Private Eye Claims “no full series of Doctor Who in 2016″

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Sad news for anyone expecting Doctor Who Series 10 in 2016? Too early to say, but Private Eye has published the following in its most recent issue, which suggests that Steven Moffat’s other popular show, Sherlock, will push a sixth full-length Moffat-lead series back a year.

This is no doubt connected to the problems facing Sherlock’s fourth series, the shoot for which was postponed earlier this year. Says the organ of Lord Gnome:

Not long now till the return of Doctor Who, which arrives back on screens for the ninth series of its latest incarnation on 19 September.

Fan should make as much as they can of this 12-part run, as BBC staff have recently been informed that showrunner Steven Moffat’s commitments to his other hit show Sherlock mean that there will be no full series of Doctor Who in 2016.

We previously reported on Private Eye’s account of an accidental leaking of Matt Smith’s departure in 2013, and other stories about the show printed in the Ian Hislop-edited magazine have proved accurate.

So what do you think? Are you fearing 2016? Sick of Sherlock? Think it’s all nonsense? Tell us in the comments.

(With thanks to Al | via Bleeding Cool)

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