'Doctor Who' Season 8 Spoilers: Mark Gatiss Hints At New Historical Character, 'Sherlock' Creator Penning Two Scripts for Peter Capaldi [VIDEO]
Mark Gatiss is returning to Doctor Who and he may bring Jane Austin with him.
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The Sherlock co-creator is busy penning two new Doctor Who adventures for the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and his current companion, Clara Oswlad (Jenna Louise Coleman).
"I am writing for Peter Capaldi," Gatiss confirmed to Cbnfoz (via Doctor Who TV). "In fact, two episodes."
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Set to air sometime after episode five, Gatiss' latest scripts will mark his seventh and eighth turn as a Doctor Who writer. While he is loath to give out any major spoilers for the upcoming episodes, the writer did hint at certain plots he would like to explore.
"One of the things which new Doctor Who sort of invented was the idea of a celebrity historical - Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, Winston Churchill, Shakespeare," Gatiss explained to Cbnfoz. "There's three writers there so I think Jane Austen stands quite a quite a good chance actually...I'm not quite sure what the adventure would be. Maybe an alien posing as Mr. Darcy."
Previously, Gatiss transported viewers to Charles Dicken's Cardiff, the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Winston Chruchill's World War II London, a Cold War-era Soviet sub, and Yorkshire in 1893. A trip to the turn of the 19th century wouldn't be at all out of character for Gatiss' Doctor.
Doctor Who will return to BBC and BBC America later this year. Get a first look at the season 8 premiere in the video below.
