Scriptwriter Steven Moffat was today named lead writer and executive producer on hit BBC1 drama Doctor Who.
Moffat, who has written a number of episodes of the show - including the acclaimed Blink episode which won him the Bafta writer award at this year's TV awards - will replace Russell T Davies.
Davies, the key creative figure behind the Doctor Who revival in 2005, stands down next year.
The appointment makes Moffat Doctor Who's show runner - the key creative force behind the programme - on the fifth series, which will be broadcast on BBC1 in 2010.
As well as Blink, his previous work on Doctor Who includes The Girl in the Fireplace for Series Two, which earned him his second Hugo Award. His first was for the Series One two-parter The Empty Child
Davies said: "It's been a delight and an honour working with Steven, and I can't wait to see where his extraordinary imagination takes the Doctor. Best of all, I get to be a viewer again, watching on a Saturday night!"
Davies and Julie Gardner, the BBC Wales head of drama, who have worked on the fourth series of Doctor Who and are working on three specials for broadcast in 2009.
In 2009 BBC Wales, which makes Doctor Who, will also have a new head of drama when producer Piers Wenger takes over from Julie Gardner.
Moffat, who has written a number of episodes of the show - including the acclaimed Blink episode which won him the Bafta writer award at this year's TV awards - will replace Russell T Davies.
Davies, the key creative figure behind the Doctor Who revival in 2005, stands down next year.
The appointment makes Moffat Doctor Who's show runner - the key creative force behind the programme - on the fifth series, which will be broadcast on BBC1 in 2010.
As well as Blink, his previous work on Doctor Who includes The Girl in the Fireplace for Series Two, which earned him his second Hugo Award. His first was for the Series One two-parter The Empty Child
Davies said: "It's been a delight and an honour working with Steven, and I can't wait to see where his extraordinary imagination takes the Doctor. Best of all, I get to be a viewer again, watching on a Saturday night!"
Davies and Julie Gardner, the BBC Wales head of drama, who have worked on the fourth series of Doctor Who and are working on three specials for broadcast in 2009.
In 2009 BBC Wales, which makes Doctor Who, will also have a new head of drama when producer Piers Wenger takes over from Julie Gardner.
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Re: It's official: MOFFAT TO REPLACE DAVIES
Wed, May 21, 2008 - 1:22 AMHoly Shit
Everyone on both sides of the aisle
is going to have a love fest over this news.
Come and play with us Gordon
Forever... and ever... and ever.
xoxo.
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Wed, May 21, 2008 - 3:30 PM
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wed, May 21, 2008 - 9:40 PMAmen to that. I'll join the chorus. -
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Thu, May 22, 2008 - 10:46 AMExcellent news! Do we know if Moffat also take over Torchwood?
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Fri, May 23, 2008 - 9:59 PMHmm i seem to remember saying this was going to happen...so no big surprise to me. It's going to be fun to see how thing change
But is RTD still working with Torchwood?
Ok back to the normal banter ..
CC
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Sat, May 24, 2008 - 9:33 AMThe real question will then be who Moffat hires for his writing staff: Which new series writers will return? Will he recruit writers from the classic series? Big Finish? The novel series? Television writers who have never worked with Doctor Who at all?
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Tue, May 27, 2008 - 6:42 PMHere is a blog with early rumors on Moffat's approach...
First rumor... Neil Gaiman has been approached to write an episode.
Enjoy.
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Wed, May 28, 2008 - 9:56 AMif Neil Gaiman writes an ep I will cream myself. -
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Thu, May 29, 2008 - 6:59 PMyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaY! -
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Re: It's official: MOFFAT TO REPLACE DAVIES
Thu, May 29, 2008 - 7:02 PMif Neil Gaiman writes an ep I will cream myself. >>>>
Me f'n too!
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Fri, May 30, 2008 - 12:32 PMme fucking too!
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Tue, June 3, 2008 - 8:48 AMNeil Gaiman is okay, but if Moffat is going to recruit British comic book writers, I really want to see Alan Moore, or Warren Ellis, maybe Grant Morrison. -
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Tue, June 3, 2008 - 10:22 AMHey Ian -- No doubt... but Gaiman is the one with actual TV writing experience by the way.
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Tue, June 3, 2008 - 11:10 AMAgreed. Bring on the freaky comic book occultists. -
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Wed, June 4, 2008 - 7:04 AMTV and Movie Rev
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Wed, June 18, 2008 - 8:05 AMYes, but Moore and Ellis have a history of turning comic book genres on their heads, deconstructing them yet still relaying engaging storylines-- they could do surprising things with Doctor Who that would please both casual viewers, and obsessed whovians.
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Wed, June 18, 2008 - 12:08 AM<The real question will then be who Moffat hires for his writing staff:>
I'm guessing it probably won't be Lawrence Miles.
<Moffat is unlikely to write ever(y) episode himself. >
one thing that concerns me is that things might get too repetitive and predictable if he writes too many episodes in a season. The first time the Doctor said "everybody lives!" it was refreshing, but then when Jenny came back to life and River gave her speech about everybody being saved on that day it felt much less inspiring and felt recycled. -
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Wed, June 18, 2008 - 7:08 AMLawrence Miles might be a good choice though.
Though Moffat did not write that episode, he must have requested that Jenny come back to life because he intends to make some good use of her instead of wasting the very idea of the Doctor having a daughter as a one-off episode that has no bearing on the Doctor's story (a la Star Trek reset button.) -
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Wed, June 25, 2008 - 1:26 AMMiles has a really funny thing on his blog, making fun of how Moffat's stories have evolved since The Empty Child...
beasthouse-lm2.blogspot.com/
It's located on the bar on the right, down a little ways, called The Moffat Times-Table
There's also a huge article talking about some serious stuff. If you wanna read it, I suggest you save the web page on your computer, because he often takes his posts down after about a week. -
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Wed, June 25, 2008 - 8:07 AMThe Moffat Time-Table is hilarious (and I haven't even seen a third of the referenced episodes). The main article is 24 pages (and self-admittedly 10,000 words) long and therefore far too long to be coherent or worth my time. If ya can't say it in 10 pages, just keep quiet! : )
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Wed, June 25, 2008 - 8:46 AMMiles is probably the best Doctor Who blogger there is, on top of being the definitive historian of the television programme as well as having written some popular novels. Anything he says about the series is worth reading.
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