Neil Gaiman said he began watching Doctor Who \Neil Gaiman said he began watching Doctor Who "from behind the sofa" at the age of three. (Philippe Matas/HarperCollins/Associated Press)

Award-winning author and self-described Doctor Who fanatic Neil Gaiman has confirmed rumours that he will pen an episode for a forthcoming season of the iconic British series.

Gaiman won best comic for his Batman comic Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? at the SFX Awards in Sussex, England, on Saturday and, in the acceptance speech he sent, revealed that the Doctor Who episode will air in 2011.

"As anyone who's read my blog knows, I'm a big fan of a certain long-running British TV series. One that I started watching — from behind the sofa — when I was three," Gaiman said.

He revealed that his episode — originally titled "The House of Nothing," but since changed — will air in approximately 14 months.

The new season of Doctor Who is set to debut in the U.K. in the spring, with Matt Smith debuting as the Time Lord. Gaiman's episode will air during Smith's second season in the title role.

In 2009, bestselling horror-fantasy master Gaiman won both the prestigious John Newbery Medal and his fourth Hugo science fiction award for the young adult novel The Graveyard Book.

The British-born, U.S.-based writer's credits range from adult novels like American Gods to his acclaimed children's tale Coraline to comics such as his Sandman series.