Series 10 (Doctor Who 2005)

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Series 10 — 2016-17
Doctor:	Twelfth Doctor
Companions:	Bill
Key crew
Executive producer(s):	Steven Moffat
Series details
Start date:	25 December 2016
End date:	25 December 2017
Premiere network:	BBC One
Typical episode length:	45'
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Series 10 of Doctor Who was revealed in the BBC Worldwide Annual Review on 14 July 2015: "During the year matters under review included ... investments in The Musketeers S3 and Doctor Who S10." On 6 November 2015, in interview with the Radio Times, Steven Moffat elaborated: "We're making a full series. I can confirm that I am making a full series of 12 episodes, plus a Christmas special. I don't know when it goes out. That is up to someone else."

Moffat also said that "Peter Capaldi is going nowhere". On 23 April, it was announced via a short trailer titled "Friend From the Future" that the Doctor's new companion will be "Bill", played by Pearl Mackie. Mackie described her character as "wicked" and "cool, strong, sharp, a little bit vulnerable with a bit of geekiness thrown in".

Only a Christmas special will air in 2016, with the rest of the series beginning broadcast starting in April 2017. The tenth series will be Moffat's final series as show runner, after which Chris Chibnall will take on the role.

Moffat confirmed an extra episode to the Daily Record on 4 February 2016: "I have fourteen Doctor Whos and three Sherlock films." Later on 7 October 2016, Moffat re-confirmed the Christmas special in 2017 at New York Comic Con, saying: "I've got so much more time left on 'Doctor Who', I'm not just doing this Christmas, I'm doing next Christmas as well." He told that he plans to sit down with Chibnall and "figure out where he wants it parked and how to get it there" and says, "But to be honest, it's a very short conversation, I've had it before with Russell saying, 'Could you crash the TARDIS?' And that was it, really."

In May at a convention, Michelle Gomez confirmed she would be returning as Missy in series 10.

In an interview with BBC Newsbeat on the 6 September 2016, Steven Moffat revealed about the 2016 Christmas special: "We've just started working on the Christmas episode", further revealing that "It's got a lot of heart, but it's got a lot of brain too. Figure that one out."

On 12 September 2016, Mark Gatiss told the audience at a Victoria & Albert Museum members' talk "I think the Christmas special... which is the only one this year...I think is one of Steve[n Moffat]'s best ever scripts, absolutely beautiful." and "It made me cry.".

Speaking at New York Comic Con on 7 October 2016, Steven Moffat told that Series 10 would feel completely new, like episode 1 of series 1, saying: "The tone is very different. The last series with Clara — that relationship had got tortured and dark and went to odd places. It was one of my favourite series to work on, I was delighted with it. But it had become darker. It just had. That's where we were in that relationship. If I gave you one tone word for this series it's 'new'. It's brand new. You're getting to see the Doctor all over again through a very different pair of eyes. In fact, we went to particular pains to make sure that episode one is really episode one. It could be the first episode you ever see. It explains the entire mythos of Doctor Who — in the two minutes it takes — and you can start there. Brand new is the tone."

On joining the Doctor Who team for The Return of Doctor Mysterio, Justin Chatwin said: "Working with the amazing people at Doctor Who has been one of the most fun and rewarding projects I've ever had the pleasure of being involved with.", Moffat also said: "I've always loved superheroes and this Christmas Doctor Who dives into that world. My favourite superhero is Clark Kent. Not Superman, Clark Kent."

On October 17, 2016, Michelle Gomez confirmed to The Music that she will return as Missy in series 10, saying: "Weirdly, this is the sort of crunch week where I get to find out exactly what I'm going to be doing next", and added: "I can officially say that I will be starting back on Doctor Who soon, so that's one thing." She then told: "I am an actor for hire, so if I'm free and it seems like the right thing to do at the time I'd grab it with both hands."

Steven Moffat recently suggested that fans shouldn't expect a multi-Doctor story in the near future, saying: ""We can't do it all the time. Not in my time on the show will that happen again, I wouldn't think." He then added: "I don't think we're going to do that again until whatever the next anniversary is, the 100th anniversary, which I've already told them I'm not going to do because I'm planning on having been dead for a while!"

