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In a 2012 poll of over ten thousand respondents conducted by the Radio Times, the Weeping Angels were again voted the best Doctor Who monster with 49.4% of the vote. [49] In Doctor Who Magazine 's 2014 fan poll of the greatest episodes of all time, "Blink" again came in second, this time behind the 2013 episode "The Day of the Doctor". [50]
This is a list of television writers for the science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The list defaults to ascending alphabetical order by writer's last name, though is sortable by a number of different criteria.
Steven William Moffat (/ ˈ m ɒ f ə t /; [3] born 18 November 1961) [1] 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 (2010–17), and for co-creating and co-writing the BBC crime drama television series Sherlock (2010–17).
It was the second two-parter Moffat wrote for the show, and the fifth episode in total, after "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances, "The Girl in the Fireplace" and "Blink". [3] The character of River Song was originally created for the plot to make more sense.
Multiple actresses were considered to play the Doctor's next companion, with Billie Piper announced as the frontrunner to star as Rose Taylor. [5] The role ultimately went to Piper, with the character’s name changed to Rose Tyler. [6] Eccleston and Piper made their debut in "Rose."
Macdonald is known as the director of the Hugo Award-winning 2007 episode of Doctor Who, "Blink". [3] [4] She has won numerous awards including one BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama, [5] one Hugo Award, [4] and a Grand Prix award. She has been nominated for numerous awards, including two BAFTA Television Awards. [6] [7] [8]
The books were based on characters who had appeared in the television series as the Doctor's companions, and explored their lives after leaving the Doctor's company. The first two books were Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma by Tony Attwood , based upon the character played by Mark Strickson in the early 1980s, and Harry Sullivan's War ...
Doctor Who follows the adventures of the title character, a rogue Time Lord with somewhat unknown origins who goes by the name "the Doctor".The Doctor fled Gallifrey, the planet of the Time Lords, in a stolen TARDIS ("Time and Relative Dimension(s) in Space"), a time machine that travels by materialising into, and dematerialising out of, the time vortex.