You'll have to wait a little longer still, but your patience will eventually be repaid -- Season 10 of "Doc Martin" is in the works.

Fans have been pretty tense since the end of the most recent season, and that's not a familiar feeling for them. Most fans and critics argue that the appeal of "Doc Martin" is that it's basically televised comfort food.

So when the ninth season of the British medical dramedy, airing on PBS and streaming on Acorn TV over here, ended on a double cliffhanger, fans were left with an unfamiliar sense of worry for the appealingly acidic doctor (played by Martin Clunes).

The wait for news has been a little long -- the previous season ended in November, and it wasn't until April that the word came down that a new season was even being planned.

"We're working on it. It's official, we are doing it," said Nigel Cole, who has directed several episodes of the show, including the previous season finale.

He was speaking at the Cornwall Film Festival, in the region of England where the show is filmed (and where it's set, in the fictional town of Portwenn).

"Working on it" is a long way from shooting it, let alone airing it, but all TV and film production has been delayed by the coronavirus, so usual timelines don't really apply these days. However, while you can't expect to see new episodes any time soon, you can take comfort in knowing that this comforting show will come back eventually.

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