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Breaking News - New “Doctor Who” Showrunner

May 20, 2008 by Sam Sloan   || Category: TV News

According to the BBC, Steven Moffat, the scribe responsible of “Blink” and several other excellent “Doctor Who” episodes, will be taking over for Russell T Davies once he steps down at the end of 2009.

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16 Responses to “Breaking News - New “Doctor Who” Showrunner”

  1. Kyle Nin on May 20th, 2008 11:33 pm

    That should be Moffat, with one “T”.

    I looked up Stephen Moffatt on IMDb and got an actor instead of the “Doctor Who” writer.

  2. Kyle Nin on May 20th, 2008 11:36 pm

    Sorry, I forgot to also mention that his first name is Steven, not Stephen.

  3. Bob on May 21st, 2008 12:09 am

    Fantastic news

  4. -I'd rater not use my username on May 21st, 2008 12:18 am

    Oh damn it… the internet folk are going to be giddy

  5. Bill T. on May 21st, 2008 12:27 am

    Steven also wrote “Jekyl” for the BBC. It’s a six episode mini-series starring James Nesbitt. Scary and hilarious.

  6. Bronzethumb on May 21st, 2008 1:03 am

    Fan-frakkin’-tastic! Moffat is easily the best writer on the series, and one of my favourite TV writers ever.

  7. nuddley on May 21st, 2008 1:59 am

    Great!
    Now all that needs to happen is Catherine Tate spontaneously combust and doctor who will be completely saved.

  8. Michael Hickerson on May 21st, 2008 3:29 am

    He will do a great job. I am officially re-energized for Who.

  9. tlsmith1963 on May 21st, 2008 3:39 am

    I love the idea of Moffat taking over, but I hope that David Tennant will stay on for Series 5, which will be Moffat’s first series. Tennant has been wonderful.

  10. David C Simon on May 21st, 2008 5:00 am

    Fantastic news! IMO, Steven wrote the only episodes of the new series which were actually worth watching - he *gets* Doctor Who in a way which Russell T. Davies has completely failed to do. My rather depressed outlook on the new series has suddenly been replaced with optimism!

  11. pooch on May 21st, 2008 5:03 am

    THANK YOU JESUS…..nuff said

  12. Michael Natale on May 21st, 2008 2:09 pm

    doing my happy dance….

  13. Michelle on May 21st, 2008 4:36 pm

    As long as he doesn’t end every time travel paradox episode with “wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey.” Jeez, you’d think no one had ever addressed the time travel paradox before…

  14. Emily on May 21st, 2008 6:03 pm

    I’m cool with that.

    I like Tate. I want Tate and tennant to stay more then one series. Looking foward to Muffet

  15. EddieLa on May 22nd, 2008 2:03 am

    Great news! I’m also a fan of Tate. Despite a weak first two episodes, this season of ‘Doctor Who’ has been fantastic. Can’t wait for Moffat’s 2-parter next week.

  16. Ren on May 31st, 2008 8:05 am

    ‘Jekyl’ was a fantastic show. Wasn’t it Steven Moffat who also wrote ‘Coupling’?, in my opinion another great BBC show.

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