Back in February (remember February? Pubs and high streets and butterflying blithely in and out of shops and cafes as carefree as a 19th century Parisian flaneur? I digress), Den of Geek ran an interview with Life on Mars co-creator Matthew Graham.

Speaking with us to mark the forthcoming tenth anniversary of the Ashes to Ashes finale, Graham revisited his and Ashley Pharoah’s cult BBC sci-fi crime shows, and bemoaned the lack of a proper ending for John Simm’s character DI Sam Tyler.

“We never got to tie up John,” said Graham, referencing John Simm’s premature exit from the role after two series. (There were originally plans for a third and fourth, but an exhausted Simm asked to leave, not wanting to be away from his young family during filming.)

A revival idea however, that would give DI Sam Tyler a final exit and close the Life on Mars door for good, was in the works.