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Confirmed: Neil Gaiman to write Doctor Who episode

Simon Brew


Neil Gaiman signs up for Doctor Who series 6, he confirms. That’s not a bad way to start the week, is it?

Published on Feb 8, 2010

Every now and then, you get one of those stories where the planets appear to have formed into some kind of perfect alignment. In this case, it's with regards the long-rumoured marriage of one of our favourite writers - Mr Neil Gaiman - to one of our favourite shows - Doctor Who. Rumours linking Gaiman with writing an episode of Doctor Who are nothing fresh, of course, but there's never been firm confirmation of that.

Furthermore, when the writers' list for Steven Moffat's maiden season of Doctor Who under his watch came out, Gaiman was nowhere to be seen. Could this one be staying a rumour forever, we wondered?

No, is the answer. For at the SFX Weekender this weekend past, Gaiman sent a special message which revealed that he's penned an episode for the sixth series of the revived Who. Here's what he had to say:

"As anyone who's read my blog knows, I'm a big fan of a certain long-running British SF TV series. One that started watching - from behind the sofa - when I was three. And while I know it's cruel to make you wait for things, in about 14 months from now, which is to say, NOT in the upcoming season but early in the one after that, it's quite possible that I might have written an episode. And if I had, it would originally have been called ‘The House of Nothing'. But it definitely isn't called that any more.

Countdown. You've got about 14 months."

You can read the full story at SFX here.

We are happy.

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Re: Confirmed: Neil Gaiman to write Doctor Who episode
Posted By geekygirlUK 1 February 8, 2010 02:29:31 PM

One word: Awesome!

Re: Confirmed: Neil Gaiman to write Doctor Who episode
Posted By DavidFullam 1 February 8, 2010 03:57:37 PM

This is going to be good.

Re: Confirmed: Neil Gaiman to write Doctor Who episode
Posted By stueyd67 1 February 8, 2010 06:06:11 PM

Great stuff!!!

Re: Confirmed: Neil Gaiman to write Doctor Who episode
Posted By geekmom 1 February 8, 2010 06:11:07 PM

I knew there was a reason I heard angels (of the non-weeping variety) singing....

Re: Confirmed: Neil Gaiman to write Doctor Who episode
Posted By Interference 1 February 8, 2010 10:12:38 PM

So what's with all the respected writers on the Moff series? All RTD could muster was Chris Chinball.

Re: Confirmed: Neil Gaiman to write Doctor Who episode
Posted By horsehead 1 February 9, 2010 05:57:41 PM

This is going to be LEGEN - wait for it.....keep waiting.......DARY!
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