Doctor Who: 12 Things You Need To Know About Series 9

10. There Will Be No Split

Thank the Mighty Jagrafess for that! After a few years of experimental excursions, Doctor Who has finally found its feet. Series 6 broke the NuWho trend back in 2011 when, for the first time since 2005 (excluding the 2009 'gap' year), the series wasn't on air for its traditional 13 week run. Instead, the show dropped an almighty bombshell at the end of A Good Man Goes To War - the long awaited reveal that River Song was Amy and Rory's daughter - and then made fans wait the entire summer to see the aftermath when the drama finally resumed in the autumn. Not cool, guys. Not cool. Series 7 also suffered at the hands of a mid-series split, though this one was helpfully bridged by the 2012 Christmas Special, The Snowmen, plus the intriguing fact that Jenna Coleman kept returning and then dying in the very same episode. Still, Doctor Who works at its very best when its run is uninterrupted and it looks like the BBC have finally figured that one out, too. You can't blame them for trying, of course, and there were probably other factors that contributed to its ever changing scheduling woes. Owing to the success of Series 8, though (yes, despite what you might read in the press - it was successful), there will be no split in this year's series which means that when the Twelfth Doctor returns in the autumn, he'll be here to stay. Well, for the 3 months he's on air, anyway. That's good news, isn't it?