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"And in more recent times, I've always loved Doctor Who, and I particularly loved when Steven Moffat was writing 'Doctor Who.' Because again, he's a very meticulous writer who constructs these beautiful puzzle boxes of plot More recently, I really loved Michaela Coel's 'I May Destroy You,' which to me was up there with Potter[...]

Though not a religious show, Doctor Who has enough religious and spiritual themes built in to make it a truly spiritual sci-fi experience.

Monday to Saturday. — Speedy's Cafe (@speedyscafe) September 24, 2020 Does anybody want to buy Sherlock's cafe? And if Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Benedict Cumberbatch and Mertin Freeman ever film another series… you'll be right in the thick of it. It comes to a surprise to some people that BBC's Sherlock is not filmed at 221B Baker[...]

Davies, Steven Moffat, and Chris Chibnall, who have used it as a prototype for their runs ever since Episodes later in the 7th Doctor's run deepened the themes and tropes established in this story, but none of them carried the impact or surprise of this story. This is a new series we're launching about the[...]

Steven Moffat did it by changing history so the Doctor didn't destroy Gallifrey at all but preserved it Now Chris Chibnall takes it further by not only destroying Gallifrey again and now revealing the "truth" behind the Doctor's origin and the nature of regeneration and Time Lord lore. The Doctor Was an Abused Child Chibnall's change to[...]

Also including videos with Mark Millar, Alice Cooper, William Shatner, Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Chris Claremont, Duncan Jones, Leigh Balch, Run DMC, Gerard Way, Ben Aaronovitch, Michael Moorcock, Simon Pegg, V.E.Schwab, Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons and more So… what else were you going to do with your weekend? And there's plenty of Behind The Scenes interviews[...]

Forbidden Planet is about to celebrate its 42nd birthday and Sherlock Holmes, Draculs and Doctor Who's Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have been video-interviewed with Forbidden Planet and Titan Comics' Andrew Sumner, going live at forbiddenplanet.com/fp42 on Saturday, August 29th But first, we have Steven and Mark talking about their early impressions of the store, and the[...]

This is why the Gallifreyans have referred to him as the President all the way to the modern show in Steven Moffat and Peter Capaldi's run. "The Deadly Assassin": Old School Pulp in Timelord Clothing The story starts out riffing on the Kennedy Assassination, then rips off The Most Dangerous Game by having the Doctor (Tom Baker)[...]

After soliciting questions from the Twitterverse earlier in the day, Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, and Sue Vertue took the time to answer ten questions selected by the video panels host/moderator, Louis Moffat. A look at Mycroft and Sherlock (Image: BBC) Over the course of ten questions, the trio cover a lot of ground when it comes to[...]

No, we're talking about July 25, 2020: the day that Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss' Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman-starring take on Sherlock first entered our television lives To mark the occasion (which also happens to fall nicely in the middle of Comic-Con@Home), fans have been taking to social media with #10YearsOfSherlock to show that[...]

Carey Mulligan Carey Mulligan appeared in "Blink," the episode was written by future showrunner Steven Moffat, one of the most popular episodes in the show's history, which reputedly clinched him the job as Russell T Davies replacement. Carey Mulligan in "Doctor Who", BBC Studios It introduced the Weeping Angels in a mostly Doctor-less episode Mulligan carried the entire[...]

He lacked the jokey, slapstick airs that David Tennant and Matt Smith brought to their Doctors, or the flamboyant, old school patrician vibe of Peter Capaldi, who was in many ways Steven Moffat's idea of the Ultimate Doctor The 9th Doctor was also the most angst-ridden, filled with survivor's guilt and self-loathing His arc was[...]

Davies, Steven Moffat, and Chris Chibnall have all been hugely influenced by stories like "Battlefield" to give Doctor Who the big, epic scope that they and the fans always thought it deserved. Doctor Who: Season 26 – The 7th Doctor's 3rd season is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD. The BBC just released the latest Doctor[...]

Steven Moffat is finished with Doctor Who For good He swears Promise First things first: if you haven't checked out the Moffat-penned "audio-visuals" drama "The Best of Days" then definitely make sure to check it out here after you're done reading this Especially because if fans are to believe Moffat's recent Instagram post, that's going[...]

Not all Cyberman have handles… that may be the most chilling line in today's Doctor Who Lockdown special episode, The Best Of Days, written by Steven Moffat and starring as Bill Potts played by Pearl Mackie and Matt Lucas as Nardole, directed and creatively supervised by Rachel Talalay with new music from Murray Gold, and[...]

