Russell T. Davies Develops New Children’s Show ‘Aliens vs. Wizards’

Posted Sunday, January 15th, 2012 01:00 pm GMT -4 by 0

Russell T DaviesWhen we last heard from Russell T. Davies he was taking a sabbatical from the world of entertainment in order to be with his ailing partner Andrew. He did mention, however, that he had a “small commitment” with CBBC that had predated his plans and that he needed to see it through before completely stepping away. This project has now been announced and it is a new children’s television show called ‘Aliens vs. Wizards.’

The BBC describes the show as “Doctor Who meets Harry Potter.’ Davies is listed as co-creator along with Phil Ford who is known for writing the ‘Doctor Who’ episode ‘The Waters of Mars’ and the ‘Doctor Who: Dreamland’ series. He was also the head writer for ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures.’

The series will follow the same format as ‘SJA’ in that it will contain 12 two-part episodes lasting a half hour each and some of its episodes will be written by ‘SJA’ alumni Joseph Lidster and Gareth Roberts (who has also written for ‘Doctor Who’).  It’s also been said that many of the crew who worked on ‘SJA’ will also be working on this new show.

Even before this series was announced or even aired, the BBC has already ordered a second season. Apparently they must have a lot of faith in the show and think that it will be a big hit.

On a side note, on the agent’s page for Davies, it lists him as a writer for a 25 minute pilot called ‘Star Lost’ made for BBC Worldwide. Unfortunately, no other information was listed about the show. Hopefully it will be a pilot that will also air in the US for fans of Davies to enjoy too!

Source: io9

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  • Gravitule

    Hope BBC will ask someone to run and bring back Torchwood as this shows again that Russell doesn’t care about it anymore…..

    • Janice Kay

      I don’t think this shows that he doesn’t care about Torchwood. He is, after all, taking care of this sick partner and was obligated to get this show going before all the personal events happened. I think it’s a matter of just wait and see.

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  • Sherlockryder

    Just auditioned for this! Well excited.

    • Janice Kay

      Congrats Sherlockyrder!!! Hope you get the part! Can you say what you auditioned for or tell us a little about what you did?

      • Sherlockryder

        Yeah, sorry I took so long to reply. Basically I was auditioning for the role what seemed like the main character, who with his best friend were trying in the extract I read to escape from some aliens whose name I can’t remember, though I do know they can fit down a fireplace. I don’t really know when wizards become involved, because at that point it doesn’t really seem like they were, but maybe the main characters find out that they are wizards. It was a bot cheesy, but it was good fun.

        • Janice Kay

          Thanks for telling us about it! Hope you get the part! If you do, let us know!

    • Jessie

      How did you audition? :O