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 Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 11:56 am
Scriptwriter Steven Moffat was today named lead writer and executive producer on hit BBC1 drama Doctor Who.Moffat, who has written a number of episodes of the show - including the acclaimed Blink episode which won him the writer prize at this year's Bafta Craft Awards - will replace Russell T Davies. Davies, the key creative figure behind the Doctor Who revival in 2005, stands down next year. The appointment makes Moffat Doctor Who's showrunner - the key creative force behind the programme - on the fifth series, which will be broadcast on BBC1 in 2010.|SOURCE|GOOD NEWS? BAD NEWS? NOT NEWS?
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:25 pm
I already knew all about this, seeing as its all over all the other doctor who boards, but still...
YAY! YAY! Stephan Moffat!!! YAY! Good on him! YAY!
I like him hes an excellent writer. He also started out as a fan.
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:39 pm
they're both reaLLy good...it's a shame to Loose Davies as Lead writer cos of his sense of humour...But Moffat is a very cLever writer
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:48 pm
I've been a fan of Davies since Dark Season and a fan of Moffat since Press Gang so for me this news is win-win.
Davies gets freed up to get back to pioneering new projects and Moffat gets to re-energise the show on its return. smile
Fantastic news all round. Just hope Davies has got a suitably grand statement of Everything His Who Stands For with which to go out with a bang in the 2010 specials.
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 3:14 pm
If there was any of the gang of writers they've had that I'd want to take over it would be Steven Moffat. I HOPE that it's gonna be great! And maybe the episodes might get a little darker in the future with his influence?
I'm just sad we have to wait so long to see.
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 3:31 pm
Roobarb And maybe the episodes might get a little darker in the future with his influence? perhaps, but I shouldn't think 'darker', since Moffat understands this... Steven Moffat Doctor Who is a children's programme. At least practically everyone who makes (or who ever has made it) thinks it is, and practically everyone who watches it (or who ever has watched it) thinks it is, and I kind of think that's good enough. That's the jury coming back in, that is. [...] Calling Dr Who a children's show isn't a definition of the audience, it's a definition of the SHOW. In style, pace, tone, sensibility, Dr Who stories are children's stories. Like Harry Potter, Star Wars, The Hobbit, Narnia, Toy Story, The Incredibles and all gorgeous, magical stuff. Does that mean it's not for adults? Don't be daft, adults love children's stories - just look at that list. Some of the most famous creations in the human history! People who grow out of children's stories are people who never understood them in the first place. So the "style, pace tone and sensibility" for Doctor Who will stay very much that of children's fiction under Steven Moffat, perhaps more so than it was under Davies.
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:21 pm
Children's stuff can be dark (just look at the mentioning of Harry Potter and Narnia and all the many even darker children's fantasys). Scary if you like, though I was meaning dark in overtones rather than full of violence and gore. The most terrifying ideas don't require any.
I'm only going by the episodes he's done so far (and what I've seen of the up and coming one) but he does seem to know how to make a good, chilling children's story and that seems to be his style. Often when people talk about making stuff for children they mean making it sillier and louder. That's what I don't want to happen and I don't think he'll do that.
That said, I know he's brilliant at comedy too so it should be a good mix, not all serious. Comedy doesn't have to be silly or loud either... and I have to say that some of the comedy on Doctor Who has been and sometimes it makes me cringe (on the Classic stuff as well at the new).
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 9:05 pm
OMG, really? That's so cool! I love Steven Moffat, he's easily my favourite writer for the series. Every single episode he has written so far has been brilliant.
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 9:54 pm
Moffat's New Who stories are some of my favorites, so in theory this is good news to me. But I notice that his stories thus far tend to focus on some sort of story twist, much like M. Night Shyamalan's movies (Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, etc.). While I like such stories on occasion, I hope Moffat isn't going to make these types of stories a lot more common when he takes over. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing.
