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Steven Moffat
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- Works
- 9
Top works
- Niewidomy bankier
- Studium w różu
- Coupling
- Dracula (BBC Tie-In Edition)
- Unfriend
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Film & TV
Writing · Paisley, Scotland, UK
Steven W. Moffat is a British TV writer. After he established himself as a comedic writer early on in his career, writing the sitcoms 'Couplings' and 'Press Gang' in the 1990's, he later-on also became well-known as an horror and adventure writer throughout the 2000's, writing for the revival of popular BBC science-fiction show 'Doctor Who', receiving the most BAFTA awards any 'Doctor Who' writer…
Known for
- Doctor Who at the Proms — Self (uncredited)2024
- Doctor Who at 60: A Musical Celebration — Himself2023
- Doctor Who: Video Commentaries — Self2023
- In Search of Dracula — Himself2020
- Doctor Who and the Third Man — Himself2019
- Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock — Himself2016
- Doctor Who: The Fan Show2015
- Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour — Self2014
- Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison — Self2014
- Unlocking Sherlock — Himself2014
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- 58
- Total plays
- 501
Steven Moffat (born 18 November 1961, Paisley) is a Scottish television writer and producer who is the current lead writer and executive producer of the hit BBC show Doctor Who. Moffat's first television work was the teen drama series Press Gang. His first sitcom, Joking Apart, was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage; conversely, his later sitcom Coupling was based upon the development of his relationship with television producer Sue Vertue. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Steven
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2
· 2012 · cited 53,919x
- Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks
· 1998 · cited 34,093x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 23,614x
- HISAT: a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements
· 2015 · cited 22,012x
- Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome
· 2009 · cited 19,929x
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Quotes
- “We saw some amazing actresses for this part. But when Karen came through the door, the game was up — she was funny, clever, gorgeous and sexy. Or Scottish, which is the quick way of saying it. A generation of little girls will want to be her. And a generation of little boys will want them to be her too.”
- “As we all know, it is the proper duty of every British subject to come to the aid of the TARDIS.”
- “What would be the point of having this job if I didn't get to make up some of the maddest possible scenes I've ever had in my head since I was a kid? For him to stand there and take the mickey out of all those monsters — is just hugely exciting.”
- “I think people have come to think a plot hole is something which isn’t explained on screen. A plot hole is actually something that can’t be explained.”
- “I want people to stop saying it. It is witless. It is appalling that in the face of people's genuine tragedy and traumatic loss, you trot out a stock phrase. What is the matter with you? "Thoughts and prayers?" How about you send money? I mean, how about you send some help? How about you do something? "Thoughts and prayers" is, "Nevermind. Oh, well." I thought that if I can just get it in there like, "Exterminate," as what evil robots say, then maybe people will stop saying that idiotic phrase.”
- “When you run with the Doctor, it feels like it'll never end. But however hard you try you can't run forever. Everybody knows that everybody dies and nobody knows it like the Doctor. But I do think that all the skies of all the worlds might just turn dark if he ever, for one moment, accepts it.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Steven William Moffat , ( 1961-11-18 ) 18 November 1961 (age 64) , Paisley, Renfrewshire , Scotland
- Occupation
- Television writer, television producer, and screenwriter
- Alma mater
- University of Glasgow
- Period
- 1988–present
- Genre
- Comedy, drama, adventure, science fiction
- Spouse
- Sue Vertue ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1997 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Steven William Moffat (/ˈmɒfət/; born 18 November 1961) is a Scottish television writer, television producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work as the second showrunner and head writer of the 2005 revival of the BBC sci-fi television series Doctor Who (2010–2017), and for co-creating and co-writing the BBC crime drama television series Sherlock (2010–2017). In the 2015 Birthday Honours, Moffat was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama.
Born in Paisley, Scotland, Moffat, the son of a teacher, was formerly a teacher himself. His first television work was the teen drama series Press Gang. His first sitcom, Joking Apart, was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage. Later in the 1990s, he wrote Chalk, inspired by his own experience as an English teacher. Moffat, a lifelong fan of Doctor Who, wrote the comedic sketch episode The Curse of Fatal Death for the Comic Relief charity telethon, which aired in early 1999. His early-2000s sitcom Coupling was based upon the development of his relationship with television producer Sue Vertue.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Steven Moffat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.