Peter Capaldi has been cryptically discussing the new Doctor Who companion in a recent interview with What’s on TV.

Discussing this year’s Christmas Special, The Husbands of River Song, the Twelfth Doctor also briefly looked to the future by teasing that he may already know the identity of the actor or actress who will be joining him in Series 10. “There are no hints about the next companion in the Christmas Special, as far as I’m aware of,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean that I haven’t met them yet. I just don’t know what the outcome of it all is.”

There is now a vacancy aboard the TARDIS following the departure of Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald at the end of Series 9, with showrunner Steven Moffat recently suggesting that the next coveted co-star will be “somebody new” who is also “a little more earthy”.

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