Doctor Who season 11: Six things we learned from creators and actors

Doctor Who Season 11 is full of new faces in new places. The new showrunner Chris Chibnall is in charge, while Jodie Whittaker is the new Doctor. They are joined by new companions Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole and Bradley Walsh.

Season 11 begins on Sunday, October 7th on BBC One and BBC America. Before that, Chibnall, Whittaker and the actors gathered in Sheffield earlier this week for the premiere of the first episode of the season, The Woman Who Fell to Earth.

Here's what we learned about season 11 of the Q & A session that followed.

Season 11 is Sheffield Steel

US viewers may be confused by references to Sheffield, but all you need to know is that the characters come from the city located near central England, known for its industrial heritage and language-minded inhabitants simple. "It's really important to connect Dr. Who to Sheffield," said Chibnall. "With a new Doctor, you want to plug him into a house, and I've been living in the city for a year, I knew how cinematic it was, I also knew how most people were." humor and people say it like that. "

The head did not go to the head of Mandeep Gill and Tosin Cole – again

"The other day, a woman was reading Doctor Who magazine next to me," recalls Mr. Gill of a recent train trip. "She offered me chocolate and then she said: I love Doctor Who, so I thought she'd recognized me … she did not get it. had not done. " Tosin Cole was also held back by his family's reaction. "My dad thinks I'm in Star Trek for some reason," he laughed.

It's not just the casting that's all new

Chibnall has excluded returns for all familiar monsters and enemies like Daleks or Cybermen. "This year, we have new monsters and new faces," he said. But he admitted that, having been a fan of the series since the age of four, he would like to bring back a lot of things in the coming seasons.

Bradley Walsh is old enough

"My background Doctor Who was watching William Hartnell and Pat Troughton," he said about the early doctors at the beginning of the series in 1963. "As soon as he started coloring, I'm not sure. stopped watching Football. " In fact, he believes that the episode in which he appears is the first episode of Doctor Who that he has seen since 1970.

But it's not so old

"I'm a 14-year-old kid trapped in the body of a 58-year-old man," joked Walsh. Meanwhile, his aged appearance on the screen required a little help, his hair not being gray enough. "I've never worn a wig before," he said. "I liked that, I now have one for the weekend, but blonde."

The new series is Who by and through

"I hope this demonstrates everything you liked about Doctor Who," said Chris Chibnall of the new series. "There is action, adventure, extraterrestrial planets, tons of monsters, historical periods … What we have tried to do, is to show the world. extent of what Doctor Who can do visually, emotionally, geographically, in time and in space. "

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