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They're also the topic of the most recent BBC compilation video – so we thought that would be the perfect time to look back at the long-running show's "big bads." If Steven Moffat is to be remembered for one thing, it's creating them for the series They are monsters you need to look at, not[...]

He's known for many projects and accomplishments, including writing and guest-starring on Doctor Who (not to mention writing several Doctor Who novels for the Virgin and BBC Books range and playing The Doctor in fan films back in the 1990s), yet the one thing reporters never stop asking him about is Sherlock, which he co-created and[...]

Steven Moffat certainly relished that about the character – they may be kind and funny, but are also a terrifying Agent of Chaos! The Doctor loves everything but can never fully love their companion The Doctor has many friends but is always lonely. These are the rules of what Russell T Davies now calls The Whoniverse[...]

Now that Steven Moffat is back writing for Doctor Who, fans are speculating about whether River Song will be back.  Alex Kingston certainly hasn't made it a secret that she would love to play the character again But River Song never really went away She's been headlining a River Song series in audio dramas from[...]

Davies brought in doubled down on the knowing comedy in the historical stories, which Steven Moffat was more than happy to lean even deeper into, like Clara (Jenna Colman) fangirling over meeting Robin Hood or the Twelfth Doctor's (Peter Capaldi) funny and true lament about Jesus being whitewashed by the history books. And guess what? Doctor Who[...]

Earlier this month, it was confirmed that ex-showrunner Steven Moffat would be penning an episode of showrunner Russell T Davies (RTD) and stars Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) first series of Doctor Who adventures – directed by Julie-Anne Robinson (Bridgerton, Orange Is The New Black, Scandal) Now, we're getting some insights[...]

After months of rumblings that it would happen – despite his claims that he would be "insane" to do so – it was confirmed on Tuesday that former showrunner Steven Moffat has made his return to Doctor Who, penning an episode set to air during showrunner Russell T Davies (RTD) and stars Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor)[...]

Despite past denials, it was confirmed earlier today that former showrunner Steven Moffat will be making his return to Doctor Who, penning an episode set to air during showrunner Russell T Davies and stars Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) first series of adventures. Directing the episode is BAFTA, Emmy & Golden Globe[...]

It was back in February 2023 when Steven Moffat shared his thoughts on the BBC, Disney+ & showrunner Russell T Davies's upcoming new seris of Doctor Who – with Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday) – during the Radio Times Covers Party Making it clear that he knew way more about Davies's[...]

She appeared in another direct-to-DVD unofficial spinoff sequel, 2004's Dæmos Rising, as the lead, still a civilian and working with an ex-UNIT to investigate a village haunting and tangling with an enemy of the Third Doctor. When "Doctor Who" Introduced Kate Stewart 2.0 It was Chris Chibnall who brought Kate to the new series of Doctor[...]

Steven Moffat and his producer and wife Sue Virtue are on the promo circuit for Douglas is Cancelled, his new satirical comedy series about a national TV newsman who runs afoul of Cancel Culture and faces total ruin in both his life and career Yes, it's a comedy  Moffat began writing the limited series back[...]

Steven Moffat made it a point to find a new layer of pathos and theme to explore whenever he wrote a Dalek story Watching Chibnall's New Year's Specials was basically waiting for the day Chibnall finally leaves the show He reduced the Daleks to the equivalent of your horrible, tedious relatives who show up every[...]

David Bradley came closer to recapturing Hartnell's air of mischievousness in Steven Moffat's "Twice Upon Time". "The Two Doctors" was a mini-event in an attempt to boost the series' ratings at a time when the series was starting to slide It marked Patrick Troughton's final appearance as the Time Lord before he passed away two years[...]

Eastenders has murder! MURGAH! MURDAAAAAAH! We haven't watched the show in years, so we didn't even realise Colin Salmon is now a cast member – he played a mysterious doctor character in "Silence in the Library" on Doctor Who, the story that introduced River Song (Alex Kingston) whom writer Steven Moffat only revealed recently was[...]

The first Doctor Who Christmas Special was on Christmas Day in 1965 when the show just stopped the story of the then-ongoing serial "The Dalek's Masterplan" to have William Hartnell and the cast sit down to a Christmas dinner and raise a toast to the audience in an episode called "The Feast of Steven." That[...]

