According to ComicBook, Steven Moffat, one of the showrunners for Doctor Who states his views on the latest issue of the franchise’s magazine and is optimistic. “There’ll be a lot of production companies excited at the idea of making Doctor Who,” he says. “I’m just guessing, but I think there will be a huge number thinking, ‘Wow. If we had Doctor Who on our books, that would be great.’”

Moffat cautions that producing Doctor Who is an all-year-round experience, which prevents people from doing other things , which means only “production companies of a size and prestige” will be capable of it.

As per ComicBook, Moffat shifts the conversation to the idea of a possible reboot of the series, which many have proposed. “I think it’s a bad idea,” he explains. “And it’s not just because I’m obsessed with continuity, or because I’m a hardcore fan. It requires more explanation than a soft reboot. Normally, when you reboot something, you can tell it’s a reboot. With Sherlock, I didn’t need to explain that Benedict Cumberbatch is not playing a continuation of Jeremy Brett, because he’s a different actor. You don’t really expect Daniel Craig to be continuing the story of Pierce Brosnan. Because there’s a new actor, you instantly reset and say, ‘We’re starting again, it’s a new version.’

“But with Doctor Who, the fact it’s a new actor doesn’t tell you that at all, so most people casually watching would just be assuming, ‘Oh, it’s the next version of Doctor Who, he’s changed again.’ Then they’ll say via ComicBook, ‘Why doesn’t he know who the Daleks are?’ And you start getting confused. You’d have to keep reminding the audience, ‘We started from the beginning again.’ Unless of course you did the nightmare option – which is exactly the wrong thing to do – which is starting with Doctor Who stealing the TARDIS and running away from Gallifrey. That’s a terrible beginning for Doctor Who.”

Doctor Who is available to stream on Disney+.