Neil Gaiman has gone on record to say he’d like to write again for Doctor Who, but didn’t sound too optimistic on a timeline, stating how sad it would be if it was after Peter Capaldi had left the role!
Speaking to Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife) at a Q&A in New York, Gaiman said:
“Whenever I’m in the UK, I sneak into meetings with [the production team]. They say, ‘Can you do another one?!’ and I say, ‘Yes! But not yet!’ Now I’m just sort of hoping that I can get one done while Peter Capaldi is still the Doctor, because it would be a very sad thing if I lost my chance to write for a grumpy, Scottish Doctor.”
“I haven’t done an episode set on Earth yet, and I haven’t created a new monster. So there are boxes left to tick. And there’s part of me that feels… I haven’t scared anybody yet. I’d love to do something that sends adults behind the sofa too and makes them wee.”
Neil Gaiman has already contributed the Doctor’s Wife and Nightmare in Silver to the series, alongside DVD exclusive Rain Gods and 2013 novel Nothing O’Clock. The Doctor’s Wife won the 2011 Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation and the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form).
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