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Doctor Who: 12-Year-Old Russell T. Davies Had Plan for Sutekh Return

Russell T. Davies has been planning the return of Doctor Who villain Sutekh since watching "The Pyramids of Mars" when he was 12 years old.

The season finale of Doctor Who is upon us like the sands of time, heralding big bad Sutekh's return to the show for the first time since his only appearance in 1975 in the classic series. Well, if you think Russell T. Davies made it up as he went along – no. He's someone who plans out his seasons, and he has been planning Sutekh's return since he was twelve years old! Seriously!

That's right, Davies has been playing the long game. In the latest Doctor Who Magazine, he spilled the beans that he has been a big fan of "The Pyramids of Mars" since he watched it live on TV with his sisters, and it blew his mind. He has wanted to write a sequel to "Pyramids of Mars" ever since, and the image of Sutekh wrapped around the TARDIS has been in his head since he was twelve. And let's not forget Davies started out as a cartoonist before he became a TV writer as he showed on social media.

And here's a look at Davies' original Instagram post displaying his artwork:

Fans have wanted to see Sutekh return to menace the Doctor and the universe since "Pyramids of Mars." Gabriel Woolf was brought back to voice Sutekh in some Big Finish audios, but those aren't considered canon, and "Empire of Death" is the character and actor's official return to Doctor Who since 1975. In a meta moment, Davies has also played the long game within the story with Sutekh's return, seeding his presence since the 60th Anniversary Special. It began in "Wild Blue Yonder" when the damaged TARDIS groaned for the first time after the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna (Catherine Tate) landed on the ship near the void where the Doctor originally banished Sutekh. The TARDIS vanished because Sutekh had seized it. Every time you heard the TARDIS groaned, during "The Devil's Chord", in "Rogue", then finally paying off in "The Legend of Ruby Sunday", that was Sutekh's presence. The coolest idea is the demonic possession of the TARDIS.

All this is just to set the stage for the big showdown and how the Doctor is going to fight an all-powerful god of death that he is powerless against in the finale. So here we go, Russell T. Davies is making every fanboy's dream come true – and living out his own!

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