Steven Moffat
Steven Moffat
Steven William Moffat, OBEis a Scottish television writer and producer, known for his work as showrunner, writer and producer of the British television series Doctor Who and Sherlock...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth18 November 1961
smart pride successful
I can say with pride verging on smugness that I've got two very successful shows that assume their audience is very smart.
years impossible-things miracle
The universe is big, its vast and complicated, and ridiculous. And sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles. And that's the theory. Nine hundred years, never seen one yet, but this would do me.
people sparrows nightingales
Kathy Nightingale: What's good about sad? Sally Sparrow: It's happy for deep people.
girl hero men
I stole your childhood and now I’ve led you by the hand to your death. But the worst thing is, I knew. I knew this would happen. This is what always happens. Forget your faith in me. I took you with me because I was vain. Because I wanted to be adored. Look at you. Glorious Pond, the girl who waited for me. I’m not a hero. I really am just a mad man in a box. And it’s time we saw each other as we really are. Amy Williams, it’s time to stop waiting.
angel world may
Reinette: One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.
done ghost rollercoaster
Well we've moved through the funfair a bit - we've done the rollercoaster, now we're on the ghost train.
enemy suspense comedy
The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of suspense, and it's the enemy of comedy. It's the enemy of everything, really. So you have to shake it up.
running scared
Never run when you're scared. Rule 7.
lying doctors
Rule 1: The Doctor lies.
doctors bigger clara
The Doctor: I've seen bigger. Clara: Really? The Doctor: Are you joking? It's massive!
immature ifs
What's the point of being a grown-up if you don't get to be immature?
knows i-can
I don't know. I can't tell the future I just work there.
victory saving forgotten
I'd forgotten not all victories are about saving the universe.
doctors worry bed
Young Reinette: Monsieur, be careful! The Doctor: It's just a nightmare, Reinette, don't worry, everyone has nightmares. Even monsters under the bed have nightmares! Young Reinette: What do monsters have nightmares about? The Doctor: Me!