Steven Moffat thought he had got new Doctor Who so wrong, he threw his script away
May. 13, 2024Steven Moffat talks his Doctor Who return
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“It was quite a long time ago, around two and a half years. I just started tentatively writing and got about twelve to fifteen pages in, and realized I had got it completely wrong,” Moffat told the BBC.
“I started the story in the wrong place, on the wrong foot, so to speak. So I threw that away and started again.”
Moffat continued, “I don’t think I had even told the production office that I had started writing, so when I sent it to just [showrunner Russell T Davies] he was quite surprised – he didn’t know I had been working on it.”
Aside from his stint as showrunner, Moffat is perhaps best known in the Whoniverse – yes, we’re using that name now – as the creator of the Weeping Angels in the classic 2007 episode ‘Blink’.
Judging by the trailer at the end of ‘The Devil’s Chord’, we can perhaps expect another explosive instalment from the writer – as Gatwa’s Doctor finds himself stepping on a landmine-of-sorts and must save the day without moving a muscle.
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The synopsis reads: “Caught in the middle of a devastating war on Kastarion 3, the Doctor is trapped when he steps on a landmine. Can he save himself and Ruby, plus the entire planet…without moving.”
Doctor Who is streaming weekly on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK andDisneyPlus in the US. For more, check out theDoctor Who release schedule.
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