'Doctor Who' to air special mini-episode written by fans

A special one-off mini-episode of Doctor Who is to air on BBC Three.

Earlier this year, the BBC launched a competition for primary school pupils aged 9 to 11 to write a three-minute Who script.

Winning entry 'Death Is The Only Answer' has been written by children from Oakley CE Junior School in Basingstoke and will air in the Autumn.

Doctor Who star Matt Smith said: "It was so clever, we were all just bowled over, it was a brilliant script."

The winning script was chosen by Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat, the show's executive producers Piers Wenger and Beth Willis, and Controller of BBC Learning, Saul Nassé.

"I loved the shortlisted scripts, there was so much skill and enthusiasm on display that it was actually genuinely, very, very difficult to judge," said Moffat. "There was some really, really skilled writing. It was very exciting how they caught the voice of The Doctor and how they used the always stringent limitations of Doctor Who to their advantage."

The mini-episode's production will be covered in this Saturday's edition of BBC Three's behind-the-scenes show Doctor Who Confidential.

Doctor Who returns to BBC One this Saturday at 7.10pm and airs the same day at 9/8c on BBC America. 'Death Is The Only Answer' will be broadcast on BBC Three on October 1.

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