Going back to last year rumors were circulating that Neil Gaiman would be writing an episode of Doctor Who for Matt Smith’s first series as the new Eleventh Doctor. Then a few weeks ago showrunner and executive producer Stephen Moffet released the list of writers for this season and Gaiman was nowhere to be found. However, in an interview with SFX Gaiman had this to say:

“Over the years SFX, and its readers and their votes in the polls, have always been very kind to me. I thought I’d return the favour with what used to be called, in journalistic circles when I was a boy, a scoop.

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.”

This is an exciting time to be a Doctor Who fan! I’m looking forward to seeing Matt Smith take on the role and see the new direction Stephen Moffet will be taking the show in. And in 14 months time we’ll get an episode by an amazing writer!