It has been a while since we got any good news about the upcoming season of Doctor Who. After all, the most recent update about the series confirmed that two Companions will be leaving after the Holiday Special. Luckily, showrunner Chris Chibnall has just offered a hopeful update on the highly anticipated Season 13.
Chibnall recently posted a new installment of his "Production Notes" column in Doctor Who Magazine (via Radio Times). In his post, he wrote about the difficult process of working on the new season of Doctor Who amidst COVID-19.
"We are filming," Chibnall wrote. "I don't think anyone on any production team right now would claim the new processes are easy. Making any television drama has, in one fell swoop, become more demanding than it's ever been. And that's before you factor in the usual Doctor Who extras of monsters, stunts and Welsh weather."
Chibnall also shared how the production team continues to struggle with less-than-ideal filming weather.
"The crew have just been through the most brutal week of weather out on location – as I write this on a Tuesday, I think they're still soaking wet from the previous Friday. It has been, and will continue to be for many months ahead, a mammoth team effort.," he wrote. Nevertheless, Chibnall did promise that the new season is worth the wait.
"Luckily the rushes are thrilling. Mad, exciting, funny and scary. And look, there's the Doctor. There's the TARDIS in new places, new locations. Just seeing that lifts the soul. She's on new adventures. She's back saving people and worlds," he wrote.
We're hoping that the cast and crew will manage to get things done despite the weather. With that in mind, we can't wait for the new season of Doctor Who.
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