Davies and Steven Moffat are never ones to avoid a storytelling challenge; it keeps writers sharp, so you could say "Wild Blue Yonder" is another fun screenwriting exercise where they choose a deceptively simple idea and see how they can come up with a fresh take in crazy, creepy ideas while sticking to the characters'[...]

The Artist Formerly Known as Amy Pond from Doctor Who and Nebula from Guardians of the Galaxy Karen Gillan has posted a TikTok dance video from the set of her new Steven Moffat-penned show Douglas is Cancelled Of course, she would! Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillen in "Douglas is Cancelled", still Courtesy of Hartswood/ITVX In Douglas Is[...]

And yes, that's Julian Bleach, the last actor to play Davros during Steven Moffat's run on the series, here playing a younger, still in-one-piece version without all the prosthetic makeup David Tennant is very much his Doctor again, goofy, manic, and insane because he's an immortal time traveler whose brains have been endlessly scrambled for[...]

While Steven Moffat continues to tease (or is it troll?) fans on whether he's writing for the new series of Doctor Who, Variety announced that his next project is Douglas is Cancelled, a new comedy-drama starring Downton Abby's Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan Karen who? Oh, she was formerly of Doctor Who and Guardians of[...]

It's not even exactly TARDIS Blue is it? That's a designation invented by Steven Moffat during his time as showrunner on Doctor Who He certainly knew what he was talking about. "Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour" courtesy of the BBC Otherwise, some of the colouring reminds us of the colours in the original 1960s Star Trek[...]

Davies, Steven Moffat, and Chris Chibnall made sure of that. "Doctor Who": BBC In the old show, regenerations were filmed by just placing the actors who played the Doctors in the same position as they lay on the floor and using simple video editing to cross-fade and some chromakey effects to show the transformation from the dying[...]

BBC America, which co-financed the series from Series Five (Matt Smith and Steven Moffat's first season) to Series Thirteen (Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall's final season), would live-broadcast the show on the same day but in the evening in the US, hours after the UK premiere before going to streaming Disney+ co-financing and licensing the[...]

He leaves the Monk a note declaring, "Perhaps when you learn your lesson, one day I'll come back and release you." (Steven Moffat used that idea and had the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) trapped inside a shrinking TARDIS decades later.)  The Monk only came back once in the series, during "The Daleks' Masterplan," though he[...]

Steven Moffat did manage to remind us that they could be really creepy, so that's a plus for storytelling, especially in Doctor Who. The series in the 1970s and 1980s tended to depict the Cybermen as two-dimensional villains, but that was the style of genre TV writing in those days It helped that the Cybermen had[...]

The fifth season of Doctor Who is a season of many firsts: it was new showrunner Steven Moffat's first season It was Matt Smith's first season as the Eleventh Doctor It was Karen Gillan's first season as a companion and both her and Smith's first starring roles leading a TV series It launched their careers,[...]

But another reason to check it out – and a huge reason to check out the clip below – is that the event included "The Three Showrunners" – Steven Moffat, Chris Chibnall & Russell T Davies. Image: BBC Screencap In the following clip, the trio who crafted the long-running show's return and (hopefully) bright future discuss how[...]

In his first series, the newly-regenerated Doctor questions whether he's a good man after a previous lifetime fighting a war and admitting that he has killed. "I am a Good Man" is a variation and reconfiguration of "A Good Man?", heard near the end of the Twelfth Doctor's life and story in his and showrunner Steven[...]

Michael Wisher gave the character an epic, Shakespearean dimension in his portrayal as the first actor to play Davros. "Doctor Who": BBC In "The Magician's Apprentice," Steven Moffat writes about an older, dying Davros having a heart-to-heart with the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) as two old enemies are different sides of the same coin who understand each[...]

Davies, Steven Moffat & Chris Chibnall having a showrunner reunion during Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration Held at BBC Hoddinott Hall in Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers, conducted by Alastair King), the concert celebrated the musical history of the long-running series and featured[...]

It also created a very cool moment that RTD captured & shared on Instagram. Image: BBC With the caption, "The three showrunners!" RTD posted an image of himself with Steven Moffat and Chris Chibnall – and with it being the season of the show's 60th anniversary, it just feels right Here's a look at the post from[...]