Series 10 (Doctor Who)

Series 10 of Doctor Who was revealed in the BBC Worldwide Annual Review on 14 July 2015: "During the year matters under review included ... investments in The Musketeers S3 and Doctor Who S10." On 6 November 2015, in interview with the Radio Times, Steven Moffat elaborated: "We're making a full series. I can confirm that I am making a full series of 12 episodes, plus a Christmas special. I don't know when it goes out. That is up to someone else."

Moffat also said that "Peter Capaldi is going nowhere".

Only a Christmas special will air in 2016, with the rest of the series beginning broadcast in spring 2017. The tenth series will be Moffat's final series as showrunner, after which Chris Chibnall will take on the role.

Moffat confirmed an extra episode to the Daily Record on 4 February 2016: "I have fourteen Doctor Whos and three Sherlock films." Later on 7 October 2016, Moffat re-confirmed the Christmas special in 2017 at New York Comic Con, saying: "I've got so much more time left on 'Doctor Who', I'm not just doing this Christmas, I'm doing next Christmas as well." He told that he plans to sit down with Chibnall and "figure out where he wants it parked and how to get it there" and says, "But to be honest, it's a very short conversation, I've had it before with Russell saying, 'Could you crash the TARDIS?' And that was it, really."

On 23 April, it was announced via a short trailer titled "Friend From the Future" that the Doctor's new companion will be "Bill", played by Pearl Mackie. Mackie described her character as "wicked" and "cool, strong, sharp, a little bit vulnerable with a bit of geekiness thrown in". The first readthrough began on June 14, with the start of filming beginning on 20 June, for an (as of yet) unknown airdate in April, 2017.

In May at a convention, Michelle Gomez confirmed she would be returning as in Series 10.

In an interview with BBC Newsbeat on the 6 September 2016, Steven Moffat revealed about the 2016 Christmas Special: "We've just started working on the Christmas episode", further revealing that "It's got a lot of heart, but it's got a lot of brain too. Figure that one out."

On 12 September 2016, Mark Gatiss told the audience at a Victoria & Albert Museum members' talk "I think the Christmas special... which is the only one this year...I think is one of Steve[n Moffat]'s best ever scripts, absolutely beautiful." and "It made me cry.".

Speaking at New York Comic Con on 7 October 2016, Steven Moffat told that Series 10 would feel completely new, like episode 1 of Series 1, saying: "The tone is very different. The last series with Clara — that relationship had got tortured and dark and went to odd places. It was one of my favourite series to work on, I was delighted with it. But it had become darker. It just had. That's where we were in that relationship. If I gave you one tone word for this series it's 'new'. It's brand new. You're getting to see the Doctor all over again through a very different pair of eyes. In fact, we went to particular pains to make sure that episode one is really episode one. It could be the first episode you ever see. It explains the entire mythos of Doctor Who — in the two minutes it takes — and you can start there. Brand new is the tone."

On joining the Doctor Who team for The Return of Doctor Mysterio, Justin Chatwin said: "Working with the amazing people at Doctor Who has been one of the most fun and rewarding projects I've ever had the pleasure of being involved with.", Moffat also said: "I've always loved superheroes and this Christmas Doctor Who dives into that world. My favourite superhero is Clark Kent. Not Superman, Clark Kent."

Recurring

 * The Twelfth Doctor - Peter Capaldi
 * Bill - Pearl Mackie
 * Nardole - Matt Lucas
 * - Michelle Gomez

Guest

 * TBA - Stephanie Hyam
 * TBA - Ralf Little
 * The Landlord - David Suchet
 * Grant/GI - Justin Chatwin
 * "Investigative journalist" - Charity Wakefield
 * TBA - Adetomiwa Edun
 * TBA - Aleksandar Jovanovic
 * TBA - Logan Huffman

Producers
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Writers
The Radio Times reported Mark Gatiss was writing an episode for series 10, possibly a sequel to his series 9 episode, Sleep No More. On 4 June 2016, Gatiss himself confirmed that he was writing an episode.

On 30 November 2015, Steven Moffat revealed Jamie Mathieson had "just been in and pitched a brilliant idea, a brilliant new monster."

Steven Moffat announced Series 10 would have "two writers who have never written Doctor Who before" and teased, "If I told you their names, your brain would explode."

On 14 June 2016, the BBC announced details of the first and second episodes, revealing that they would be written by Steven Moffat and Frank Cottrell Boyce respectively. The release also revealed two further writers for the tenth series: Sarah Dollard and Mike Bartlett.

Directors
In a video posted on his Facebook page, Peter Jackson teased that he might be directing an episode.

It was later announced that the first episode of the series would be directed by Lawrence Gough.

Filming
In 2015, production designer Michael Pickwoad said in an interview on the podcast Radio Free Skaro that work on the new series "won't start until well into the New Year", and that he expected to start filming in May. Peter Capaldi said filming would begin "sometime...next year."

Although originally reported as beginning in May 2016, filming commenced on the 20th of June.

To avoid online leaks, the production team used the codeword "Mean Town", an anagram of "Ten Woman", when talking about Bill, casting director Andy Pryor revealed to the Radio Times. This was a reference to the fact that Bill is the companion of series 10.

Aliens/enemies

 * Daleks

Rumours

 * Deep Roy will play a robot in episode 2.
 * Series 10 will continue filming all the way to 31st of March, 2017.
 * Mark Gatiss's Series 10 episode is a sequel to his Series 9 story Sleep No More.
 * Episode 1 is called "A Star In Her Eye".
 * The 2016 Christmas Special will be a Class-crossover.
 * Nardole will be the guest companion in the 2016 Christmas Special.
 * Pearl Mackie could, despite earlier claims, be introduced in the 2016 Christmas Special.
 * The 2016 Christmas Special is a sequel to the 2015 Christmas Special, The Husbands of River Song.
 * There will be a Casualty-crossover. Furthermore this is speculated to be a Children in Need-special
 * Either the Doctor will play a more villainous part in The Return of Doctor Mysterio or the villain known as the Great Intelligence will return, somehow controlling the superhero Grant.

DVD / Blu-ray
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Novels
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Audiobooks
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