• Doctor Who / spin-off cast & crew (pre)spotting

    From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to rec.arts.drwho on Mon Jan 5 10:51:17 2026
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    Four (at least) ex-Doctor Who franchise people involved in the new
    comedy "Number 10" currently being filmed ...


    Go behind the door of Steven Moffat's Number 10
    with Jenna Coleman and Katherine Kelly
    -----------------------------------------------
    Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat will reunite with his
    Impossible Girl for a new Channel 4 comedy drama set behind the
    scenes of one of the most famous doors in the world. Number 10
    began filming just before Christmas, with scripts by Moffat and
    starring Rafe Spall as the Prime Minister. Jenna Coleman, who
    played Clara Oswald in Doctor Who, co-stars as the Number 10
    Deputy Chief of Staff. Meanwhile, Katherine Kelly, who was
    Miss Quill in 2016 Doctor Who spin-off Class, is the Chief of
    Staff. Also in the cast is Rhiannon Clements (Ascension of the
    Cybermen/The Timeless Children).

    Moffat has described the new series as "basically Press Gang in
    Downing Street," comparing it to his 1989-93 ensemble series
    about a school newspaper.

    Jenna Coleman says: "I thought it was about time I visited
    another British institution with Steven Moffat. I'm very much
    looking forward to moving into Number 10 with Steven's cracking
    scripts

    Steven Moffat says "For me, it's all about famous doors! The
    doors to the TARDIS, the door to 221B Baker Street, and now the
    most famous door in the world - Number 10. I've been wanting to
    write about the mad house that runs the madhouse for years, and
    I've never had so much fun doing the research. Other nations are
    ruled from mighty palaces. Britain is run from a little brick
    street with a big black door.

    If you want to do a workplace comedy drama this one is the boss of
    them all. And what a cast. My old TARDIS friend, the brilliant
    Jenna Coleman, Katherine Kelly, who was so amazing in the
    Doctor Who spinoff, Class, and at long, long last I get to work
    with the incredible Rafe Spall and make him Prime Minister.
    Britain is in safe hands."

    Finally, Katherine Kelly says: "I am delighted to be reunited with
    Steven Moffat. His scripts are second to none, and I am thrilled
    to be working with the team at Hartswood Films once more. I look
    forward to walking through the famous doors of Number 10 and
    playing this delicious role."

    There are no details yet on when Number 10 will air on Channel 4.
    However, with filming ongoing it's likely we can expect it in late
    2026 or early 2027.

    Number 10
    There's a Prime Minister in the attic, a coffee bar in the basement,
    and a wallpapered labyrinth of romance, crisis and heartbreak
    in-between. Set in the only terrace house in history with mice and a
    nuclear deterrent, it's the only knock-through in the world where a
    hangover can start a war. The government will be fictional and
    unspecific, but the problems will be real. We'll never know which
    party is in power, because once the wholeaworld hits the fan it
    barely matters. This is a show about the building and everyone
    inside. Not just the Prime Minister upstairs, but the conspiracy
    theorist who runs the cafe three floors below, the man who repairs
    the lift that never works, the madly ambitious 'advisors' fighting
    for office space in cupboards. Oh, and of course, the cat.

    Number 10 is all of Britain in a house: it's British history under
    one roof. It's how we all got into the mess we're in. It's also our
    only hope of getting out of it.



    <https://www.blogtorwho.com/jenna-coleman-and-steven-moffat-move-in-to-number-10/>





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  • From doctor@doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) to rec.arts.drwho on Mon Jan 5 00:51:25 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho

    In article <10jencl$2bjm2$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    Four (at least) ex-Doctor Who franchise people involved in the new
    comedy "Number 10" currently being filmed ...


    Go behind the door of Steven Moffat's Number 10
    with Jenna Coleman and Katherine Kelly
    -----------------------------------------------
    Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat will reunite with his
    Impossible Girl for a new Channel 4 comedy drama set behind the
    scenes of one of the most famous doors in the world. Number 10
    began filming just before Christmas, with scripts by Moffat and
    starring Rafe Spall as the Prime Minister. Jenna Coleman, who
    played Clara Oswald in Doctor Who, co-stars as the Number 10
    Deputy Chief of Staff. Meanwhile, Katherine Kelly, who was
    Miss Quill in 2016 Doctor Who spin-off Class, is the Chief of
    Staff. Also in the cast is Rhiannon Clements (Ascension of the
    Cybermen/The Timeless Children).

    Moffat has described the new series as "basically Press Gang in
    Downing Street," comparing it to his 1989-93 ensemble series
    about a school newspaper.

    Jenna Coleman says: "I thought it was about time I visited
    another British institution with Steven Moffat. I'm very much
    looking forward to moving into Number 10 with Steven's cracking
    scripts

    Steven Moffat says "For me, it's all about famous doors! The
    doors to the TARDIS, the door to 221B Baker Street, and now the
    most famous door in the world - Number 10. I've been wanting to
    write about the mad house that runs the madhouse for years, and
    I've never had so much fun doing the research. Other nations are
    ruled from mighty palaces. Britain is run from a little brick
    street with a big black door.

    If you want to do a workplace comedy drama this one is the boss of
    them all. And what a cast. My old TARDIS friend, the brilliant
    Jenna Coleman, Katherine Kelly, who was so amazing in the
    Doctor Who spinoff, Class, and at long, long last I get to work
    with the incredible Rafe Spall and make him Prime Minister.
    Britain is in safe hands."

    Finally, Katherine Kelly says: "I am delighted to be reunited with
    Steven Moffat. His scripts are second to none, and I am thrilled
    to be working with the team at Hartswood Films once more. I look
    forward to walking through the famous doors of Number 10 and
    playing this delicious role."

    There are no details yet on when Number 10 will air on Channel 4.
    However, with filming ongoing it's likely we can expect it in late
    2026 or early 2027.

    Number 10
    There's a Prime Minister in the attic, a coffee bar in the basement,
    and a wallpapered labyrinth of romance, crisis and heartbreak
    in-between. Set in the only terrace house in history with mice and a
    nuclear deterrent, it's the only knock-through in the world where a
    hangover can start a war. The government will be fictional and
    unspecific, but the problems will be real. We'll never know which
    party is in power, because once the wholeaworld hits the fan it
    barely matters. This is a show about the building and everyone
    inside. Not just the Prime Minister upstairs, but the conspiracy
    theorist who runs the cafe three floors below, the man who repairs
    the lift that never works, the madly ambitious 'advisors' fighting
    for office space in cupboards. Oh, and of course, the cat.

    Number 10 is all of Britain in a house: it's British history under
    one roof. It's how we all got into the mess we're in. It's also our
    only hope of getting out of it.



    <https://www.blogtorwho.com/jenna-coleman-and-steven-moffat-move-in-to-number-10/>






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