{"id":70084,"date":"2013-03-21T13:31:43","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T18:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=70084"},"modified":"2013-03-21T13:31:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T18:31:43","slug":"ew-peter-jackson-says-he-is-still-interested-in-directing-an-episode-of-doctor-who-and-names-his-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/03\/21\/70084-ew-peter-jackson-says-he-is-still-interested-in-directing-an-episode-of-doctor-who-and-names-his-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"EW: Peter Jackson says he is still interested in directing an episode of &#8216;Doctor Who&#8217; (and names his fee)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-70085 no-lazyload\" alt=\"Peter Jackson with his Doctor Who collection\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/peter-jackson-doctor-who_510x373-300x219.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/peter-jackson-doctor-who_510x373-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/peter-jackson-doctor-who_510x373.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>EW.com:<\/em> Peter Jackson has exclusively confirmed that he is still interested in directing an episode of<em>Doctor Who<\/em>. The\u00a0<em>Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u00a0filmmaker has also named his fee: a Dalek. The offer came in the course of Jackson\u2019s appreciation of\u00a0the British science fiction show<em>\u00a0<\/em>that appears in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/popwatch.ew.com\/2013\/03\/20\/doctor-who-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\">the new issue<\/a>\u00a0of Entertainment Weekly.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson is a diehard\u00a0<em>Who<\/em>\u00a0fan who has been watching the 50-year-old series almost since it began broadcasting and who first expressed his willingness to direct an episode last year. In the EW article, he reveals that he met current\u00a0<em>Who<\/em>\u00a0executive producer Steven Moffat over Christmas and assured him he wasn\u2019t joking. \u201cThey don\u2019t even have to pay me,\u201d Jackson writes.\u00a0\u201cBut I have got my eye on one of those nice new gold-colored Daleks. They must have a spare one (hint, hint).\u201d Jackson already owns two used-on-the-show Daleks \u2014 the most famous of the\u00a0<em>Doctor Who<\/em>\u00a0monsters \u2014 which you can see in the photograph above.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/insidetv.ew.com\/2013\/03\/21\/doctor-who-peter-jackson-dalek-matt-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EW.com: Peter Jackson has exclusively confirmed that he is still interested in directing an episode ofDoctor Who. 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