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Nikki Wilson. Born. Nikki Smith. Occupation. Television producer. Years active. 2001–present. Nikki Wilson ( née Smith) is a British television producer whose credits include Doctor Who and its spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures. Her career had predominantly been as a script editor, in which capacity she worked on Trial & Retribution and ...
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The first episode of the series, "Deep Breath", has a running time of 76 minutes, making it the second-longest episode of the revived Doctor Who era beginning in 2005, the longest being "The Day of the Doctor" with a running time of 77 minutes. As with the previous series, Series 8 consists mainly of standalone episodes; the series finale was the f...
The show's star from 2010, Matt Smith announced in June 2013 that he would be leaving Doctor Who following the 2013 Christmas episode "The Time of the Doctor". His replacement was announced, after several weeks of speculation, on a special live broadcast called Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor on 4 August as Peter Capaldi, who up to that point was ...
Development
The series was officially ordered on 20 May 2013, and led by head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat, who returns as showrunner from the previous series, alongside executive producer Brian Minchin. At Comic-Con 2013, Moffat said that, although much of the focus at that point remained on the 50th anniversary and Christmas specials, development for series 8 was under way, stating that the scripts were arriving for the series, knowing the plot and conclusion of the series' episodes. In...
Writing
Chris Chibnall, who has written five previous episodes of Doctor Who, and a few for Torchwood, indicated in April 2013 that he had been approached by Moffat to contribute to Series 8. The subsequent success of his drama series, Broadchurch, led Chibnall to state that his schedule would not allow him to contribute to this particular series, although he was willing to write for Doctor Whoin the future. Neil Cross, who wrote two episodes in Series 7, has also stated a desire to write for Series...
Design changes
The introduction of a new lead actor brought about another change to the title sequence. The sequence for Series 8 was inspired by a fan-made sequence produced by Billy Hanshaw, an illustrator and 3D animator from Leeds, who posted it on YouTube. This eventually came to the attention of Steven Moffat, who subsequently based the official sequence on Hanshaw's work. As director of the first block, Ben Wheatley was able to make lasting modifications to the TARDIS set. Wheatley had the cinematogr...
Promotion
On 10 June 2014, the BBC announced a "World Tour" promoting Series 8 to take place between 7–19 August 2014 and featured Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman and Steven Moffat. They visited seven cities across five continents in 12 days, where they attend fan events and media interviews. The destinations were Cardiff, London, Seoul, Sydney, New York City, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro. On 13 July 2014 the first full-length trailer was aired on BBC One, during the final half-time of the 2014 FIFA Wor...
Episode leaks
On 6 July 2014, the scripts and rough "pre air screeners" for the first five episodes of the series were inadvertently leaked online from BBC Worldwide's Latin America headquarters. The leaked scripts were immediately shared online, prompting wide coverage in the media. In a statement, BBC Worldwide asked people with access to the leaked material to keep the storylines of the five episodes secret. On 12 July, the black and white, watermarked "pre air screener" of "Deep Breath" was uploaded to...
Broadcast
Series 8 was initially slated to be broadcast starting in the late summer of 2014, with Steven Moffat acknowledging this likelihood in July 2013, prior to the announcement of Peter Capaldi's casting. In September however it was suggested that the broadcast date would likely be pushed back to the third quarter of 2014, which would tie in with the production starting in January 2014 and typically lasting up to 9 months before the transmission of the first episode. It was also suggested that the...
Critical reception
Critical reaction to series 8 was highly positive, with some critics labelling it a return to form and one of Doctor Who's strongest seasons. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 88%, based on 26 reviews, and an average score of 8.17/10, with the website's critics consensus stating that "Like a TARDIS dropping down in a burst of excitement, Peter Capaldi adds a revitalizing blast of boldness and humor to Doctor Who's time-tested formula." Metacritic gave the series a wei...
Selected pieces of score from this series, as composed by Murray Gold, were released in a 3-CD set on 18 May 2015 by Silva Screen Records along with music from the 2014 Christmas special "Last Christmas".
Nikki Wilson is a British television producer whose credits include Doctor Who and its spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures. Her career had predominantly been as a script editor, in which capacity she worked on Trial & Retribution and Doctor Who.
Nikki Wilson, also credited as Nikki Smith, was first credited on Doctor Who as a script editor. As her association evolved, she became a longstanding producer for the franchise, first on the second and third series of The Sarah Jane Adventures and the Doctor Who story The Waters of Mars and teaser sequence to The Eleventh Hour, (WC: Doctor Who Video Explorer) and later during the eighth ...
The Power of the Doctor. " The Power of the Doctor " is the third and final of the 2022 specials of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, and was broadcast on BBC One on 23 October 2022. The episode was ordered for the centenary of the BBC 's launch, airing five days after. [1]
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Nikki Joy Wilson (née Smith) Born: September 1970 (age: 53) Nikki Wilson ( née Smith) is a British television producer. Her career had predominantly been as a script editor, in which capacity she worked on Trial & Retribution and the revived series of Doctor Who. In 2008, she became a producer on The Sarah Jane Adventures, [1] and also ...
Mar 8, 2021 · Here, Mark Layton talks to Nikki Wilson, Sheena Bucktowonsing and Ceres Doyle, key production talent from iconic British sci-fi Doctor Who. No show does reinvention quite like Doctor Who . For almost 60 years, the BBC Studios-produced British sci-fi series has followed the adventures of The Doctor, an enigmatic and heroic alien who can travel ...
