Wed 21 May 2008 - Are you my mummy?
Doctor Who fans, rejoice. Acclaimed writer Steven Moffat, who wrote some of the most memorable (and Hugo-award-winning) recent stories such as Blink and The Empty Child, has been appointed the next Lead Writer and Executive Producer of the show, taking over from sometimes-loved, sometimes-loathed Russell T Davies.
“My entire career has been a Secret Plan to get this job,” said Steven Moffat. “I applied before but I got knocked back cos the BBC wanted someone else. Also I was seven.” — Doctor Who web site
Would he be over-stretched? Hopefully not - he wrote four series of Coupling on his own. (Coupling included one character who was a secret Doctor Who fanatic, who in one very funny scene had a dream in which women were riveted by news of classic lost Doctor Who episodes being found.)
Moffat also wrote Press Gang, back in the day, as well as the Doctor Who spoof The Curse of Fatal Death. And I’d forgotten that he wrote the screenplay for Spielberg’s new Tintin movie.
So the future of Doctor Who looks very bright indeed.
(Reminder to commenters: Please, no spoilers for those watching Australian broadcasts.)