You Can Now Read Five Series 9 Scripts Online

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It’s now been a week and a half since Doctor Who Series 9 concluded, and anyone who wants to relive Heaven Sent/ Hell Bent can either watch them on iPlayer or, perhaps even better, digest them by downloading the script.

Made available through the BBC website, the addition of this two-parter now means that five scripts from Series 9 are now available online: The Magician’s Apprentice/ The Witch’s Familiar, and Face the Raven were uploaded to the BBC Writer’s Room Script Library, in the hope of inspiring new generations of screenwriters.

It’s fascinating to see how each scene was imagined in the writers’ minds and compare those descriptions to what actually appeared. You’ll also see a few missing scenes, presumably taken out during editing. Perhaps we’ll see them on the full DVD boxsets…?

While Under the Lake/ Before the Flood was my favourite serial of Series 9, I think the most fascinating script would be for the underrated Sleep No More, Mark Gatiss’ story from the viewpoint of… well, sort of the monsters! How would you script that exactly? Would it be a simple line or two, or would it be more extensive? I’ll have to keep my fingers crossed.

In addition to the scripts, a selection of storyboards from Hell Bent can also be seen online.

Personally speaking, I find the scripts endlessly interesting and helpful, and would love to see more. Take note, BBC!

Here’s Heaven Sent. And here’s Hell Bent.

Have you looked at the scripts? What’s the most intriguing aspect in your mind? And which scripts from Doctor Who would you like to see?

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