Peter Davison has declared that Doctor Who will go on forever in a new interview ahead of his forthcoming role presenting the UK tour of the Symphonic Spectacular. Speaking to BANG Showbiz, the Fifth Doctor actor lauded fan show runners Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat:
“I think it will go on fairly indefinitely … As long as there are people who are fans of the programme who keep on making the programme it will be fine. That’s the reason it came back on air and has been on TV for 10 years. Russell T. Davies is a big Doctor Who fan; Steven Moffat is a big Doctor Who fan and I think those people understand the programme and understand that sometimes it has to re-invent itself and move on and do things differently and I think while those sort of people are at the helm then the show will continue.”
Davison however wonders whether if the show will ever again go on hiatus as for the majority of the 1990s:
“Whether it goes on hiatus at some point remains to be seen. Although I was extremely disappointed when it was taken off air there’s no doubt that when it came back that it came back as a hugely prestigious programme which is something it probably wouldn’t have done if it had been on the air all that time.”
Peter is currently gearing up to tour throughout the UK as part of the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular which debuts in the UK on May 23 at The SSE Arena, in London before appearances in Cardiff, Leeds, Newcastle and Glasgow. For full details please take a look at the official website.
Another hiatus of some kind wouldn’t come as a *huge* shock to me in the next few years. Unless, that is, the production team can begin to gear their approach towards matching the serialised storytelling that has become such a hit of late with shows such as ‘Game of Thrones; ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Daredevil’ and the like. Perhaps it’s just me, but returning to a programme such as ‘Who’ where 5-6 of the episodes are often (in my humble view) mediocre standalone stories which serve little purpose other than to pad out the 12-instalment run is something of an off-putting experience (and it was perhaps for this primary reason that I found myself so disillusioned with the series’ output over the course of its eighth season in 2014).