Michael Moorcock has just written a Doctor Who novel. Could you ever be persuaded to write in a shared or tie-in or spin-off universe? DNSf, Wolverhampton
Banks: “Probably not. They always need rules, these shared universes. I was talking to Paul Cornell and he said that in a Doctor Who story, the rule is that the monster has to go back in the box at the end of the programme or series or book. This is to reassure the kids, I suppose. I immediately thought, ‘I couldn’t do that!’ I’d instinctively want to give them a script where the monster escapes and carries on! And they’d reject it obviously.
“Much as I might admire individual instalments, I can never take Doctor Who or James Bond seriously because of the lack of ultimate jeopardy. You know that the Doctor is never going to be harmed seriously – even if he regenerates, he won’t die! Same with James Bond – his girlfriend might die, but he’ll be back. So there’s a lack of jeopardy there, whereas you may have noticed I have a penchant for killing off many of my major characters! I don’t think I’m a good fit for that sort of spin-off story. I’d be happy to be asked but I’d probably say no.
“Can I just say it’s well past time for a female Doctor?! The new chap Matt Smith, with his floppy hair, seems perfectly good, but I really thought it would be time for a lady Doctor. I thought Tamsin Greig would have been a brilliant Doctor.”
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