OMG Steven Moffat News

[donutsweeper]

Everyone probably already saw this, but...

BBC Wales and BBC Drama has announced that BAFTA and Hugo Award-winning writer Steven Moffat will succeed Russell T Davies as Lead Writer and Executive Producer of the fifth series of Doctor Who, which will broadcast on BBC One in 2010.

See this press release for more details...


*does a happy dance*  OMG Steven Moffat!!!

Comments

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

Will he run Torchwood as well?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

hmmm, good question. I can't find anything about that.

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

*insert bouncing elephant icon here*

OMG SQUEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

You're right, this news deserves the bouncy elephant! It's AMAZINGLY wonderiffic news!

[unfeathered]

It's good, isn't it? Isn't it good? :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

So good. amazingly good!

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

YES! Best news ever! What a lovely thing to find on my flist after getting the computer back!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yay! You're back and have great news to greet you! :)

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

I'm not one of the RTD-hating squad, but it's definitely time for a change round. Some new themes and ideas and directions, and Moffat is just the guy to provide them.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I don't hate RTD. Not at all. I just think his vision has perhaps run its course

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

I was all a-squee and bouncy when I heard. TOO AWESOME.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*bounces with you*

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

*dances with you* I think the Kermit icon says it all.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. It's perfect!

I can't find anything about is Moffat's taking over the other shows (TW or SJA) though

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

If he is, it would be the ultimate hat-trick of awesomeness.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

it would be! OMG the thought of him running Torchwood?

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Not looking under the cut or at comments yet, but is this the thing about the show runner, or is there more to it?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

no in depth about anything.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Okay, thanks. And YAAY. I don't dislike RTD either, but I've loved everything Steven Moffat has done, so I look forward to this.

[itsarift-thing.livejournal.com]

Stands back in amazement!!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

happy amazement? I just hope it means Steven Moffat continues to write episodes and maybe writes more.

[itsarift-thing.livejournal.com]

Oh yes *is definitely grinning*

[elspethsheir.livejournal.com]

*waves* Came over here from rustydog's LJ. I'm very very pleased by this news, though we haven't seen S4 here in Canada yet. I too was wondering what it meant for Torchwood. It's not that I feel RTD did a poor job, but I have greatly enjoyed Moffat's episodes, and I think that Jekyll was one of the most consistently compelling and riveting series I've seen in ages. So I am eager and hopeful and a bit impatient for S5. (Heh, I guess I should get through S4 first, though.)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I really want to see Jekyll on of these days. Moffat won't be doing next year's DW, which consists of 4 specials (the christmas one and three bank holiday ones) but the next full season (airing 2010 in the UK). Will S4 be airing there soon? The US is about 4 episodes behinf the UK for the siring of S4 this year.

oh, btw- did you see this? http://donutsweeper.livejournal.com/81759.html

[elspethsheir.livejournal.com]

Ooo, haven't read your fic, but I will!

I thoroughly recommend Jekyll. James Nesbitt is charismatic and frightening and he should have won for it (of course, Jim Broadbent was excellent in Longford and deserved to win too, so I wish they'd tied). Well worth seeing when you can - there's an awful lot of dark humour in it, and the acting is superb.

S4 airs here in September (ack). S1 aired here before it aired in the States, and I guess we were spoiled that way. When we finally got S3, they aired the Christmas special after the first episode. In June. Of course, we still don't know if they'll air S2 of Torchwood yet. SIGH. I will console myself with fic.