Next Year’s ‘Doctor Who’ Writers Confirmed

It has recently been announced who will be writing and directing the second half to series seven of Doctor Who. Steven Moffat has written the Christmas special, believed to be called The Snowmen, which was directed by Colm McCarthy.

The rest of the series will be as follows:

Episode Seven: Written by Neil Cross, Directed by Farren Blackburn
Episode Eight: Written by Mark Gatiss, Directed by Douglass MacKinnon
Episode Nine: Written by Neil Cross, Directed by Jamie Payne
Episode Ten: Written by Stephen Tompson, Directed by Mat King
Episode Eleven: Written by Mark Gatiss, Directed by Saul Metzstein
Episode Twelve: Written by Neil Gaiman, Directed by Steven Wolfenden
Episode Thirteen: Written by Steven Moffat, Directed to be announced

So far episodes nine, ten and eleven have been filmed and the Christmas special is soon to be complete. The remaining episodes will begin filming in the following months.