Gatiss hasn't written an episode of the sci-fi series since 2017.
Mark Gatiss has answered one burning question on many Doctor Who fans' lips: will he ever come back to the show?
Gatiss, whose work includes The League of Gentlemen and Sherlock, wrote several episodes of Doctor Who from 2005 to 2017, as well as appearing in a number of episodes – most notably The Lazarus Experiment and Twice Upon a Time.
But since then, he has not returned to the sci-fi series. In an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com for a Big RT Interview (out 24th December) the question was put to Gatiss – will he ever return to the timey wimey world of Doctor Who?
Gatiss replied: "No one's asked me! I had a wonderful run, I did nine stories and An Adventure in Space and Time, which is a culmination of everything I love about Doctor Who.
"But the last thing I did... I was in Peter Capaldi's last story, a regeneration story, with David Bradley, the actor I cast as the First Doctor, and I was playing the Brigadier's grandfather and I remember thinking, 'This is maybe where I should step off because it's not going to get any better than this.'"
Gatiss will be back this Christmas for a different kind of tale as he pens a new Ghost Story on BBC Two.
Titled Woman of Stone, the spooky festive special stars the likes of The Sixth Commandment's Éanna Hardwicke, The Thursday Murder Club's Celia Imrie, Black Mirror's Monica Dolan, Taskmaster's Mawaan Rizwan and Call the Midwife's Phoebe Horn.
The synopsis for the episode reads: "In her final days, E Nesbit recounts the chilling tale of newlywed Victorians Jack and Laura.
"As they settle into a small cottage in a quiet village, they soon find their idyll overshadowed by the superstitious warnings of their housekeeper. And the legend of the two marble tomb effigies who are said to rise each year… and walk.
"Jack dismisses this is as mere folklore. But as the fateful night draws near, he makes a terrifying discovery. And back at the cottage, Laura is all alone..."
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone is broadcast on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on 24th December at 10:15pm.
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Katelyn Mensah is the Entertainment and Factual Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.
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