Lee Evans may have just landed his own Doctor Who spinoff show after impressing fans in Saturday night’s Planet Of The Dead.

Nearly nine million people watched the episode and executive producer Russell T Davies reportedly said that he was considering writing a spinoff around Evans and Noma Dumezweni, who played Captain Magambo.

He told The Sun: “Lee and Noma are a spin-off series waiting to happen. UNIT soldiers often work best as half of a double-act, so Magambo needed a foil, though we never dreamed we’d get to cast the part so well.” He added the spin-off could even make it to air late this year.