Steven Moffat, the man behind Sherlock and Doctor Who, is keen to see a return for a former beloved Doctor Who companion. The writer told TV & Satellite Week magazine that he was ‘totally up’ for the robot dog K-9 to return to the show.
In fact, so much so that Moffat almost included the mechanical mutt in the Doctor Who 2014 special, Last Christmas, which saw Shaun of the Dead’s Nick Frost play Santa Claus.
‘I love K-9!’ enthused Steven, adding, ‘I had a whole scene where the Doctor was pointing out how ludicrous Santa Claus is, having a reindeer with a glowing nose and so on… and then in comes K-9.’
K-9 first appeared in Doctor Who alongside Tom Baker in 1977… Read the full story