“I mean, so what? In a show that embraces alternate universes and changed timelines, how can you go wrong? I don’t know we might do it.

“The thing is, if we do a Dalek story with Bill, we’d have to put that scene in somewhere, because clearly she’s seeing a Dalek for the first time. But I have to stop myself getting too hung up on that sort of thing. People know what that scene was. It was us going, ‘Look, this is what Doctor Who with Bill is gonna be like.’”

Since saying that, it would seem that Moffat has had a change of heart. Judging by this image from the official Doctor Who Instagram account, series 10’s production has returned to the set of Pearl Mackie’s intro clip, suggesting that we’ll get to see that scene slotting into a full episode at some point in the future…

Speaking of Bill, if you’ve been wondering what she was doing with her life before the Doctor showed up, this Tweet from a fan near the set spells it out rather clearly that Bill will be starting the new series as a student. In real life, this location is a part of Cardiff University, but in Doctor Who land it’s a Bristol campus instead…

— %u24BF%u24D0%u24D2%u24DE%u24D1 (@Jacob_1191) June 23, 2016

The BBC has shared an official video and image of Pearl Mackie at this location, seemingly confirming the link between Bill and this Bristol university…

It’s not a massive leap of logic to assume that Bill is studying in Bristol when the Doctor meets her.

In this chat with The Guardian, Pearl Mackie discusses auditioning for the role of the Doctor’s new companion Bill, her growing recognisability and some insights into the character.

In Mackie’s words, Bill is “funny and geeky and vulnerable. There’s a goofiness to her and a big heart. She gets things wrong, she has a temper,” later adding “I think the two characters complement each other.”

Mackie is unable to reveal much in the way of detail about the new character – the origin of her name, what she does for a living – though when asked about following Freema Agyeman as a young black actor into the TARDIS she told her interviewer that “I guess there is some sort of similarity between me and Freema but Bill is very different from Martha.”

Doctor Who series 10 trailer

Here are the trailers for Doctor Who series 10…

Doctor Who series 10 cast

— Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) March 30, 2017

Steven Moffat has revealed to DoctorWhoTV.co.uk that we’ll be seeing loads of Matt Lucas’ Nardole in series 10 of Doctor Who.

“He was contracted for certain episodes, and he’s crept into far more of them”, Moffat explained. “I think he’s going to end up being in all of them, in fact, because we love him.”

UPDATE: Lucas himself replied to us on Twitter, to clarify that he won’t be in every episode of the new series…

— Matt Lucas (@RealMattLucas) January 18, 2017

Back to the story. “In the first episodes of [Season 10], he’s slightly broader,” The Moff teased of Nardole’s development, “but we more clearly establish in this Christmas one that he’s sly, and clever, and daft – but he’s not just rent-a-duffer, as he was in The Husbands of River Song, where he was a relatively small character, killed off early on, who happened to be played by Matt Lucas. This is a chance to slightly reconfigure him. He’s a wee bit cheeky to the Doctor, but he’s genuinely helpful and good at things.”

Of course, Peter Capaldi will return in the starring role for Doctor Who series 10. He’ll be front and centre alongside the new companion, Pearl Mackie’s Bill.

Since showrunner Steven Moffat is on the way out, it isn’t outrageous to assume that this could be Capaldi’s last year in the show as well. But, if you’ve been thinking that, it seems like you were wrong.

“I have no reason to suppose that I’m writing out a Doctor”, Moffat is quoted as saying about series 10, in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine. “Peter is loving the role, and long may he do so.”

And what about the chances of a victory lap of old companions, a la Russell T Davies’ swansong, The End Of Time? Apparently the Moff isn’t planning on doing that, either.

“The departure of a showrunner doesn’t mean anything to the audience”, Moffat explained. “Most of the audience doesn’t know that I exist, so they’d go blank if I attempted to wave goodbye to them. Oh, the embarrassment that would be. So I’m damned if I’m imposing my departure on the show. I just want to do a good one, before I hand over to Chris [Chibnall].”

Collider asked Jenna Coleman about recent comments from Peter Capaldi hinting that a return for Clara may be on the cards. Here’s what she told them:

“Who knows, in the future. But I think, at least for a good while, Clara is probably broken down somewhere in time and space, trying to understand how to work a TARDIS with Ashildr/Maisie [Williams]. You don’t want to unpick it, in any way. Steven [Moffat] spoke about the exit for so long, and I think he did such a great job. From Face The Raven to the finale of twists and turns, I couldn’t really ask for anything more.”

One person who definitely is in Doctor Who series 10 is David Suchet, best-loved of course for his enduring role as Agatha Christie detective Hercule Poirot.

The BBC has released this official portrait of Suchet as ‘The Landlord’ in a series 10 episode written by Mike Bartlett…

Also, Mina Anwar (pictured below left) has been cast as a character named Goodthing. Anwar previously played Gita in The Sarah Jane Adventures, but it’s unclear if these characters are linked (we’d wager that they’re not, though).

Ralf Little (centre) will play Steadfast. You’ll recognise Little from The Royale Family, Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps and probably loads of other stuff.

And Kaizer Akhtar (right) is playing Praiseworthy. Akhtar has previously appeared in Tut, The Honourable Woman and Baby Jake.

If we had to guess, we’d say these three oddly-named characters make up a family.

We’ve also learned that Stephanie Hyam (Jekyll & Hyde, Sherlock, Peaky Blinders) will play ‘a guest cast role in the new series’.

Guest cast members have also been confirmed for Rona Munro’s series 10 episode, entitled The Eaters Of Light. The guest cast for this episode includes Rebecca Benson, Daniel Kerr, Juwon Adedokun, Brian Vernel, Ben Hunter, Aaron Phagura, Sam Adewunmi and Billy Matthews.

