It’s long been rumored that Peter Jackson could direct an episode of Doctor Who, and it now looks like that is closer to becoming a reality.
The last we heard, Steven Moffat said that Peter Jackson was “serious” about directing an episode of Doctor Who. Of course his schedule making The Hobbit trilogy has kept him very busy, but with his work on the enormous project finally coming to a close in the near future, it looks like Jackson could direct his Doctor Who episode.
Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat spoke to SFX (via Collider) and said that Jackson will “probably” direct an epiosde.
“He’s still incredibly busy on The Hobbit,” Moffat said. “I’ve spoken to him face to face, and he would like to do one. He accepts that there’s no money and that there’s no time, and it would have to be when he’s available – and I don’t think he’s even been available enough to answer our emails of late!
“I think it will probably happen at some point. I mean, he can do what the hell he likes – he owns New Zealand! I think he’s sincere in his Doctor Who fandom, to say the least. He’s a nice guy, he quite often drops me a line after a show goes out. He’s into it – it’s just ‘Can you make it work?’ I think he would also like us to go and make it in New Zealand! And I’m like ‘Okaaay… I’d rather we just flew you to Cardiff!'”
Jackson previously made it clear that he’d want to direct an epiosde that filmed in New Zealand, but it sounds like Moffat would want Jackson to come up to Cardiff. Regardless of filming location, we can see a Jackson directed episode of Doctor Who being incredible. We only hope he realizes that episodes are an hour long. Maybe he’d want to direct a longer special! We wouldn’t be sad.
Previously Jackson revealed that all he’d want as payment to direct is his very own golden Dalek. If this doesn’t make it clear that Jackson is a huge Doctor Who fan, we don’t know what would.