Steven Moffat has confirmed that Rachel Talalay will be directing this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special.
Talalay, who is certainly not new to the Whoniverse, will return to the show for Peter Capaldi and Moffat's final story this December. Her previous credits were the Series 8 finale, 'Dark Water' and 'Death in Heaven', along with the Series 9 finale 'Heaven Sent' and 'Hell Bent'. She has also directed the upcoming Series 10 finale episodes.
Speaking at a Sherlock convention in the USA, Moffat said: "We checked up on Rachel several times on Doctor Who, because she’s got phenomenal experience in genre and action. Frankly, making big-budget spectaculars on no money at all is what we need, and Rachel’s got such a deep background, and such great ability at that!
"I’m working with her right now, actually: we’re just finishing up on the finale episodes, and planning the Christmas one, which she’s also directing — which is my very last one."
Talalay took to Twitter to comment on the announcement:
Talalay, who is certainly not new to the Whoniverse, will return to the show for Peter Capaldi and Moffat's final story this December. Her previous credits were the Series 8 finale, 'Dark Water' and 'Death in Heaven', along with the Series 9 finale 'Heaven Sent' and 'Hell Bent'. She has also directed the upcoming Series 10 finale episodes.
Speaking at a Sherlock convention in the USA, Moffat said: "We checked up on Rachel several times on Doctor Who, because she’s got phenomenal experience in genre and action. Frankly, making big-budget spectaculars on no money at all is what we need, and Rachel’s got such a deep background, and such great ability at that!
"I’m working with her right now, actually: we’re just finishing up on the finale episodes, and planning the Christmas one, which she’s also directing — which is my very last one."
Talalay took to Twitter to comment on the announcement:
Yes, thrilled to be doing #DoctorWho Xmas episode (and what a script!). Very sad it's our last.
— Rachel Talalay (@rtalalay) 27 May 2017
https://t.co/5sJr5lXUmz via @HuffPostBlog
The Doctor Who Christmas Special will air on Christmas Day 2017 on BBC One.
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