This week, Digital Spy sat down with Doctor Who lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat to discuss all things Who.

We asked Steven, who is standing down as the showrunner of the long-running sci-fi series, what his response would have been if the BBC had requested to ‘drop’ the entirety of Doctor Who series 10 on iPlayer.

Firstly, Moffat laughed: “We hadn’t finished them! When ‘The Pilot’ went out we only had two more episodes ready. ‘The Doctor Falls’ was delivered two or three days before it went out on air. I would have said, ‘In your dreams!'”

The writer, also known for co-creating Sherlock, went on to seriously ponder the notion of the BBC adopting the Netflix model of dropping an entire run of a show at once.

“Can I conceive a future where this happens? Yes.

“I would listen to wiser heads. I think television is changing massively. I think the idea of dropping a whole series and letting people find it, letting people watch it and binge it – I think it’s coming. I don’t think there’s any doubt about that.

“People are showing a marked preference for bingeing, we all are. I just binged my way through The Good Place. I just absolutely adored that. It just ran out instantly and I’m very resentful I have to wait now!”

Moffat looked to the future of just how and when content will be delivered, commenting: “I think the day is coming, I don’t see how it can be stopped. Because the audience are actually in control and the audience are demonstrating a preference.

“I think TV scheduling is going to disappear.”

Steven Moffat’s last episode of Doctor Who will air at Christmas, featuring the debut of incoming Time Lord Jodie Whittaker and the departure of Peter Capaldi.

The writer’s next television project is expected to be Dracula, with Sherlock writing partner Mark Gatiss. Perhaps we’ll be able to sink our teeth into a season of that all in one go?

Doctor Who series 10 is available on DVD and Blu-ray from Monday, November 13.