--- title: 'Doctor Who' Will Stay on Air for Another 5 Years description: The most recent season was the most popular yet among U.S. viewers. canonical: https://time.com/3773238/doctor-who-on-air-5-more-years/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-06T22:01:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:44:34.895Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Doctor Who' Will Stay on Air for Another 5 Years og:description: The most recent season was the most popular yet among U.S. viewers og:url: https://time.com/3773238/doctor-who-on-air-5-more-years/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd80370e87f4233e8/698786eecd684832d909a83f/p02b0j3f.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: DOCTOR WHO, Series 8 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Doctor Who' Will Stay on Air for Another 5 Years twitter:description: The most recent season was the most popular yet among U.S. viewers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd80370e87f4233e8/698786eecd684832d909a83f/p02b0j3f.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Doctor Who_ Will Stay on Air for Another 5 Years by [Clark Collis / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Clark Collis / Entertainment Weekly Apr 6, 2015 10:01 PM CUT  DOCTOR WHO, Series 8 DOCTOR WHO, Series 8BBC One by [Clark Collis / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Clark Collis / Entertainment Weekly Apr 6, 2015 10:01 PM CUT _Doctor Who_ executive producer Steven Moffat doesn’t actually own a time machine—as far as we know. But that hasn’t prevented him from announcing that the long-running British sci-fi show will stay on the air for at least another five years. According to U.K.’s [_Radio Times_](http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-04-05/steven-moffat-doctor-who-will-last-at-least-another-five-years "undefined"), Moffat told _Doctor Who Magazine_ that the BBC’s plans for the show extend to 2020\. “I thought it would last 10 years,” said the exec producer of the beloved Time Lord saga, which was relaunched in 2005, after a lengthy hiatus. “I didn’t think it would last 10 years with BBC Worldwide trying to get me in a room to talk about their plan for the next five years. It’s going to to do a minimum of 15\. I mean, it could do 26.” _Doctor Wh_o continues to be a major ratings draw for BBC America. The most recent season was the most popular yet among U.S. viewers, attracting an average of 2.3 million viewers. “Ten years on, our ratings are pretty much the same,” Moffat told _Doctor Who_magazine. “Actually, internationally, bigger. No show does that! You’re meant to go down! _Doctor Who_ just stays. It’s extraordinary!” The new season of _Doctor Who_ is currently being shot in Cardiff, Wales. Last month, it was announced that_Game of Thrones_ star Maisie Williams will be among the guest stars when the show returns this fall. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/06/doctor-who-stay-air-least-another-five-years "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3773238/doctor-who-on-air-5-more-years/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3773238/doctor-who-on-air-5-more-years/"},"headline":"Doctor Who Will Stay on Air for Another 5 Years","datePublished":"2015-04-06T22:01:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:44:34.895Z","description":"The most recent season was the most popular yet among U.S. viewers","url":"https://time.com/3773238/doctor-who-on-air-5-more-years/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd80370e87f4233e8/698786eecd684832d909a83f/p02b0j3f.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Clark Collis / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd80370e87f4233e8/698786eecd684832d909a83f/p02b0j3f.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"DOCTOR WHO, Series 8","caption":"DOCTOR WHO, Series 8","creditText":"BBC One","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3773238/doctor-who-on-air-5-more-years/","name":"Doctor Who Will Stay on Air for Another 5 Years"}}]}] ```