The returning showrunner, who oversaw shows like Torchwood<\/a> and The Sarah Jane Adventures<\/a> during his first run on the show, has confirmed the return of spin-offs<\/a> \u2013 but it\u2019s currently unclear what form they\u2019ll take.<\/p>\n Torchwood originally ran from 2006 to 2011 and Ford, who has written for Doctor Who as well as both spin-offs, would love to see it back in action.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to see more done with UNIT. I\u2019ve always thought there\u2019s stuff we could do with UNIT there,\u201d he said, speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> ahead of the release of his new Target book<\/a> based on his 2009 episode \u2018The Waters of Mars<\/a>\u2018.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd, of course, I think there\u2019s every case for bringing back a version of Torchwood<\/span>. But the thing about Doctor Who is the universe is so huge over all these years, over 60 years, there\u2019s so many places you could go to to develop spin-offs. But I honestly have no idea what is going on in the great man\u2019s mind so we\u2019ll have to wait and find out.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked if he thinks there\u2019s real scope for Torchwood to return, Ford said: \u201cI think there\u2019s every chance. Even if it was going back in time to an earlier iteration of Torchwood<\/span>, which in fact we did do in the show. But absolutely, I don\u2019t see why we couldn\u2019t do that. It\u2019s science fiction, it\u2019s Doctor Who, you could do all sorts of things \u2013 as I\u2019m sure will happen!\u201d<\/p>\n As recently as last year, Eve Myles, who played Gwen Cooper in Torchwood, denied rumours of reboot<\/a>, saying she hadn\u2019t been approached.<\/p>\n However, she added that, given the chance, she and Captain Jack Harkness actor John Barrowman \u201cwould jump back into Gwen & Jack tomorrow\u201d.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Davies recently spoke out after it was heavily rumoured that, following Doctor Who\u2019s new distribution deal with Disney Plus<\/a>, more spin-offs would be commissioned.<\/p>\n Speaking about why it\u2019s the right time for him to\u00a0return to Doctor Who<\/a>, Davies told\u00a0GQ<\/a>: \u201cI thought \u2013 with no criticism whatsoever towards the people who were running it at the time, because they were running it within the BBC\u2019s measures \u2013 it was time for the next stage for Doctor Who.<\/p> \u201cI thought the streaming platforms are ready, the spin-offs are ready; I always believed in spin-offs when I was there. I did Torchwood as a spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures as a spin-off.<\/p>\n \u201cThose spin-offs declined when I left, and I can see why. And I very much left after 2008, when the money became scarce. I think that\u2019s fair enough for the public service broadcaster that the money is spent on other things.\u201d<\/p>\n Five new titles join the #DoctorWho<\/a> Target novel collection for its 50th year, and all are available to pre-order now! \ud83d\udcda Which book will you be picking up first?![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/Torchwood-Fragments-08af21a.jpg?quality=90&resize=617%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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