Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Russell T Davies

Russell T Davies
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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 27, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 08:52, 22 April 2013‎ (UTC)



Russell T Davies (born 1963) is a Welsh television producer and screenwriter notable for the 2005 revival of the classic British science fiction series Doctor Who. Born in Swansea, Davies joined the BBC's children's department on a part-time basis in 1985 and eventually wrote two series for the network, Dark Season and Century Falls. As a freelance writer in the mid-1990s, Davies' early scripts explored concepts of religion and sexuality among various backdrops: Springhill was a soap drama about a Catholic family in contemporary Liverpool; The Grand explored society's opinion of contemporary subjects during the interwar period; and Queer as Folk, his first prolific series, recreated his experiences in the Manchester gay scene. Works during the 2000s include Bob & Rose, which portrayed a gay man who fell in love with a woman, The Second Coming, which focused on the second coming and deicide of Jesus Christ, and Casanova, an adaptation of the Venetian lover's complete memoirs. Davies became the executive producer of the revived Doctor Who series in 2005 and oversaw a surge in popularity that led to the production of two spin-off series: Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

5 points: 50th birthday (4 points), FA for 14 months (1 point). Lede considerably shortened from the article's full lede, though a little over 1200. May get more depending on the definition of similar. (Incidentally, the episode "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" will also air on that day) Sceptre (talk) 15:36, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. Fantastic. Oh, and Allons-y. Also, Geronimo. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:56, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. The scheduling of this TFA can only be described as timely-wimely. Prioryman (talk) 22:41, 13 April 2013 (UTC)