Gaiman told Doctor Who Online: “…they would like to have me, I would like to do more… The only problem I’m having right now is the time that I probably would’ve spent writing a Doctor Who script this year suddenly got eaten by going on tour. I would love to write an episode for Season 8; it may well be that I’m over in Season 9, but I promise I haven’t gone away.

The writer added: “The idea of writing for Peter Capaldi’s Doctor is one that I find so thrilling and exciting. I’ve been a fan of his since Neverwhere.”

Gaiman previously wrote ‘The Doctor’s Wife’ and ‘Nightmare in Silver’.

Luther creator Neil Cross, who wrote Series 7’s ‘The Rings of Akhaten’ and ‘Hide’, also recently confirmed that he will be writing at least one episode for Series 8.

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