After hearing the news that Patrick Ness is working with Steven Moffat to create an eight part Doctor Who spin off series for the BBC, we caught up with Patrick about how he feels about it!
Also read an extract of Patrick Ness’s Doctor Who story Tip of the Tongue
Last night at 11pm it was announced that Patrick Ness is writing a Doctor Who spin-off series called Class, set in Coal Hill school, London. Since that point Twitter has been set alight by the news!
This is how Patrick Ness told the world he was writing Class:
I HAVE MY OWN FREAKIN' TV SHOW! And it's a Doctor Who spinoff!!! Hands literally shaking...
I get asked a lot ‘why did you write start writing YA’ and my answer is always: the story told me what it needed to be. And I always thought my job at that point was just to go, ‘Great, let’s see where it goes’. Because I put the same everything into my YA books that I do into my adult books; the same emotional investment, the same time, the same ambitions, the same darknesses. That’s how I responded to the stories I want to tell in ‘Class’. I could feel them roiling and twisting and turning, and just thought, ‘Great, let’s see where it goes.’
@Patrick_Ness I also put myself forward as lead actor. Or lead actress. I'm surprisingly versatile. You'd be surprised. I know I was.
Seriously, there's no way I can keep up with my notification stream! Thanks, you guys, though!
Also, he's extremely good at writing young people so it's not going to full of naff stereotypes. That's right. You heard me.
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It's too early to divulge anything, but I look forward to pushing boundaries and shaking things up! And not using cliches like that on air.
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