a b c Brown, Maggie (19 November 2013). "Russell T Davies to explore 21st-century gay life in two Channel 4 dramas". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 November 2013 . Retrieved 23 November 2013. The production team was also tasked with finding a suitable actor for the role of the Doctor. Most notably, they approached film actor Hugh Grant and comedian Rowan Atkinson for the role. By the time Young suggested The Second Coming and Our Friends in the North actor Christopher Eccleston to Davies, Eccleston was one of three left in the running for the role: the other candidates are rumoured to have been Alan Davies and Bill Nighy. [86] Eccleston created his own characteristics of his rendition of the Doctor based on Davies' life, most notably, his catchphrase "Fantastic!": Dark Season and Century Falls [ edit ] Dark Season was a breakthrough role for actress Kate Winslet. [14] Doctor Who: The Shooting Scripts (2005) (a collection of Series 1 scripts by Davies, as well as Steven Moffat, Robert Shearman, Paul Cornell and Mark Gatiss) Russell T Davies". The Guardian. 9 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013 . Retrieved 24 July 2010.

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Davies attempts to both create imagery and to provide a social commentary in his scripts; for example, he uses camera directions in his scripts more frequently than newer screenwriters to ensure that anyone who reads the script, especially the director, is able to "feel... the pace, the speed, the atmosphere, the mood, the gags, [and] the dread". His stage directions also create an atmosphere by their formatting and avoidance of the first person. [167] Although the basis of several of his scripts derive from previous concepts, he claims most concepts for storytelling have been already used, and instead tries to tell a relatively new and entertaining plot; for example, the Doctor Who episode " Turn Left" shares its concept most notably with the 1998 film Sliding Doors. Like how Sliding Doors examines two timelines based on whether Helen Quilley ( Gwyneth Paltrow) catches a London Underground train, Davies uses the choice of the Doctor's companion to turn left or right at a road intersection to depict either a world with the Doctor, as seen throughout the rest of the fourth series, or an alternate world without the Doctor, examined in its entirety within the episode. [168] The world without the Doctor creates a dystopia which he uses to provide a commentary on Nazi-esque fascism. [169] [170] Davies generally tries to make his scripts "quite detailed, but very succinct", and eschews the long character and set descriptions; instead, he limits himself to only three adjectives to describe a character and two lines to describe a set to allow the dialogue to describe the story instead. [171] Rawson-Jones, Ben (28 June 2008). "S04E12: 'The Stolen Earth' ". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011 . Retrieved 28 July 2010. The IoS Pink List 2010". The Independent on Sunday. 1 August 2010. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012 . Retrieved 2 April 2012.Olly Alexander compares character's AIDS-denial in Russell T Davies' It's a Sin to COVID conspiracies". PinkNews. 9 January 2021 . Retrieved 24 January 2021.

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It's A Sin star Lydia West says her character is based on "inspiring" real-life person". Radio Times . Retrieved 24 January 2021. ITV News Staff (26 January 2021). "It's A Sin: Russell T Davies compares 'silence' of AIDS crisis to Covid". ITV News . Retrieved 22 March 2021. Television Craft: Writer in 2009". Award Database. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 30 January 2015. Let's start the movement': Russell T Davies reveals views on Welsh independence". The National. 26 January 2021.By February 1998, when he completed the first draft for the series première, the series was known under its eventual title Queer as Folk. [38] The series emulates dramas such as Band of Gold in presenting realistic discussion on sexuality, as opposed to "one-sided" gay characters in soap operas such as EastEnders, and eschews "heavy-handed discussion" of issues such as HIV; the show instead focuses on the party scene on Canal Street. [39]