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Davies' first season, written by Robert Shearman, slaughtering a whole army, the 11th Doctor (Peter Capaldi), Missy (Michelle Gomez) and Clara (Jenna Coleman) in the craftiest fake-out and stand-off against the whole Dalek army from Steven Moffat's run, and Rory's (Arthur Darvill) narrow escape from an awakening army of Daleks… which isn't really any extermination[...]

Davies and Steven Moffat's runs so beloved There was the hope that Chibnall and Whittaker's third and final season would finally do that Unfortunately, we got Flux instead Like acid reflux. Whittaker and Gil have had good chemistry and are often more fun in the goofy behind-the-scenes videos for the Doctor Who channel than they ever[...]

The Guardian posted details on a bunch of upcoming TV shows, including Inside Man, a new Steven Moffat BBC drama starring stating that it was "a playful, twist-packed puzzle of a thriller, as you might expect from creator Steven Moffat What's the connection between a small-town vicar (David Tennant), a maths teacher (Dolly Wells) trapped[...]

There should have been a show about the two of them as bickering buddies traveling Time and Space righting wrongs. "Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time" image: BBC America Steven Moffat got to write the ultimate fanfic crossover in "Day of the Doctor," which had the Eleventh (Matt Smith) meet up with the Tenth (David Tennant) and the War[...]

Showrunner Steven Moffat's best and worst are both on display here He works hard to give us big, crazy, unexpected Science Fiction ideas There's an embarrassment of riches with a planet-sized god-like alien that eats memories, a creature in a nightmare dimension, Ice Warriors on a Soviet nuclear submarine, there's an odd recurrence of Victorian-era[...]

"Revenge of the Cybermen" was a so-so, generic Doctor Who story, but it paved the way for better stories to come in the following decades.

Missy's appearance on Doctor Who during Steven Moffat's run effectively made the Rani redundant, since she was just an evil female Time Lord Michelle Gomez injected madness and whimsy to Missy where the Rani was just a mean scientist, played with gleeful pantomime camp by the late Kate O'Mara Some baddies are just too dull[...]

Now, Steven Moffat will have one less thing standing in his way if he's considering writing for Doctor Who again That's because HBO confirmed this afternoon that his and director David Nutter's series adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger's novel The Time Traveler's Wife would not be returning for a second season. "The Time Traveler's Wife" Image: HBO "Though[...]

Though Davies was showrunner at the time, Steven Moffat was commissioned to write it This means Moffat wrote all the crossovers of the modern era before Chibnall became showrunner "Time Crash" is meta and weird in ways beyond the story: Peter Davison is the father of Georgia Moffat, who played the Tenth Doctor's daughter in one[...]

Showrunner Steven Moffat always had more than one season planned, and the season that just ended only covered the first third of Audrey Niffenegger's source novel. "The Time Traveler's Wife" Image: HBO The first and currently only season of The Time Traveler's Wife ended with Henry (Theo James) and Clare's (Rose Leslie) wedding to give viewers the[...]

Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat adapted the novel by Audrey Niffenegger, expanding it to explore the full potential of its story and themes It's meant to be poignant and romantic, but it's unintentionally turned out to be existential horror. "The Time Traveler's Wife" Image: HBO Moffat turned the adaptation into a visit to many of his[...]

While Russell T Davies was the showrunner, and to maybe a slightly lesser extent when Steven Moffat was at the helm, the magazine was a major conduit between the Doctor Who production team and the most devoted of fans, with Davies and Moffat regularly writing for the publication There was also a regular supply of[...]

It may even be Steven Moffat getting out the differences in experience he has had working with HBO in the USA and the BBC in Britain But at its heart, it is a story of the human condition, the choices we make, and their consequences, good and bad Elsa is a popular, positive one, if[...]

One of these days, I've got a whole season worked out, so I'm sure it'll happen eventually." Today, Grant Morrison posted far more details to their Substack, including their thoughts on the current era, Jodie Whitaker, Peter Calapdi, Steven Moffat and Russell T Davies, but also what happened with their pitching, and when it went down[...]

The Unfriend is former Doctor Who and current The Time Traveler's Wife showrunner Steven Moffat's first stage play It is a raucous satire about an English couple who end up with an unwelcome American houseguest who won't leave, to the point where they fear for their lives. This is a review of the script of Steven[...]

