Steven Moffat on those rumors

The executive producer of Doctor who, Steven moffat has been busy countering rumours that the BBC’s commitment to the show is waning.
Following the announcement's of that there will be two series of Doctor Who next year, In Doctor Who Magazine, Moffat addresses the issue, saying that 'we' fans worry too much: "I know this because I’ve been a fan since 1963. My favourite rumour is that this is the BBC’s cunning plan to reduce the number of episodes. Right. Okay. . . It’s the BBC’s cunning plan to reduce the number of episode, by going to the extraordinary and fiendish lengths of . . . making exactly the same number of episodes! Quite honestly, you could go over that one a million times and it still wouldn’t work. My least favourite rumour: this is the BBC’s cunning (but slightly generous) plan to give me enough time to work on Sherlock as well. Okay. . . The BBC in their cunning and generosity have decided to reduce my workload by the devilishly clever stratagem of . . . making no difference to my workload whatsoever." It was, Steven Moffat’s idea to have two series of Doctor Who next year, in order to accommodate a “huge cliffhanger” that they wouldn’t normally consider at the end of a series, “because it would be too long before it came back this is an enormous, game-changing .......

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