Neil Gaiman Wants to Write a DOCTOR WHO Episode For Jodie Whittaker

It's been a few years since Neil Gaiman has played with the Doctor Who universe, but with Jodie Whittaker on board to play the Thirteenth Doctor, he is ready to jump back in and write a story for her! While talking to Digital Spy, he said:

"If you examine my DNA and you go in deep enough, with a good enough microscope, you're gonna see a TARDIS, with a little light blinking on the top! So the idea of writing for Jodie, or for her successor, whoever she / he / they happen to be, is... yeah, it's Doctor Who! You can't say no."

Gaiman has written two Doctor Who episodes so far. Both of them were during Matt Smith's run as the Eleventh Doctor while Steven Moffat was the showrunner. Those episodes were "The Doctor’s Wife" in 2011 and "Nightmare in Silver" in 2013. He also wrote the short story "Nothing O'Clock" for the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.

Gaiman went on to say that he did pitch a story of Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor to Moffat, but he wasn't able to do it due to his busy schedule. He explains that he was frustrated that he didn't get to do it.

"I was so frustrated over the last four years because I didn't get to write for Peter Capaldi. I even had a planned episode and did not get to do it, because I've been making Good Omens and that's been my life."

Hopefully Gaiman gets the opportunity to write an episode for Jodie Whitaker while she is The Doctor. Moffat isn't a part of this upcoming season of the series. He stepped down and was replaced by Chris Chibnall, the creator of Broadchurch and former writer on the Doctor Who spinoff series Torchwood.

I'm sure that he'd have no problem with bringing Gaiman on to write an episode! Doctor Who Season 11 premieres this fall.