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He was the second [[person of colour]] to contribute a script to ''Doctor Who'' (in release order), after [[Malorie Blackman]]. | He was the second [[person of colour]] to contribute a script to ''Doctor Who'' (in release order), after [[Malorie Blackman]]. | ||
Patel's ''Doctor Who'' debut focused on the partition on the [[Partition of India]] in [[1947]]. He told ''[[Radio Times]]'': | |||
{{simplequote|If there was one thing keeping me up at night more than anything, it was figuring out how to tell this story in a way that didn’t feel like it was disrespectful of the seriousness of it. [...] I feel we did a good job of making this episode the story of the people who are our guest characters, and that felt important of me: to give them the balance of the episode.<ref name="RadioTimes" />|Vinay Patel<ref name="RadioTimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-11-11/doctor-who-series-11-episode-6-partition-of-india-history-demons-of-the-punjab/|title=What happened during the partition of India?|author=Bond, Kimberley|date of source=11 November 2018|website name=RadioTimes|accessdate=11 November 2018}}</ref>}} | |||
As a member of the [[writer's room]] for that series, he also took part in planning for other episodes. After possible titles for episode 4 were discussed by the team, Patel suggested ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'', which became the final title. His idea was a reference to the [[Sex Pistols]] song, {{wi|Anarchy in the U.K.}}. ([[DWM 531]]) | As a member of the [[writer's room]] for that series, he also took part in planning for other episodes. After possible titles for episode 4 were discussed by the team, Patel suggested ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'', which became the final title. His idea was a reference to the [[Sex Pistols]] song, {{wi|Anarchy in the U.K.}}. ([[DWM 531]]) | ||
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{{official website|www.vinaypatel.co.uk/}} | {{official website|www.vinaypatel.co.uk/}} | ||
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Revision as of 21:55, 11 November 2018
Vinay Patel wrote the television story Demons of the Punjab, for series 11 of Doctor Who.
He was the second person of colour to contribute a script to Doctor Who (in release order), after Malorie Blackman.
Patel's Doctor Who debut focused on the partition on the Partition of India in 1947. He told Radio Times:
"If there was one thing keeping me up at night more than anything, it was figuring out how to tell this story in a way that didn’t feel like it was disrespectful of the seriousness of it. [...] I feel we did a good job of making this episode the story of the people who are our guest characters, and that felt important of me: to give them the balance of the episode.[1]"
As a member of the writer's room for that series, he also took part in planning for other episodes. After possible titles for episode 4 were discussed by the team, Patel suggested Arachnids in the UK, which became the final title. His idea was a reference to the Sex Pistols song, Anarchy in the U.K.. (DWM 531)
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bond, Kimberley (11 November 2018). What happened during the partition of India?. RadioTimes. Retrieved on 11 November 2018.
