Den of Geek has run a preview of the 2012 Brilliant Book, and the book contains a lengthy interview with Moffat about the next couple of seasons. The article doesn't give everything away, but there are a couple of points it brought out:
* Apparently Amy and Rory are not in the Christmas special. This is odd given that there were reports that Gillan and Darvill were spotted on location for the special. Maybe they just dropped by to say hello... Given how the finale ended, it makes sense for the Doctor to be travelling on his own for a while, but we already know Amy and Rory will be back, so maybe this is just a hiatus for them.
* He does plan to bring River back but it apparently is up to Alex Kingston (maybe a reference to Kingston being cast in Upstairs Downstairs TNG? Probably not as the interview was done months before that announcement).
* The book seems to confirm the split season report - some episodes in 2012 followed by some in 2013, 14 in total (does this mean the 2012 Christmas special will actually officially be considered part of a season for once?). Moffat reiterates how the desire is to air DW at a better time than spring or summer (which makes sense as the show was constantly getting hit in the ratings during good weather, though the BBC is partly to blame for at some points nearly making it an afternoon series).
* The biggest note (at least in DoG's story) is Moffat says for the 50th anniversary the series will be in production longer than ever before. Could this mean a longer season? Interesting. (Sadly, Moffat's comments once again would have predated last week's BBC cuts announcement, so we'll have to see if any of this comes to pass; then again, Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon did so well for BBC America I'll be surprised if there aren't more co-productions.)
Here's the full article:
http://www.denofgeek.com/television/1086090/steven_moffat_on_the_future_of_doctor_who.html
There's a separate thread here on the Brilliant Book itself: http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=148966.
(For some reason the "insert link" feature isn't working.)
Alex
* Apparently Amy and Rory are not in the Christmas special. This is odd given that there were reports that Gillan and Darvill were spotted on location for the special. Maybe they just dropped by to say hello... Given how the finale ended, it makes sense for the Doctor to be travelling on his own for a while, but we already know Amy and Rory will be back, so maybe this is just a hiatus for them.
* He does plan to bring River back but it apparently is up to Alex Kingston (maybe a reference to Kingston being cast in Upstairs Downstairs TNG? Probably not as the interview was done months before that announcement).
* The book seems to confirm the split season report - some episodes in 2012 followed by some in 2013, 14 in total (does this mean the 2012 Christmas special will actually officially be considered part of a season for once?). Moffat reiterates how the desire is to air DW at a better time than spring or summer (which makes sense as the show was constantly getting hit in the ratings during good weather, though the BBC is partly to blame for at some points nearly making it an afternoon series).
* The biggest note (at least in DoG's story) is Moffat says for the 50th anniversary the series will be in production longer than ever before. Could this mean a longer season? Interesting. (Sadly, Moffat's comments once again would have predated last week's BBC cuts announcement, so we'll have to see if any of this comes to pass; then again, Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon did so well for BBC America I'll be surprised if there aren't more co-productions.)
Here's the full article:
http://www.denofgeek.com/television/1086090/steven_moffat_on_the_future_of_doctor_who.html
There's a separate thread here on the Brilliant Book itself: http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=148966.
(For some reason the "insert link" feature isn't working.)
Alex