It may be the adaptation of a bestselling novel, but showrunner Steven Moffat has been revisiting his greatest hits Audrey Niffenegger's bestselling novel was supposed to be a romantic tragedy about a love story out of synch It's been a huge influence on Moffat and he riffed on it throughout his run on Doctor Who. "The[...]

It covers Steven Moffat's third season as showrunner and the half of Matt Smith's final run as the Eleventh Doctor It also marks Karen Gillen and Arthur Darvill's time on the show as Amy and Rory Pond And… it's a mess. "Doctor Who Series 7" key art: BBC America You could say this season was when Doctor[...]

Steven Moffat's TV adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger's bestselling novel The Time Traveler's Wife is an awkward thing, an artifact that may have come too late The melancholy love story is about a woman (Rose Leslie) married to a man (Theo James) unstuck in Time who keeps disappearing and she only meets different versions of him[...]

When Steven Moffat took over from Davies, he brought back Gallifrey. Chris Chibnall turned the show's continuity into a crutch to cover up the lack of ideas or surprises Doctor Who has become old and creaky again He just had to make Gallifrey part of everything again Gallifrey is a big problem that hardcore fans refuse[...]

Last month brought the release of the first official teaser for EP/Writer Steven Moffat & EP/Director David Nutter's six-episode series take on Audrey Niffenegger's novel ahead of its May 15th premiere (also streaming on HBO Max) Now, viewers are getting a look at the official trailer for HBO's The Time Traveler's Wife[...]

Davies and Steven Moffat Not many people have been able to put their finger on exactly what was wrong Sexists, racists, and homophobes have blamed it on the casting of Jodie Whittaker as a female Doctor, more characters of colour in the main cast, more LGBTQ characters, and too much "woke" We would argue that[...]

The BBC finally released a compilation video of series 5 of Doctor Who, Steven Moffat's debut season as showrunner Overall, it's a triumphant start, continuing the success and popularity of his predecessor Russell T Davies' run and putting his own stamp on it Moffat's first season demonstrated how the same show can become a completely[...]

One person who's been singing Davies' praises regarding his plans for what's to come is veteran Doctor Who showrunner & writer Steven Moffat, who had more to add about the show's future and Moffat's involvement with it Now how you should feel about it depends on your feelings about Moffat's run Curious? Read on… Former "Doctor[...]

Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has two more new shows in the works, reuniting him with former doctors David Tennant and Peter Capaldi One is Inside Man, an upcoming BBC crime thriller with Tennant, Stanley Tucci, Lydia West, and Dolly Wells The other is The Devil's Hour, a thriller starring Capaldi. Image: BBC/BBC America The BBC[...]

Davies and Steven Moffat's runs The Seventh Doctor already began to hint at the darker, more mysterious personality he would show in the next two seasons when he uses his bumbling façade to subtly charm his way into the teenage gangs' good graces and manipulate them into declaring a truce and co-operate with each other[...]

Former showrunner/writer Steven Moffat and writer Mark Gatiss spoke with RadioTimes.com at the Radio Times Covers Party, having nothing but good things to say about the move and how it reflects well on the long-running series. Image: BBC Moffat on How Davies' Decision Is Proof of Show's "Vibrancy": "Ach, they're dragging him out of the archives!" joked Moffat[...]

It's showrunner Steven Moffat and the Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi's penultimate season, and companion Jenna Coleman's final season The video reveals that the season featured some of the show's finest Science Fiction stories and revealed Moffat's grandest themes in the show. "Doctor Who Series 9" image: BBC By his second season, Capaldi was starting to settle into[...]

A month after a set of preview images for EP/Writer Steven Moffat & EP/Director David Nutter's six-episode series take on Audrey Niffenegger's novel was released during HBO and HBO Max's Television Critics Association (TCA) winter press event, viewers are getting a chance to see some of those images come to life with the release of the[...]

Time for another compilation video of Doctor Who, this time of Season 6 of the new show, Steven Moffat & the Eleventh Doctor's (Matt Smith) second season This was the season when the show was at its peak of worldwide popularity This was the season where BBC America began to get involved with the show[...]

With the help of a new BBC Doctor Who compilation video, we look back at Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi's first season as the Doctor.