Gaiman Writes Doctor Who Episode

Neil Gaiman Writes an Episode of "Doctor Who"

By Steven Lloyd Wilson | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (24)

Every few weeks for the last year, rumors have gone up that Neil Gaiman will be writing an episode of “Doctor Who,” and just as quickly Gaiman has shot down the rumors on his blog (which is an excellent read in and of itself). Well, the rumor has sprung up again with the resiliency of a Duggar dick near a fertile female, and this time, the news actually has been confirmed with Gaiman in an interview with SFX Magazine.

That much British awesome in one room is enough to get William Wallace to rock out a Union Jack tube top.

A life long “Doctor Who” fan himself, Gaiman has recounted watching the show from behind the couch since he was only three, which is actually four in American years. Rumor (oh that snide bitch) has it that the episode was supposed to be in the upcoming season but instead was pushed into the next season for budgetary reasons. That means that it will air sometime in 2012, though hopefully before the Mayans return to kill us with cheesy CGI.

Gaiman himself says that the script is done and that the original title of the episode was “The House of Nothing” though “it definitely isn’t called that any more.”

(source: Dark Horizons)

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Still worried about the new Doctor, Tennant lovers? This is the one and only time I will say this: SQUUEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

[straightens tie, glances furtively]

BTW, the expression "Duggar Dick" resurrects the image of the Lust-apparatus from Se7en. Not good.

Posted by: Squirrelgripper at February 8, 2010 12:59 AM

In the words of The Famous Eccles:

"OooOOOH!"

Posted by: The Wanderer at February 8, 2010 1:06 AM

I HATE you, SLW! HATE! I hope you get sent back to the fucking 1920s! I hope your fucking grandson has to fucking post for you on the site from now on!

When Pajiba loaded on my screen and I saw the picture for this post, I THREW (yes, literally) my computer away from me and JUMPED (again, literally) backward.

Blink scared the SHIT out of me, and you've brought back the trauma! I'm SWEATING and my heart is RACING and it's been a good 5 minutes since I saw the picture (I had to cover it with my hand and scroll down to the actual text). I was going to try to get a decent night's sleep. Fuck. What am I supposed to do now?

For the record, I'm not usually this wussy. It's really just those fucking angels that make me like this. And cockraoches. I HATE cockraches. And you. Yes, SLW, you now rank with cockroaches on my coolness scale.

Posted by: esme at February 8, 2010 1:49 AM

OK, I have recovered enough to come back (cautiously, with the brightness on my screen turned down) to say sorry, SLW, for my harsh words (see above).

My reaction was motivated by the suddenness of the incredibly scary thing suddenly looming over me, and while I am suffering from a headache likely caused by a prolonged refusal to close my eyes, I am aware that my reaction to what you probably thought was a harmless addition to the article was extreme and overly critical.

After all, you did report a piece of news that has
a) made my entire week
b) caused me to send out several very geeky and overly enthusiastic emails
c) taken that meganerd who lives inside my cool exterior, so often hidden by cleavage and the ability to carry on a conversation, and given her a moment to surge to the surface in a shower of incoherent babbling and gawky flailing of various limbs.

So, in addition to my censure for being a meanie, I would like to offer you praise for your continuing attention to the geekier faction of Pajiba, we who so often sit by quietly while Figgy mocks us (see this past week's EE) or make subtle Doctor Who references on our facebook pages, always slightly hoping and simultaneously dreading that someone will notice. Thank you, sir.

Posted by: esme at February 8, 2010 2:16 AM

Fuck yeah. I love me some good Doctor Who news. Personally, I have decided to reserved all judgement on Matt Smith. It has got to be hard enough taking over from David Tennant without me hating him because he is taking over from David Tennant. So I will give him a fair chance. Of course, having Gaimon write an episode is certainly going to help.

Posted by: Morgan LaFai at February 8, 2010 5:26 AM

Groovy Marsha.

Posted by: Cindy at February 8, 2010 7:39 AM

Yes!

Posted by: BWeaves at February 8, 2010 9:10 AM

Wonderful news. HOWEVER, I have a proposal for all Whovian-Pajibans (I think we should register as an ethnic group, don't you?). How about we resolve to put all the witty comments of the week into the Doctor Who threads so Figgy is forced to read it? That'll show her.