Additionally, we’ve heard Jamie Mathieson’s series 10 episode will include Kieran Bew, Justin Salinger, Peter Caulfield, Mimi Ndiweni and Karen Brayben.

We’ll bring you all the latest cast updates as we hear them.

Doctor Who series 10 writers

Surprising no one, incumbent showrunner Steven Moffat has written the opening episode of Doctor Who series 10. “I want it to feel like Episode 1 of a brand new show”, The Moff told Doctor Who Magazine. He then added, “I want to leave just as it’s all beginning…”

Mr Moffat will remain in charge for fourteen more episodes of Doctor Who – overseeing the twelve episodes of series 10, and the 2016 and 2017 Christmas Specials – before new head honcho Chris Chibnall steps in in 2018.

Frank Cottrell-Boyce – who brought us series 8’s In The Forest Of The Night – has penned series 10’s second episode.

Sarah Dollard (series 9’s Face The Raven) and Mike Bartlett (BBC One’s Doctor Foster) have scripted episodes for series 10, too.

Peter Harness co-wrote episodes 6 and 7 with Steven Moffat. CultBox did some detective work and found out that episode 6 might be entitled Extremis.

Thanks to WhoSFX, we also know that Mark Gatiss is working on a new Doctor Who screenplay.

The hugely talented scribe Jamie Mathieson is set to return to Doctor Who for series 10, as well, following his success with the episodes Flatline, Mummy On The Orient Express and The Girl Who Died over the last couple of years.

This news has come to light thanks to this Tweet from Matt Lucas…

— Matt Lucas (@RealMattLucas) October 14, 2016

Ages ago, Steven Moffat teased that a writer from the classic era of Doctor Who would be returning for the tenth post-relaunch series.

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine (issue 506, on shelves now!) has revealed who this writer is: it’s Rona Munro, who previously penned the Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred-starring serial Survival, which closed out the show’s original run in 1989. (McCoy would then reprise the role one last time, and regenerate, in the TV movie of 1996).

Doctor Who series 10 episodes

Doctor Who Magazine asked Steven Moffat a few months ago if he’ll present a plethora of two-parters again this time around, as served him pretty well in series 9. “Something else will happen [in series 10],” he said in response.

The Moff explained that “each year, we try to do something different – almost out of perversity, to make things more difficult for ourselves – so that we’re not getting into a groove, we’re not becomingly boringly expert at it, because there’s nothing so boring as when you get slick.”

“I was very happy to get rid of two-parters when I did, and [in series 9 I was] very happy to bring them back,” he added, leaving us to wonder what he’ll change this year.

Could it be another split series ‘movie of the week’ experiment like series 7, perhaps? Time will tell. In the meantime, you can find our speculation on what series 10 could hold in store by clicking here.

Doctor Who series 10 directors

CultBox is reporting that Bill Anderson will direct at least one episode of Doctor Who series 10. Mr Anderson has never worked on Who before, but his CV is stuffed with popular British TV shows. He’s recently helmed episodes of Mr Selfridge, and previously worked on DCI Banks, Taggart, Lewis, Spooks and Silent Witness.

Cultbox previously reported that Wayne Yip has also boarded the Doctor Who series 10 director train. Yip has previously worked on the Doctor Who spinoff Class (specifically the episodes Detained and The Metaphysical Engine, Or What Quill Did.) and Channel 4’s Utopia.

Daniel Nettheim, the director that helmed the excellent brace of Zygon episodes in series 9, is coming back.

Lawrence Gough of Misfits and The Aliens is directing Doctor Who series 10 episode 1, after helming the promo clip that introduced Pearl Mackie’s Bill.

In other directorial news, rumours continue to float around suggesting that Peter Jackson could direct an episode of Doctor Who this year, thanks in no small part to this video…

Home Invasion This was an interesting weekend… Posted by Peter Jackson on Sunday, November 29, 2015

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Are we to take this skit as official confirmation that a Jackson-helmed Who episode is on its way for series 10? We’ll keep you posted.

Doctor Who series 10 recap

You can prepare yourself for Doctor Who series 10 by reading our reviews of series 9 by way of a recap. They’re all here, if you were wondering.

Doctor Who series 10 locations

Doctor Who fan and Den Of Geek contributor Andrew Younger has tipped us off to a possible return location for series 10. If you want to keep the potential surprise, look away now.

Right. While visiting former Doctor Who locations with his family on holiday in Cardiff, Andrew made a visit to The Vicarage in Rhymney, Gwent, otherwise known as the childhood home of Amelia Pond in fictional Leadworth (pictured below). The friendly owner revealed that he’d recently had a call from the Doctor Who production team indicating that they may need to use the house again in future.

To mark his exit from the show, it would only be fitting for Steven Moffat to revisit The Eleventh Hour, his very first episode as showrunner. If that’s the plan, the next question is whether we can expect a return from any stars of the same…

Steven Moffat has returned to another iconic location from his Who tenure for series 10, too: Peter Capaldi and Pearl Mackie have been filming scenes in Newport, at the house that was previously used in Blink, Steven Moffat’s beloved David Tennant-era episode that introduced The Weeping Angels.

Here are some pictures, which CultBox shared online, to prove it…

— Adam Till (@SillyTilly9) August 11, 2016 — George Baker (@GeorgeBaker26) August 11, 2016 — George Baker (@GeorgeBaker26) August 11, 2016

There’s a strong chance this location is being used as an entirely different setting this time around. It’s already been seen in The Snowmen and Torchwood: Children Of Earth since showing up in Blink.

But still, we thought you’d like to know. The idea of Moffat returning here to bring back the Angels in his last series as showrunner was too tantalising not to mention.