It seems that the next series of Doctor Who will feature an episode written by Mark Gatiss, if director Richard Clark’s tweets are anything to go by.
Clark – who previously directed 2007′s Gridlock and The Lazarus Experiment (in which Gatiss starred as the eponymous professor) – recently updated his Twitter feed (@rclarkie) with the revelation:
In the thick of Dr Who. New drafts coming along. Mark Gatiss story wonderful.
He also tweets enthusiastically about Neil Gaiman’s episodes, which kind of suggests he’s also directing.
Mark Gatiss – who gained popularity as part of comedy troupe The League of Gentlemen – previous wrote 2005′s The Unquiet Dead, 2010′s Victory of the Daleks (in which he also appeared) and of course co-wrote and Executive Produced the BBC’s Sherlock alongside Steven Moffat.
I enjoyed both The Unquiet Dead and The Idiot’s Lantern (the less said about Victory of the Daleks the better), but if Mark can write a Dr Who episode just half as brilliant as his episode of Sherlock, then we’d really be in for something special.
Just so long as it’s a two-parter (because he needs the space to tell a story after ‘Victory’), called ‘Nightshade’.
Co-starring in the title role, ooh I dunno… Jim Carter?