Series 9 will be Peter Capaldi’s second as the Doctor (Picture: BBC)

Steven Moffat has confirmed that Doctor Who season 9 will definitely air in 2015 and avoid being split in two as with previous series.

Anticipation is high for the new series, as Peter Capaldi gets comfortable in the Doctor’s coat alongside returning companion Jenna Louise Coleman (Clara).

‘We’re not going to do splits [in series eight], and the same format will repeat exactly the following year like that – so it will be the traditional form,’ head writer Moffat told Doctor Who Magazine.

Fans were left on tenterhooks last time around, when the two halves of the Matt Smith series were divided by many Doctor Who-less weeks.




The eighth series of the show – Capaldi’s first in the role – is expected to air on BBC One from August.

Filming for it began this week, with the actor admitting he was nervous but insisting that Doctor Who is ‘in his DNA’.

The first two episode of the show will be headed up by Sightseers director Ben Wheatley.