able to pen for UNIT ; for Kate , Shirley , and Colonel Ibrahim , who swoop in to help oneself Ruby and Conrad from the horror that have been loose . Oh , for classic serial publication rooter , we also have Paul Jericho in the sequence – he played The Castellan , an officious , shady Time Lord duringPeter Davison ’s earned run average . He ’s playing a new reference now , publican Alfie . Or is he ? Maybe the Castellan was n’t kill in ' The Five Doctors " ( 1983 ) , escaped the destruction of Gallifrey , and ended up running a pub in an English Greenwich Village ? Much better , lease ’s go with that .
Doctor Who : Lucky Daypremieres this Saturday on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK andDisney+outside the UK .
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