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
life daleks add
Do you know how you make someone into a Dalek? Subtract Love, add Anger.
coincidence busy cases
Never ignore a coincidence. Unless you're busy, in which case, always ignore a coincidence.
friendship falling-in-love war
You take this cold, remarkable, difficult, dangerous, borderline psychopath man, and you wonder what might have happened to him had he not met his best friend, a friend that no one would have put him with – this solid, dependable, brave, big-hearted war hero. I think people fall in love, not with Sherlock Holmes or with Dr. Watson, but with their friendship. I think it is the most famous friendship in fiction, without a doubt.
approach happens ifs
You have to take your own bold approach, and if you do you will be rewarded with success. Or calamitous failure. That can happen too.
thinking doctors important
Amy Pond: 'I thought... well, I started to think you were just a madman with a box.' The Doctor: 'Amy Pond, there's something you better understand about me, 'cause it's important and one day your life may depend on it. [He Smiles] I am definitely a madman with a box.
want knows universe
You don't want to take over the universe. You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it.
office toys monsters
If anyone said to me 'invent a new monster so we can sell more toys', I'd kick them out of my office.
successful shows
Being the only writer on a successful show is very rewarding.
care i-dont-care bow-tie
See the bowtie? I wear it and I don't care. That's why it's cool.
running warrior journey
It's the 50th year of Doctor Who and look what's going on! We're up in the sky and under the sea! We're running round the rings of an alien world and then a haunted house. There's new Cybermen, new Ice Warriors and a never before attempted journey to the centre of the TARDIS. And in the finale, the Doctor's greatest secret will at last be revealed! If this wasn't already our most exciting year it would be anyway!
book library world
You want weapons? We're in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world!
drama would-be boring
Nothing can ever be a rule in drama, because then you're saying certain things won't ever happen, and that would be very boring.
sexy song cheating
River Song? Amy Pond? Hardly weak women. It's the exact opposite. You could accuse me of having a fetish for powerful, sexy women who like cheating people. That would be fair.
doctors rockets physics
Come on, Rory! It isn't rocket science, it's just quantum physics! -The Doctor (Matt Smith)