Russell T Davies channelled grief of husband's death into penning hit TV show
Russell T Davies has told how he channelled the pain and grief from his husband Andrew's "monstrous" and "just ridiculous" death, aged 54, into writing Channel 4 hit It's A Sin.
Russell T Davies says it was "monstrous" and "just ridiculous" when his husband died aged 54.
The ex-Doctor Who showrunner has opened up about his late significant other Andrew's passing from brain cancer, and told how he channelled his grief into penning Channel 4 drama It's A Sin.
Speaking on the Man Made podcast, he said: "I was with my husband for 20 years. He died of brain cancer, and that has to kind of sink in.
"I think it's kind of interesting that I then went and wrote It's A Sin, which is about death and loss and loved ones being taken, struck off this world very unfairly.
"He was only 54 when he died, so that's monstrous, that's just ridiculous.
"So it must do, literally, factually you use it."
Russell admitted he felt "loss and anger" following Andrew's passing, but he has been inspired to pen certain death scenes in TV shows following the cruel loss.
He added: "I've written certain death scenes that literally have mimicked things that he's gone through, but on a deeper level, the loss and the anger and the medicine and the boringness of illness, you know, that all seeps into it somewhere."
Earlier this month, the BBC revealed Doctor Who's Christmas special has been scrapped, and Russell has departed the show.
It was thought Russell was penning a script for a festive instalment of the sci-fi show, but he later took to social media to clarify he hadn't written the episode.
He wrote on Instagram: "And so GOODBYE from me to Doctor Who but HELLO to a big new future for the show, as the BBC announces it’s putting the show out to tender. As a result, there won’t be a Christmas Special - we only cooked that up to guarantee a future when no one knew what would happen, but now we do know, there’s no need for it. You’ll have to wait a bit longer for new Doctor Who... but you’ll be waiting for MORE Doctor Who than a one-off. So it’s worth it! For the record: there was no script, I never wrote it, and no actor was ever approached to play the next Doctor. You may disagree; fine, sit in that chair and wait to be proved right. You’ll wait a lonnng time. Now I’m as excited as anyone to see what comes next! Will they keep the theme tune? Will they lose the blue box? Will they bring back the Drahvin?! It’s all up for grabs, which is so Doctor Who, exciting and unpredictable and new! Here comes the future, vworp vworp @bbcdoctorwho (sic)"