At any rate, I feel that Moffat's got a better grasp of how to write science fiction than Davies, so I'm cautiously optimistic. And if we can lose the obligatory companion family dynamic of series 1-4, he'll get bonus points from me.
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 12:20 am
Roobarb Children's stuff can be dark (just look at the mentioning of Harry Potter and Narnia and all the many even darker children's fantasys). Scary if you like, though I was meaning dark in overtones rather than full of violence and gore. The most terrifying ideas don't require any. Oh, fair doos if that's what you mean by 'dark' then. smile Mix-up in terminology. Usually when I hear people saying 'dark' they they tend to mean 'grim', 'gritty', 'cynical' and all those other tedious things that fictions do when they try too hard to seem grown-up and end up seeming embarassingly adolescent instead. But then its usually comics fans I hear saying 'dark' and they always mean the 'trying too hard to seem grown-up' stuff (because they almost invariably doing just that themselves, bless 'em). Anyway...other guesses we might want to make about what Moffat Who will be like...
The Doctor will become a more obviously sexualised/romantic lead.
(Since that's been Steven's agenda in Dances, Fireplace... and Fatal Death)
There'll be less 'Outer Space' stories and more historical/time-travel based ones.
Moffat Time travel is, I think, the magic element of Doctor Who. People witter on about going to other planets - which Doctor Who has never really done, it's just gone to a forest - but the magic of Doctor Who is that he travels in time. Travelling in space is just engineering, but travelling in time is witchcraft. ... Children are quite excited by time travel - in a way, more so than going to other planets. Going to the past is actually impossible. Going to other planets is just a matter of a long enough railway track.
Davies-haters are going to find plenty more to hate.
Moffat Bloody loved [Last of the Time Lords]. Cheeky, audacious, mental. Does stuff only Doctor Who can do. And Doctor Who should never waste time doing anything else.
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 12:46 am
mrgreen very good! my only concerns are that he is easily my favourite writer, I loved every one of his episodes so far, but he only wites 1 or 2 episodes a series, and you always look forward to them. What im trying to get at is well ... never mind I cant seem to explain...
Well I'm looking forward to series 5!
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:14 am
Goodbye, thank you and good luck, Russell.
Steven, best of luck!
Way to make the show even better? Keep David!
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:36 am
Richard_Swift There'll be less 'Outer Space' stories and more historical/time-travel based ones. Moffat Time travel is, I think, the magic element of Doctor Who. People witter on about going to other planets - which Doctor Who has never really done, it's just gone to a forest - but the magic of Doctor Who is that he travels in time. Travelling in space is just engineering, but travelling in time is witchcraft. ... Children are quite excited by time travel - in a way, more so than going to other planets. Going to the past is actually impossible. Going to other planets is just a matter of a long enough railway track. Hmm... it's a pity about the not going to so many other planets, since that is my favourite type of episode. Actually space-stations are probably my favourite type of episode, out of the new ones. That said, if you do a historical episode well then it should be just as awesome. Perhaps even a few historical ones without any aliens? Or ones like 'The Girl In The Fireplace' where it's historical crossed over. Though I guess you can't really pull that trick off twice. My most hated episodes (in terms of location) are those set on modern day or nearly modern day earth. So as long as he doesn't overdose on those I'll be happy.
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 6:50 am
tennantsbutterfly Way to make the show even better? Keep David! I think Moffat would agree, given that Tennant is his favourite Doctor ever (well, in joint first place with Davison anyway)! The ball's got to be very much in Tennant's court on this one. Myself, I really hope we get another full season out of him to ease the transition. If I'm honest then I hope Tennant stays in the role until he's older than Hartnell was, but being realistic then I'm just hoping for another full season.
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 4:12 pm
Woohoo!
I'm not really a fan of Davies, but he did write some good episodes.
Moffat is my absolute favorite writer; I can't wait to see what he pulls out of his hat for Series 5. Best part is, they have more time to write since there's gonna be three specials in between S4 and S5, rather than a whole series of scripts.
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