Moorcock to pen new 'Doctor Who' novel?

The BBC is currently in talks with fantasy author Michael Moorcock to write a new Doctor Who novel, it has been confirmed.

Moorcock, who has written a number of books including the Elric of Melniboné series, revealed on his official website that the title will appear sometime in 2010.

"Looks like it's official," he said. "I'll be doing a new Doctor Who novel for appearance, I understand, by next Christmas."

He continued: "Still have to have talks etc with producers and publishers, but we should be signing shortly. Should be fun."

Moorcock also admitted that he had watched the show since it began in 1963. "[I] haven't liked all the Doctors and after Peter Davison [I] stopped watching regularly until the new BBC Wales series," he stated. "Since the Tom Baker series, a lot of my ideas crept into the stories and so in many ways I'll be writing a story which already echoes my own work."

He added: "I do have to submit it to editors so they can make sure it fits into the canon and this, of course, is understandable. By saying it wasn't a tie-in I did, of course, mean that it would be an original novel, not one which was linked to previous stories."