Steven Moffat & Matt Smith Talk Doctor Who Future

Today, we have an audio interview with Doctor Who EP Steven Moffat and Matt Smith who discuss a range of Who-related topics, including: the Christmas special; series 7; the 50th anniversary show; the Doctor Who movie; Smith’s future as the Doctor; and more.

Before news broke that Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill would be leaving Doctor Who after series 7, Richard Bacon interviewed Moffat and Smith for 5 Live. Among the topics discussed:

Mark Gatiss back to write an episode for series 7
The Christmas Special
The recovery of two old Doctor Who episodes
Series 7
The 50th Anniversary show
Matt Smith’s future as the Doctor
Quantum Leap’s Sam Beckett Vs The Doctor

Moffat also moved to further clarify the Doctor Who movie situation, reiterating his recent claim that it wouldn’t, in fact, be a continuity ducking reboot:

“David (Yates) was talking a little out of turn, there; a very, very brilliant director but no the film as described by him, of course we’re not going to do that – a film that contradicts the television series, it would be a heathen thing to do.. I would be ‘beheaded’ to do such a thing!
It would be wonderful to do a Doctor Who film, but when and if we did – and hopefully we will be doing it – it will be very much an offshoot of the television series and we’ll be part of it, and it will star the television Doctor, of course – anything else would be heresy!”

Listen to the entire interview using the player below (45 mins):

Matt Smith & Steven Moffat on Radio 2 Richard…

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