Russell T. Davies Writes Doctor Who Memoir, Not Christmas Special
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Ray Flook
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Summary
Ex-Showrunner Russell T. Davies has been writing Doctor Who-related content over the past months, but it's not the now-cancelled Christmas Special. Instead, he has been working on his memoir titled "The Queerest of Folk: A Life in Television," set to be published on October 8th by Penguin Random House's Bantam Books. The article discusses this revelation and clarifies that fans hoping for a Christmas Special should not confuse Davies' recent writing activity with that project.
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Set to hit the streets on October 8th from Penguin Random House's Bantam Books, The Queerest of Folk: A Life in Television
While it's pretty clear now that it had nothing to do with the now-cancelled Christmas Special, it seems that ex-Showrunner Russell T. Davies was doing some Doctor Who-related writing over the past several months.
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