Gatiss commented in a Twitter chat for @classicdw: “A lot of people would like to see it – but I’m not sure if anyone has the time to do it.”

Actor Dan Starkey, who plays Strax, revealed last month that he is “certainly” interested in the idea: “I’d love to do a Paternoster gang spin-off show. That said, I’m sure that in the odd episode Strax could develop a perception filter so perhaps Neve and I didn’t have to spend so quite much time in make-up…”

The characters have now now appeared in four episodes: ‘A Good Man Goes to War’, ‘The Snowmen’, ‘The Crimson Horror’ (written by Gatiss) and ‘The Name of the Doctor’.

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