A Doctor Who spinoff featuring a character we haven’t had the pleasure of meeting yet is set to start in Britain

Sci Fi Wire — The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel

Davies added: “He’s a bisexual con man. Hooray! We need more bisexual con men on our television screens, I think, don’t you think? Bisexual con men from the 53rd century, what could be better? He was so enormously successful that we’ve created a spinoff for him.”

Well, alrighty then! This gives us something to look forward to – this character apparently shows up for a five-episode story arc in the current 1st season of the “new” Who that we’re watching on SciFi, and apparently he was popular with the show’s British fans.