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Moffat clarifies position on Doctor Who movie

Following an interview given by prospective Doctor Who movie director David Yates to MTV that suggested that a different actor would be cast as the Doctor in a new film, the BBC Wales series’ head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat has issued a tweet setting out the official position. “To clarify: any Doctor Who movie would be made by […]

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Moffat reacts to Who movie news?

Current Doctor Who head writer Steven Moffat has issued a tweet, apparently in response to the recent news that Harry Potter director David Yates is working on a film version of Doctor Who which will be completely separate from the TV series. “Announcing my personal moonshot, starting from scratch. No money, no plan, no help from NASA. But I know where […]

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Moffat calls Doctor Who Confidential axing a “bad decision”

In the latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine, series head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat has criticised the decision by BBC Three to axe Doctor Who Confidential, the documentary series that has accompanied Doctor Who since its return to screens in 2005. Writing in his Production Notes column, Moffat notes, “I’m not supposed to say it, but I’m going […]

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Matt Smith wins at Scream Awards

It was a mixed night for Doctor Who fans at the Scream Awards held on October 15 in Los Angeles: although both Matt Smith and Karen Gillan had been nominated for Best Science Fiction Actor/Actress, and the show present in the Best TV Show category, only Smith’s portrayal of the Doctor was successful. Fans of Harry Potter and the Deadly […]

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Doctor Who Christmas details revealed

According to various reports in the British media today, this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special will see the Time Lord in a pastiche of C.S. Lewis’s Narnia tales. Possibly entitled The Lion, The Witch and the TARDIS, the story sees the Doctor acting as caretaker of a creepy old house in Dorset during the Second World War. He befriends mum […]

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TV Choice awards genre shows

Karen Gillan’s performance as Amy Pond on Doctor Who was hailed in the TV Choice awards which were presented on September 13 at London’s Savoy Hotel. A 2011 Award also went to Doctor Who for Best Family Drama, while Matt Smith was beaten to the award for Best Actor by his predecessor, David Tennant, for his performance in the series Single […]

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Moffat promises increased Who over next two years

Speaking to the Daily Beast, Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat has made it clear that there has been no reduction in the number of episodes in the next season of Doctor Who and that fans may be seeing more, rather than less, of the programme as it approaches its 50th anniversary. On the same day that the Radio Times […]

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Doctor Who triumphs yet again at Hugo Awards

Steven Moffat’s two-part finale for Matt Smith’s first season as the Doctor has won the Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, at the Awards ceremony held at the World Science Fiction Convention in Reno, Nevada, on August 20th. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang won the show’s fifth Hugo Award in the category, making Doctor Who, as writer Paul Cornell […]

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Doctor Who returns August 27 – officially confirmed

The BBC Press Office has released a new press pack for the second half of Doctor Who‘s sixth season, confirming that the show returns to British screens on August 27, as a new prequel has appeared online. Executive producer Steven Moffat introduces the six episodes: “The wait is almost over. The second part of the thrilling new series of Doctor […]

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Moffat making "huge" plans for Who's 50th anniversary

Producer Steven Moffat has made it clear that plans for Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary in 2013 extend far beyond a single celebratory story. Speaking to TV Line, Moffat said that “I’ve got various plans, but all I can say emphatically is it will be huge.” Explaining that at present “it’s only a set of notions,” Moffat suggested that there would […]

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Moffat denies American move planned for Doctor Who

Speaking at the Television Critics Association press tour yesterday (July 28), Doctor Who producer Steven Moffat has said that it is unlikely that the series will follow in spin-off Torchwood‘s footsteps and become an American production. “It’s entirely about story,” Moffat pointed out. “I don’t think in order to make Doctor Who successful in America you have to make stories set […]