Posted by: PaddyDog at February 8, 2010 10:10 AM

I've warned her, Paddy, I've warned her. She says she's itching for a fight.

Posted by: Jay at February 8, 2010 11:28 AM

PaddyDog, you go with that, I think it's a great idea. I am going to stick with "Huzzah" and call it good.

Posted by: Anne (in Reno) at February 8, 2010 11:29 AM

Blink is SUCH a good episode. I tell people who haven't seen Doctor Who and are skeptical to watch Blink first. It is quirk-light and AWESOME.
"Life is long and you are hot."

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at February 8, 2010 12:16 PM

LWAE, I have hooked at least two skeptical friends with that episode. Even with the wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey bits.

Posted by: Anne (in Reno) at February 8, 2010 12:29 PM

Paddy, first we have to trick Skitz into commenting here. He'll be all like, "Doctor Who?"

*Oops, wait a minute. I just dropped a single black bean into my cleavage, and it was the one thing small enough for them to catch.*

So back to my thought, one of us needs to steal the murdertank, empty the booze receptacles, clear out the wimmenz, and then tell Skitz the suspect is bragging here. That'll get him in. Then Lindsey will say something about horses and whips and safe words and Admin, Doc and bucdaddy will pop in because they heard there might be some sort of sexual connotation. Admin and bucdaddy will jockey for position, prompting Lindsey to egg them on with some sort of "I'll teach you how to ride!" comment, and then geep'll pop in to see if he can drum up some homoerotic undertone and to ask why no one's gotten that black bean out for me yet - and well really, you can see how none of this will work until we go find Skitz.

Posted by: Cindy at February 8, 2010 12:57 PM

From someone who has been a critic of the "Earth in obvious, not covert, peril, and we're all fucked and the Deus Ex Machina, the Doctor, suddenly comes up with a brilliant plan we're all saved!" Who plots:

Blink was brilliant, and at the very least one of the top 5 episodes done in the Davies era. If Gaiman has come up with something at least as brilliant, I'll gladly donate one of my kidneys to him or his family.

Posted by: idiosynchronic at February 8, 2010 1:06 PM

Cindy:

You lure Skitz in. I'll get BarbadoSlim. The someone has to post a comment about how "the new Doctor Who is geeky" so that Jay can come in all guns blazing about "it's THE Doctor". A perfect storm I would say.

Posted by: PaddyDog at February 8, 2010 1:06 PM

Round 'em up and move 'em in. Giddyup!

Posted by: Cindy at February 8, 2010 1:07 PM

But it's that new ugly fucking Who.
I'd be more excited if an actual troll wasn't going to be cast.
Le Sigh.

Posted by: Nadine at February 8, 2010 2:52 PM

The someone has to post a comment about how "the new Doctor Who is geeky" so that Jay can come in all guns blazing about "it's THE Doctor".

Better: "the new Dr. Who"

I mean, unless you *didn't* want to give him a stroke.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at February 8, 2010 3:03 PM

Nadine, have you seen the past Doctors? Ten was the exception, not the rule.

Posted by: Anne (in Reno) at February 8, 2010 3:27 PM

The new doctor(I wont capitalise for that freak) is beyond a geek. He's a scene kid. In the UK, a scene kid is down there beneath the hipsters.
He's just.
Ugh, I'm so fucking angry at what's happening to Who and Torchwood. Here I am tryna explain it to the Lovely Alex and it's getting fucked about any way.

Posted by: Nadine at February 8, 2010 3:48 PM

HELL YES.

Posted by: vic at February 8, 2010 4:20 PM

Nadine, after a brief Google of Scene Kid, you have me worried. Can you explain?

Posted by: Anne (in Reno) at February 8, 2010 6:16 PM

You guys are just so sneaky and evil, DrWhosits.

BRING IT OOOOOOOOON!

(Also I've TRIED to read the Who threads but they're all way over my head so, seriously, if you guys want to point out the really good ones hidden in between all the actual discussion...well that'd actually be nice.)

Posted by: figgy at February 9, 2010 12:31 AM

I read the headline and emitted a strange "Eeep!" and proceeded to clap my hands like a five year old girl. This is awesome news. If only Tennant were still The Doctor. This new dude better bring it.

Posted by: Kiddo at February 9, 2010 8:02 AM

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