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monition ! Spoilers ahead for theDoctor Whospecial " The Star Beast . "
Summary
Russell T. Davies wishes that he had adapt the firstDoctor Who60th day of remembrance special news report sooner . Davies devolve as showrunner forDoctor Whoseason 14 and the 60th day of remembrance specials . The first of said specials , “ The Star Beast , ” air this past weekend , and thesecond episode , “ Wild Blue Yonder”will release on December 2 .
Speaking on theBBC’sDoctor Who : Unleashed , Davies reveals that he has long want to adapt “ The Star Beast ” for the screen . After Davies “ understand the original Star Beast when it first come out , ” he strike down in sexual love with its narrative , which he call “ a bully slice of Doctor Who storytelling . ” For years , he thought that they “ never have quite get away with the Meep ” but is glad that he finally decided to return to the storey for theDoctor Whospecial . Check out the full inverted comma from Sir Humphrey Davy below :
The Star Beast is a very simple ET template . Alien lands , can you get it back home ? With a twist . I read the original Star Beast when it first came out . I loved it . I ’ve still stimulate my original comics , I ’ve keep them , with that strip in . I ’ve always thought it was a great opus of Doctor Who storytelling . So hail back to it … I do n’t know why I did n’t do this when I originally was on the program . Maybe I thought we did n’t have enough money to do it , maybe I thought all those years ago we ’ never have quite got away with the Meep - but come back to it with modern techniques and with an increase budget , I call up it ’s time to take one of the best Doctor Who stories from another medium , that , no matter how brilliant it is , perchance 50,000 people have read it , that ’s all , and to show that to meg of the great unwashed to say “ Look how good this is . ”
The Star Beast Original Story Gets a 21st Century Update
The “ The Star Beast ” episode isbased on a 1980Doctor Whocomicof the same name . The comic boast the Fourth Doctor battling a fluffy and strange villain , Beep the Meep . toot the Meep later seem again in someDoctor Whoaudio drama , before lastly making its live - activity debut in “ The Star Beast . ”
Just as the Meep searches for its home , Rose grapples with her own identity and common sense of belonging .
In “ The Star Beast , ” the Meep calls itself “ The Beep of All the Meeps . ” With its 21st - 100 visual result , the big - eyed , flossy villain appears both adorable and minatory , showing the note value of “ forward-looking techniques ” and “ an increased budget ” which Davies describe . The Meep is also impart into the news report with young characters , most notably interacting withDonna Noble ’s daughter Rose , who first regain The Beep of All the Meeps in theDoctor Whoepisode .
Just as the Meep searches for its base , Rose clamshell with her own identity and sense of belongingas Rose is a young transgender woman . By introducing the Meep at this moment inDoctor Who ’s run , Davy and the squad allow its report to unite not only using modern - twenty-four hour period particular effects but with modern - day themes and characters . Davy may have want to bring in the Meep for yr , but luckily , the wait has pay off asDoctor Whomakes originative use of the Meep ’s storyline .
Source : BBC
