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And for free! This comes right after the final Doctor Who Lockdown Rewatch of former showrunner Steven Moffat's final two episodes World Enough and Time and The Doctor Falls As of Monday, the BBC Writer's Room, their online resource for students of screenwriting and hobbyists, is offering the scripts of those episodes as free PDF[...]

Of course, what would a global rewatch be if there weren't some "goodies" to go along with it? When you have then-showrunner and episode writer Steven Moffat as well as episode director Douglas Mackinnon along to livetweet, you know you're getting much more than an hour's worth of tweets To kick off things, Moffat and[...]

Then-showrunner and writer of the episode Steven Moffat will livetweet the event along with episode director Douglas Mackinnon. Artwork for Doctor Who Lockdown Rewatch "Listen" Join in with a tweetalong of LISTEN on Wednesday 20 May at 7pm (UK time)… With live tweets from @StevenWMoffat & director @drmuig Plus, new bonus material!#FearIsASuperpower Graphic by @SCrouchCreative pic.twitter.com/fsz5b1RSQ1 — Emily Cook (@Emily_Rosina) May[...]

Davies, Steven Moffat, and Chris Chibnall These are not promotional puff pieces They talk about what it's like to write for television and offer practical advice for students of writing There are also interviews and blogs from other writers about their episodes. The scripts for Series 12 are actually transcription drafts of the completed episodes complete[...]

Peter Capaldi guest-starred here, about five years before Davies' successor Steven Moffat cast him as The Doctor after Matt Smith's departure Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Cook made the announcement via Twitter. The next Doctor Who Lockdown global rewatch will be "The Fires of Pompeii", image courtesy of Doctor Who Lockdown and BBC. We're[...]

The showrunner of the current era Steven Moffat brought them back for the first time in "The Day of the Doctor" He then gave them a whole storyline in the 2-parter "Invasion of the Zygons" and "Inversion of the Zygons" They've actually appeared more often in the current version of the show than in the[...]

With the global rewatch set for Wednesday, May 6, to mark the 14th anniversary of the episode's original air date, episode writer and former showrunner Steven Moffat as well as actress Sophia Myles (Reinette) joined in on the live-tweeting fun. Scenes from Doctor Who episode The Girl in the Fireplace, courtesy of BBC. But of course, that[...]

Davies and Steven Moffat to tag-team another pretty reveal During a dual interview between the two screenwriters for the series' monthly magazine, it was revealed that 2008 episodes "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead" actually introduced a future version of the Doctor (played during this time by David Tennant) disguised as Colin[...]

Writer and former showrunner Steven Moffat and Sophia Myles, who played Reinette, will livetweet the rewatch event They also announced that Moffat has written a new bonus short, "Pompadour, featuring Reinette and Myles will reprise the role for the first time in 14 years. The Girl in the Fireplace is the focus of the next Doctor[...]

We've had Steven Moffat and Russell T Davies offering new prologue, epilogue, and side stories that further enhance viewers' appreciation for the episode We've seen Peter Capaldi take to Twitter to share his in-the-moment Doctor perspectives, and Arthur Darvill even returned to the role of Rory for a video treat (and those are just a[...]

This was to buy some time for Steven Moffat to take over as the new showrunner Davies used those specials to push The Doctor even further in his emotional complexity Davies also addressed the last dangling threads from his run, like the final confrontation with The Master and resolving Donna's story at last I wonder[...]

Following Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat, Chris Chibnall, and Pete McTighe's online tales, Cornell's "The Shadow Passes" finds Jodie Whittaker's Doctor and her companions dealing with being trapped in an underground bunker for three weeks after a "Death Moon" forces our heroes and the population of the planet Calapia to seek shelter As the Doctor[...]

Writer Steven Moffat and director Rachel Talalay will live-tweet along with actor Jami Reid-Quarell, who played The Veil The rewatch takes place on Tuesday, April 14, at 8 p.m British Standard Time, putting it at 3 p.m US East Coast Time One of the reasons why that date is so important? It just so happens[...]

The story represents in many ways the peak of then-showrunner Steven Moffat's era His run was the most fan-servicey and meta in the show's history All the best love stories are sad, and nobody understands this better than Gaiman Just look through the love stories in his entire career. Of course, he shares that theme with[...]

Davies and Steven Moffat, and cast members like Matt Smith, Karen Gillen and Arthur Darvill live-tweeting Davies and Moffat even wrote new material and stories that were funny, emotional and intense as the show itself With the actual show still on hiatus, this keeps it alive and active Old episodes become alive and vital again,[...]

Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat was one of the first ones to get in on the initiative, and he's back again with a new short story on the show's official BBC website on Tuesday: "The Terror of the Umpty Ums." The short story marks Moffat's first story to feature the 13th Doctor, as played[...]

Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has gone above and beyond again For the global fan rewatch of his first episode as showrunner "The Eleventh Hour", he released a new bonus scene. The ever-prescient Radio Times, which has pretty much become Doctor Who's Pravda, reported the new scene. BBC America "The Raggedy Doctor" is a story from young[...]

The free play this week is Wild, staged in 2016- from playwright Mike Bartlett, the berserk mind behind BBC melodrama Doctor Foster and Doctor Who, episode "Knock, Knock" for Steven Moffat and Peter Capaldi's final season. This is just one of many performances the theatre will be offering via livestream every week on its YouTube channel,[...]

Doctor Who Magazine writer Emily Cook announced on Twitter that the next global rewatch would be the 11th Doctor's first episode "The Eleventh Hour" and showrunner Steven Moffat would be back to livetweet it. I'm VERY pleased to say that Steven Moffat will be back, live-tweeting with us for The Eleventh Hour watchalong on Friday 3[...]

Showrunner Steven Moffat joined the event and even wrote a new introductory video featuring Dan Starkey as the Sontaran Strax. The event proved so successful that a second global re-watch event was announced "Rose", the first episode of the new show from 2005 drew showrunner Russell T Davies, who also wrote both a prequel and a[...]

Showrunner and writer Steven Moffat agreed to join the rewatch and livetweet his memories of the production He also wrote a new introductory scene that featured Dan Starkey playing the Sontaran Strax and a voice cameo from Neve MacIntosh as Madame Vastra. Russell T Davies' Twitter handle will be named on Thursday In the meantime, here's[...]

Time. This follows the successful and hugely popular global rewatch of the 50th Anniversary Special "The Day of the Doctor." Showrunner and writer Steven Moffat not only joined, but also wrote a funny new introduction short for fans to watch before starting the stream It featured actor Dan Starkey reprising the role of Sontaran Strax from[...]

Fans were encouraged to legally stream the show or watch a legal download or DVD or Blu-Ray at the same time. The special starred Matt Smith, David Tennant, John Hurt, Billie Piper and Jenna Coleman in a special multiple-Doctor crossover. BBC Emily Cook, a writer for Doctor Who Magazine, brought up the idea on twitter with the hashtag[...]

Davies and Steven Moffat opened the door to the idea that Time Lords can change gender when they regenerate Chibnall is the showrunner who finally walked through that door. Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 10 – Photo Credit: James Pardon/BBC Studios/BBC America In the reveal of the Timeless Child, the[...]

Many people assumed that the Saxon Master would escape and regenerate into Missy, but that was never absolutely clear. BBC Then-showrunner Steven Moffat is the cleverest screenwriter in the world He's the envy of screenwriters and writing students everywhere for being very clever, sometimes too clever He's also a responsible producer who knows not to break the[...]

Both he and Steven Moffat explored themes of free will and humanity deeper than the old show did. Someone pointed out that The Doctor actually lost more friends and companions to the Cybermen than he did to the Daleks Adric died because of them He lost Rose Tyler because of them He lost Bill Potts to[...]

It's probably Steven Moffat's greatest speech, with its multiple layers of meaning and emotion. And then we get Martha Jones getting the 10th Doctor to reminisce about Gallfrey, a lament about homesickness and loss Russell T Davies kicked off the style of the Doctor's speeches for the new show It's about poetry and emotion Moffat took[...]

It's tough to argue that the BBC gave Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's limited series Dracula a definitive ending when you're talking about a character who has a habit of coming back to life Which raises the obvious question about the three-episode series: so when are we getting a second season? While nothing's moving forward[...]

Davies, Steven Moffat and Chris Chibnall, the Doctor and companions met historical figures who got caught up in alien invasions That brought the show's two main strands together And the new Doctors are all here: Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Peter Capaldi and Jodie Whitaker, along with their companions Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, Catherine Tate, Karen[...]

I rather enjoyed the BBC adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula by Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss and Sue Vertue – now on Netflix Well, the first two episodes at least, and I gasped at the cliffhanger at the end of the second episode But would I have been happier if I had stopped there? Probably. I thoroughly[...]