HBO Orders The Time Traveler’s Wife Series From Doctor Who Alum Steven Moffat

HBO has given a series order to an adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife from former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat. The cable network announced that the series will adapt the best-selling novel by Audrey Niffenegger, which tells the story of Clare and Henry, and a marriage with a problem…time travel.

Moffat said of the news, “I read Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife many years ago, and I fell in love with it. In fact, I wrote a Doctor Who episode called The Girl In The Fireplace as a direct response to it. When, in her next novel, Audrey had a character watching that very episode, I realised she was probably on to me. All these years later, the chance to adapt the novel itself, is a dream come true. The brave new world of long form television is now ready for this kind of depth and complexity. It’s a story of happy ever after — but not necessarily in that order.”

HBO programming president Casey Bloys added, “We are thrilled to be partnering with Steven Moffat, Hartswood and WBTV on The Time Traveler’s Wife. Steven’s passion is evident in every project he’s written and we are certain that his love and respect for this mesmerizing and textured novel will make it a quintessential HBO series.”