Cook said the decision was made "out of respect for the feelings of Doctor Who fans around the world" and that "it doesn't seem appropriate at this time" (and many agreed). A visual from Doctor Who Lockdown "The Best of Days", courtesy of BBC and Doctor Who Lockdown. But while the live-tweet look at Peter Capaldi's "World[...]

In her statement (which you can read in its entirety below), Cook explained that the decision was made "out of respect for the feelings of Doctor Who fans around the world" and that "it doesn't seem appropriate at this time." Doctor Who Lockdown final rewatch artwork, courtesy of BBC Studios. The final go-around was to focus on Peter[...]

Showrunner and writer Steven Moffat, companions Pearl Mackie (Bill Potts) and Matt Lucas (Nardoe), and director Rachel Talalay were set to live-tweet The day will not go without something for Doctor Who fans, with Cook revealing "The Best of Days," written by Moffat and starring Mackie and Lucas, that has us fascinated: Doctor Who Lockdown notice[...]

And for free! This comes right after the final Doctor Who Lockdown Rewatch of former showrunner Steven Moffat's final two episodes World Enough and Time and The Doctor Falls As of Monday, the BBC Writer's Room, their online resource for students of screenwriting and hobbyists, is offering the scripts of those episodes as free PDF[...]

Of course, what would a global rewatch be if there weren't some "goodies" to go along with it? When you have then-showrunner and episode writer Steven Moffat as well as episode director Douglas Mackinnon along to livetweet, you know you're getting much more than an hour's worth of tweets To kick off things, Moffat and[...]

Then-showrunner and writer of the episode Steven Moffat will livetweet the event along with episode director Douglas Mackinnon. Artwork for Doctor Who Lockdown Rewatch "Listen" Join in with a tweetalong of LISTEN on Wednesday 20 May at 7pm (UK time)… With live tweets from @StevenWMoffat & director @drmuig Plus, new bonus material!#FearIsASuperpower Graphic by @SCrouchCreative pic.twitter.com/fsz5b1RSQ1 — Emily Cook (@Emily_Rosina) May[...]

Davies, Steven Moffat, and Chris Chibnall These are not promotional puff pieces They talk about what it's like to write for television and offer practical advice for students of writing There are also interviews and blogs from other writers about their episodes. The scripts for Series 12 are actually transcription drafts of the completed episodes complete[...]

Peter Capaldi guest-starred here, about five years before Davies' successor Steven Moffat cast him as The Doctor after Matt Smith's departure Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Cook made the announcement via Twitter. The next Doctor Who Lockdown global rewatch will be "The Fires of Pompeii", image courtesy of Doctor Who Lockdown and BBC. We're[...]

The showrunner of the current era Steven Moffat brought them back for the first time in "The Day of the Doctor" He then gave them a whole storyline in the 2-parter "Invasion of the Zygons" and "Inversion of the Zygons" They've actually appeared more often in the current version of the show than in the[...]

With the global rewatch set for Wednesday, May 6, to mark the 14th anniversary of the episode's original air date, episode writer and former showrunner Steven Moffat as well as actress Sophia Myles (Reinette) joined in on the live-tweeting fun. Scenes from Doctor Who episode The Girl in the Fireplace, courtesy of BBC. But of course, that[...]

Davies and Steven Moffat to tag-team another pretty reveal During a dual interview between the two screenwriters for the series' monthly magazine, it was revealed that 2008 episodes "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead" actually introduced a future version of the Doctor (played during this time by David Tennant) disguised as Colin[...]

Writer and former showrunner Steven Moffat and Sophia Myles, who played Reinette, will livetweet the rewatch event They also announced that Moffat has written a new bonus short, "Pompadour, featuring Reinette and Myles will reprise the role for the first time in 14 years. The Girl in the Fireplace is the focus of the next Doctor[...]

We've had Steven Moffat and Russell T Davies offering new prologue, epilogue, and side stories that further enhance viewers' appreciation for the episode We've seen Peter Capaldi take to Twitter to share his in-the-moment Doctor perspectives, and Arthur Darvill even returned to the role of Rory for a video treat (and those are just a[...]

This was to buy some time for Steven Moffat to take over as the new showrunner Davies used those specials to push The Doctor even further in his emotional complexity Davies also addressed the last dangling threads from his run, like the final confrontation with The Master and resolving Donna's story at last I wonder[...]

Following Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat, Chris Chibnall, and Pete McTighe's online tales, Cornell's "The Shadow Passes" finds Jodie Whittaker's Doctor and her companions dealing with being trapped in an underground bunker for three weeks after a "Death Moon" forces our heroes and the population of the planet Calapia to seek shelter As the Doctor[...]