While there were some whisperings that Peter Capaldi was only going to be the Doctor for one season, Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat confirmed that the Eleventh Doctor was sticking around for next season. The same can’t be said for the Doctor’s current companion Clara because Jenna Coleman is definitely departing the series quite soon, so will the 10th season be spent searching for a new companion while mourning the loss of the current one?
The ninth season has been a good one for the BBC, and Moffat told Variety that the series also had a long future ahead of it. Back in April, he said there would be at least five more seasons. (Moffat is also the showrunner for Sherlock, which he also said was sticking around as long as Benedict Cumberbatch could stand it.) But Moffat spoke to the nature of the show and the way it really could last forever:
“Doctor Who” is the all-time perfectly evolved television show. It’s a television predator designed to survive any environment because you can replace absolutely everybody. Most shows you can’t do that with. For example, once Benedict Cumberbatch gives up “Sherlock,” what are we going to do? We are going to stop, that’s what we are going to do. Most shows have a built-in mortality. But here is a show that sheds us all like scales; a show that can make you feel everything except indispensable. It will carry on forever, because you can replace every part of it.
That means Doctor Who could live to see its 100th anniversary if enough people want to keep it going. That’s gonna be a rickety TARDIS! But I’m sure the writers can take care of that. I mean, everything on this show dies and comes back because Steven Moffat likes to screw with our emotions on a massive scale. Don’t they, Malcolm Tucker?
(via Screen Rant)
