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Gatiss' writing on the regular series of Doctor Who may have had its ups and downs but he absolutely nailed the right tone and approach for An Adventure In Space And Time, his dramatisation of the original creation of the series in the 1960s, which aired as part of the Doctor Who fiftieth anniversary celebrations in 2013.

Focusing primarily on the different roles played by BBC executive Sydney Newman (played by Brian Cox), producer Verity Lambert (Jessica Raine), director Waris Hussein (Sacha Dhawan) and the first actor to play the legendary timelord William Hartnell (David Bradley), Gatiss' script is a lively journey through the key moments in bringing Doctor Who to the screen and the trials and tribulations that it went through in order to become a hit.

Of particular note is Gatiss' interpretation of Hartnell as a veteran performer whose grumpy attitude to what appears to be a slapdash work of fantasy nonsense warms into a genuine love for the role such that he finds very hard to give it up in the end. It's a character that nicely mirrors the First Doctor's own arc from curmudgeonly grandfather towards a more warm-hearted view of humanity.

Bradley, who had already appeared on Doctor Who in new showrunner Chris Chibnall's Dinosaurs On A Spaceship, excels in the role of both Hartnell and his character. A perfect fit that is almost uncanny in his ability to inhabit the role, its no surprise that Bradley was later called on to play the First Doctor in the main series when the role needed to reappear this Christmas.