'Doctor Who' exec Steven Moffat: 'New spinoff series unlikely'
Published Mar 26 2012, 13:23 BST | By Morgan Jeffery
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The showrunner announced at last weekend's Doctor Who convention in Cardiff that any such programme is not likely to materialise in the near future.
"I'm not against it. Spinoff shows happen because you think 'That is so good, you should spin it off' - but personally I'm relatively busy," he explained.
"[But] you never know," added the show's executive producer Caroline Skinner.
Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood aired on the BBC from 2006 to 2011, with the fourth run Miracle Day being co-produced by US cable network Starz.
However, star John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness) recently suggested that the show is "in limbo".
Second spinoff The Sarah Jane Adventures ran for five series between 2007 and 2011, but ended following the death of lead actress Elisabeth Sladen.
Doctor Who will return to BBC One in the autumn.
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Joe Davis Yeah, I just felt like it was unnecessary when it was handled so well and no one had a problem with it on the original series. But then, I felt like a lot of Miracle Day was poorly executed and unneeded.. so I'm not surprised. :) It didn't feel like TW to me at all, and Children of Earth was such an appropriate, bittersweet ending - it would have gone out with a bang instead of the whimper that the fourth series was. Bah.
April 9th 2012 at 1:05pm
Lindsay O'Day Yeah I see what you mean but it's natural for characters to have different opinions on sexuality, I really do see what you mean about making a thing of Jack's sexuality though.
April 9th 2012 at 12:59pm
Joe Davis Not on the classic series - but there were several comments that Rex made during Miracle Day that made me stop short. The show wasn't homophobic, but that character clearly had a problem with it and kept bringing it up, and I just didn't appreciate it. I also didn't like how they had to consistently point out Jack's sexuality, where it was NEVER made a big deal on "real Torchwood". The BBC Cymru production was perfect in the way it handled sexuality - very fluidly and accepting, and Jack and Ianto's relationship was beautiful to watch it unfold and develop and complicate.
April 9th 2012 at 12:57pm
Lindsay O'Day Torchwood? Homophobic? That's like calling a Christian a satanist :|
April 9th 2012 at 12:24pm
Steven Borg List some plot holes then.
April 9th 2012 at 12:23pm