Could Matt Smith be back in the TARDIS soon? (Picture: BBC)

Steven Moffat has hinted that Matt Smith could be returning to Doctor Who.

The showrunner has teased that Smith, who was replaced by Peter Capaldi, could be the first of the 12 Doctors to regenerate.

According to the Daily Mirror, he told them Matt is ‘quite open about how much he misses it, and how much he wishes he hadn’t left’.

Capaldi is rumoured to be leaving the role after the next series, which he is currently filming.


Smith has already returned as the Doctor once before in Peter Capaldi’s first appearance as the new Time Lord.

Matt was seen handing over the reins telling Clara (Jenna Coleman) to stay with the Twelfth Doctor.



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Peter Capaldi is the current Time Lord (Picture: BBC)

Asked by a fan in April if he would play the Doctor again, Matt said: ‘I really want to.’

Moffat admitted Matt’s decision to quit the BBC show in 2013 after four years was a ‘tough time’.

‘Matt, who was a friend and ally, was leaving. I couldn’t get him to stay. It felt like everything was blowing up around me.’

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