Doctor Who: The Shooting Scripts

by Russell T. Davies, Mark Gatiss, Paul Cornell

This book collects together the entire shooting scripts for the first series. Seven of the scripts are by Russell T. Davies, with the remainder by Steven Moffat, Robert Shearman, Paul Cornell and The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss. Each story contains the essential ingredients of time travel, adventure, and the mixing of the ordinary with the fantastical that have always characterized the series, while at the same time being thoroughly in tune with contemporary culture and society. This is a Doctor Who for an age defined by irony, technology, celebrity, and the shadow cast by 9/11. It is also a more cinematic series, with fast cutting and special effects that will satisfy viewers brought up on contemporary film and television sci-fi.

Genres: Doctor Who, Science Fiction, Tv, Time Travel, Plays, Fiction, Media Tie In

512 pages, Hardcover

First published December 7, 2005

About the author

Russell T Davies, OBE, is a Welsh television producer and writer. He is a prolific writer, best known for controversial drama serials such as Queer as Folk and The Second Coming, and for spearheading the revival of the popular science-fiction television series Doctor Who, and creating its spin-off series Torchwood. Both are largely filmed in Cardiff and the latter is set there.

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh... my GOD!

Let's face it, Series 1 of Doctor Who is the best by far. It was the one that had to impress audiences every week, and only twice did they really trip up. Rose is great, The End of The World is pretty good, Aliens in London and World War Three is a surprisingly good satire and has got some chilling moments, Dalek is a straight-up masterpiece, The Long Game, while having some good ideas and setting up the finale, is a bit of a pup, Father's Day draws tears from my eyes everytime, The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances are chilling and have a surprisingly happy ending for a creepy World War II story based in the heart of the Blitz, Boom Town is... okay-ish, it does have some superb acting by Annette Badland and Christopher to prop it up though, and finally, the pitch-perfect (though slightly dated by it's choice in game shows), balls to the walls finale; Bad Wolf and The Parting of The Ways, which just gets every little thing perfect.

To be able to read the scripts of this masterpiece of a series is just a pure joy, and I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes Doctor Who, script writing, hell, if they like anything!

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me at age 19: When Rose was my age, she was out adventuring in the Universe with the Doctor already!

Now, Me at age 22: When Mickey was my age, he was in a relationship with Rose already!

I love that the scripts are accompanied with stills of the scene because it felt like I'm rewatching the tv show in my head while reading a book about it. I always liked Novelizations for this fact so it was extra fun. Also, what a strong set of characters. I was a bit younger when I started watching that I couldn't really appreciate that fact. And Russell T. Davies' enthusiam about the whole thing is so fun it felt like I was also reading an interview about him. He and the team put so much heart into this series and I'm so thankful for that.

[Professor Cognome · Rating 5 out of 5]

I purchased this collection both because I am a dedicated Whovian and because I wanted to learn something about the art of writing scene. RTD does not disappoint on ether score. As a bonus, there are insiders notes about each episode, such as what effect he was going for, what happened in the filming, and what he learned from each. This last helps make the collection a veritable gold mine for writers and fans alike.

Simply put, the collection is (as the Doctor would say) Fantastic!

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Does what it says on the tin, the scripts for Series 1 but with a few scenes, and lines added that were cut in the broadcast version

[katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was always going to love this! And I do! I worked through it by reading each episode, then listening to the mp3 version the next day. I think I like reading the scripts better than I like reading the actual new-DW novels, mostly because the novels seem a bit lifeless after watching the show.

LOVE.

[Katharine (Ventureadlaxre) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't wait for the next volume <3

[Gayle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Featuring all the scripts from the first series of Doctor Who (2005).

Had to sell my copy on Ebay when money was short.

[Hollie Stark Lockett · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is such a cool book and a really neat thing to have as a fan!

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Why didn't this spawn several more volumes?!?!

[Elisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amazing Book for a nerd like me!