Speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival he said, "[Attitudes to that idea] have been changing, it is a part of Time Lord lore that it can happen - a Time Lord could potentially turn into a woman. The more often it's talked about, the more likely it is to happen someday, I suppose."
He also spoke about the story arc, saying, "Last year we did an arc, next year we will do something else, every year we have to go in a particular direction. It shouldn’t feel like good old cosy Doctor Who.”
Also he spoke about the possibility of there being a Doctor Who movie someday. "There’s often been talk about a movie, I’m sure we should do one. What I keep saying is it can’t ever be allowed to interfere with the television show, that’s the mothership, that’s the thing that will go on forever.
On picking writers for the show, he said, “If it’s your first television show you have written you are going to screw up royally, I tend to favour highly experienced television writers for the sake of my sanity. We do go outside of the circle … it’s a tough old job. No brand new TV writer should be tackling this one. It’s hard.”
Finally, he spoke about the Daleks being scary again. "Kids are supposedly frightened of Daleks but they take them to bed. Is there a way we can make them scarier, get them back to being more 'monstery'? I hope they will leave them outside their bedroom doors, was my response to that. There is a tremendous temptation to go kitch and sweet with the Daleks. You shouldn’t. They are insane tanks.”
