By By Mathew Wace Peck Dec 1, 2010 in Entertainment With only weeks to go before the broadcast of this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, it has emerged that the BBC could be planning an Easter special for 2011. That could be about to change DWNP also quotes the Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency as saying that the Easter special is to be written by Steven Moffat (Sherlock) and produced by Marcus Wilson (True Dare Kiss), who recently took over as the show’s producer. The BBC has already confirmed that following this year’s Doctor Who Christmas episode – Doctor Who, which is already the world’s longest-running science-fiction TV series, is due to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2013 – and plans for its golden jubilee are well underway. Since the revamped Doctor Who returned to television screens, there have been a number of one-off special episodes. Most of these have been Christmas specials, with one broadcast every year since 2005. However, to date, there has only been one Easter special – 2009’s Planet of the Dead, by Russell T Davies (Torchwood) and Gareth Roberts (The Sarah Jane Adventures), which starred David Tennant (Fright Night) as the tenth Doctor and Michelle Ryan (Bionic Woman) as his companion, Lady Christina De Souza.That could be about to change with the announcement on the Doctor Who News Page (DWNP) that Peter Hoar (Five Days II) is slated to direct a 60-minute “one-off Special of the popular series to be broadcast over the Easter weekend”.DWNP also quotes the Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency as saying that the Easter special is to be written by Steven Moffat (Sherlock) and produced by Marcus Wilson (True Dare Kiss), who recently took over as the show’s producer.The BBC has already confirmed that following this year’s Doctor Who Christmas episode – A Christmas Carol – the series will return for two series in 2011 – seven episodes in the spring and six episodes in the autumn (fall) – and a Christmas special.Doctor Who, which is already the world’s longest-running science-fiction TV series, is due to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2013 – and plans for its golden jubilee are well underway. More about Doctor Who, Easter, Christmas, Natt smith, David tennant doctor who easter christmas natt smith david tennant gareth roberts steven moffat peter hoar michelle ryan bionic woman five days marcus wilson piers wenger curtis brown literar... sherlock holmes christmas carol charles dickens