The Queer as Folk and It’s a Sin creator first revived the science-fiction series for the
BBC in 2005
Russell T Davies is to return as showrunner to the BBC’s flagship science fiction series Doctor Who.
Davies, 58, was behind the show’s revival in 2005, in which Christopher Eccleston took on the role of the ninth doctor. Under Davies’s tenure, the show became a primetime TV fixture, and led to two popular spin-offs, Torchwood for a post-watershed audience and the children’s series Sarah Jane Adventures.