Cast

Recurring

• The Twelfth Doctor - Peter Capaldi
• Bill - Pearl Mackie
• Nardole - Matt Lucas
• Missy - Michelle Gomez

Guest

• Grant - Justin Chatwin
• Investigative journalist - Charity Wakefield
• TBA - Adetomiwa Edun
• TBA - Aleksandar Jovanovic
• TBA - Logan Huffman
• The Landlord - David Suchet
• TBA - Stephanie Hyam
• TBA - Ralf Little

Production

The first readthrough began on 14 June 2016, with filming beginning on 20 June.

Crew

Producers

to be added

Writers

The Radio Times reported Mark Gatiss was writing an episode for series 10, possibly a sequel to his series 9 episode, Sleep No More. On 4 June 2016, Gatiss himself confirmed that he was writing an episode.

On 30 November 2015, Steven Moffat revealed Jamie Mathieson had "just been in and pitched a brilliant idea, a brilliant new monster."

Steven Moffat announced series 10 would have "two writers who have never written Doctor Who before" and teased, "If I told you their names, your brain would explode."

On 14 June 2016, the BBC announced details of the first and second episodes, revealing that they would be written by Steven Moffat and Frank Cottrell Boyce respectively. The release also revealed two further writers for the tenth series: Sarah Dollard and Mike Bartlett.

On 9 October 2016, it was announced by Steven Moffat that a (currently unknown) writer of the Classic Series would be contributing a script for series 10. This marks the first time a writer of the original series will contribute to the revived series. It was also announced that Mike Bartlett, known for work in Doctor Foster, has written an episode called The Haunted Hub.

Directors

In a video posted on his Facebook page, Peter Jackson teased that he might be directing an episode.

It was later announced that the first episode of the series would be directed by Lawrence Gough.

Filming

In 2015, production designer Michael Pickwoad said in an interview on the podcast Radio Free Skaro that work on the new series "won't start until well into the New Year", and that he expected to start filming in May. Peter Capaldi said filming would begin "sometime...next year."

Although originally reported as beginning in May 2016, filming commenced on the 20th of June.

To avoid online leaks, the production team used the codeword "Mean Town", an anagram of "Ten Woman", when talking about Bill, casting director Andy Pryor revealed to the Radio Times. This was a reference to the fact that Bill is the companion of series 10.

Television stories

Christmas special

Title	Writer	Director	Notes
The Return of Doctor Mysterio	Steven Moffat	Ed Bazalgette	Return of Nardole.

Regular series

Episode Number	Title	Writer	Director	Notes
1	A Star in Her Eye	Steven Moffat	Lawrence Gough	Introduction of new companion, Bill.
2	TBA	Frank Cottrell Boyce	Lawrence Gough
3	TBA	Sarah Dollard	Bill Anderson
4	The Haunted Hub	Mike Bartlett	Bill Anderson
5	TBA	TBA	TBA
6	TBA	TBA	TBA
7	TBA	TBA	TBA
8	TBA	TBA	TBA
9	TBA	TBA	TBA
10	TBA	Steven Moffat	TBA
11	TBA	Steven Moffat	TBA
12	TBA	Steven Moffat	TBA

Christmas special

Title	Writer	Director	Notes
TBA	Steven Moffat	TBA

Aliens/enemies

• Daleks

Rumours

• Deep Roy will play a robot in episode 2.
• Series 10 will continue filming all the way to 31 March 2017.
• Mark Gatiss's series 10 episode is a sequel to his series 9 story, Sleep No More.
• The 2016 Christmas special will be a Class crossover.
• Pearl Mackie could, despite earlier claims, be introduced in the 2016 Christmas special.
• The 2016 Christmas special is a sequel to the 2015 Christmas special, The Husbands of River Song.
• There will be a Casualty crossover. This is speculated to be a Children in Need-special
• Either the Doctor will play a more villainous part in The Return of Doctor Mysterio or the villain known as the Great Intelligence will return, somehow controlling the superhero Grant.
• The Doctor could face his darker side, the Valeyard, in series 10.

Adaptations and merchandising

Home media

DVD / Blu-ray

to be added

Novels

to be added

Audiobooks

to be added