Rumour: Steven Moffat to Return for RTD’s New Era

Steven Moffat is set to make a sensational return to Doctor Who and write adventures for new Time Lord Ncuti Gatwa.

The 61-year-old screenwriter acted as showrunner on the BBC One series between 2010 and 2017, having previously been a writer on the show during Russell T Davies’ original tenure.

Russell has taken control of the TARDIS once again after being the man responsible for bringing Doctor Who back to screens in 2005, after it was cancelled in 1989, and he has asked his friend Moffat to create some episodes for 15th Doctor Ncuti for the 2024 series.

Before he was in charge of Doctor Who, Moffat was responsible for writing fan favourite episodes like The Empty Child, The Girl in the Fireplace and Blink – which introduced the Weeping Angels into the programme’s carnival of monsters – and Davies wants Moffat to be part of the Doctor Who revolution now that the BBC has teamed up with Disney+ to take the show around the world on an unprecedented scale.

A source said: “Russell’s on a mission to make Doctor Who great again, event television not to be missed, which is what it was for many years during his and Steven’s tenures in charge of the show.

“One of the ways he can do that is to ensure he has the best possible people writing for the programme.

“He has nothing but respect for what Steven achieved with the show and was a fan of his vision as showrunner. He approached him about returning in just a writing capacity because he knows Doctor Who inside out and has a brilliant imagination for adventures in space and time.

He took some convincing but the chance to contribute to a show he has loved since childhood and see it blossom in a new era with a new Doctor was just too much to resist.”