Moffat on Clara’s Exit, His Future & K-9
Talking about whether Clara’s exit will be heart-rending, he said: “I won’t answer specifically, but I would say that one thing this show does very well is that we don’t make the departure of our regulars a small event. When the Doctor loses somebody, when a friendship ends, it’s traumatic.
He adds: “I don’t like that thing in a TV series where somebody just decides to leave and you never see them again. We’ve made a promise on this show that we’re always going to make you feel it. Always. You should, and that’s right.”
On Moffat’s own future on the show: “I thought I would get tired by it, and of it. But I haven’t. If anything, I think I cope with the stress and fatigue better than I used to. So I take it a year at a time. But they might decide that they’ve had enough of me and kick me out!”
And finally, if he’ll ever bring back K9: “I nearly put him in last Christmas. I had a whole scene where the Doctor was pointing out how ludicrous Santa Claus is, having a reindeer with a glowing nose and so on… and then in comes K-9. Completely daft, but he’s brilliant. I’m totally up for K-9 when we have the right idea.”
