{
  "id": 14412185,
  "title": "Russell T Davies Calls BBC Boss’ AI ‘Doctor Who’ Comment ‘Clumsy’ and Teases Show’s Future: ‘You’ll Start to See Production’ in ‘Summer Next Year’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/russell-t-davies-calls-bbc-boss-ai-doctor-who-comment-clumsy-and",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-14T09:04:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/russell-t-davies-bbc-boss-ai-doctor-who-comment-clumsy-1236911048/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Outgoing “Doctor Who” showrunner Russell T. Davies has criticized BBC director general Matt Brittin over recent comments he made regarding an AI-generated episode of the cult show. Speaking at the Royal Television Society conference last month, Brittin said he’d been sent a fully AI-generated episode of “Doctor Who,” which he described as “pretty good.” Although […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}