BAFTAs: Steven Moffat on ‘Doctor Who’ Season Finale, 50th Anniversary, and New ‘Sherlock’ | Anglophenia
Doctor Who was feted with a special 50th anniversary tribute at Sunday’s BAFTA TV awards in London, and lead writer/executive producer Steven Moffat was on hand on the red carpet, where he chatted with our own Alan Moloney about Saturday’s highly anticipated season finale, “The Name of the Doctor,” the show’s 50th anniversary special, and the upcoming third season of Sherlock, the PBS adaptation he co-created with Mark Gatiss.
Director Nick Hurran looks to have landed two of the biggest gigs in cult TV this year. Currently working with Steven Moffat on the Doctor Who 50th anniversary, he has also signed up for the series three finale of Moffat’s other major project Sherlock.
Director Nick Hurran looks to have landed two of the biggest gigs in cult TV this year. Currently working with Steven Moffat on the Doctor Who 50th anniversary, he has also signed up for the series three finale of Moffat’s other major project Sherlock.
Doctor Who 7x09 and Sherlock 2x03 : Same location.
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Lissie - Everywhere I Go
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Today in Sherlock Production News:
- Dear fans, please do your best, if you could, to help us keep the shooting locations and events private (for the sake of the cast and crew as well as the fans who want to avoid spoilers). Thanks.
Today in Doctor Who Production News:
- Check us out filming in Trafalgar Square in front of a gazillion tourists! Whooo Hooo!
If you want to see photos from today’s shoot (Insert #SPOILER ALERT) check out the Trafalgar Square Shoot tag and watch Matt Smith’s video update from the set.
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When Doctor Who returns to BBC America on March 30th, the Doctor (Matt Smith) kicks off this new run of adventures through space and time by searching for his companion Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman), a mysterious girl that he’s already lost twice. Together they find themselves battling monsters on distant alien planets, trapped in a Russian submarine with a deadly passenger, chasing terrifying ghosts, delving into the heart of the TARDIS, facing the Crimson Horror in Victorian Yorkshire, and coming face-to-face with an army of upgraded Cybermen. The action grows and the Doctor’s oldest secret threatens to be revealed, as the world’s longest running science fiction series builds toward its highly anticipated 50th anniversary in November.
During this recent interview to promote the upcoming episodes, executive producer/lead writer Steven Moffat talked about what Jenna-Louise Coleman brings to the series, what made Clara the right companion for the Doctor, his favorite upcoming episodes, which monsters were the most fun to write, the impetus for bringing the Ice Warriors back, his approach to writing characters as iconic as the Doctor and Sherlock Holmes (he’s co-creator on Sherlock with Mark Gatiss), the biggest challenges and surprises in this set of upcoming episodes, what makes Doctor Who so universal, and the fact that he’s pretty confident that they’ll be able to deliver something great for the 50th anniversary. Check out what he had to say after the jump.
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It’s a great Q&A. Blogtor Who has audio of the event here.
On March 1, Steven Moffat was a guest of Trinity College, Dublin and took part in an interview and Q & A session - listen to it in the player below. In it he talks about Press Gang, Sherlock, Tintin and, of course, Doctor Who.
When asked about the return of River Song in the upcoming series, Moffat said, “Yes. She will certainly be in this series,” whilst also saying, when prompted, “Is there more to come about, as it were, Trenzalore and the battle in the Doctor’s future that led to the attempts on his life in the past? Is that what you’re asking? Yes.”
On the possibility of Russell T Davies of writing a story for the show, the current showrunner said, “He won’t write one for me.” The writer also states that he would happily have a Neil Gaiman story every year, discusses the lack of female writers on the show and outlines what he thinks would happen should The Doctor and Sherlock ever meet. The topic of a female Doctor also arises - “more people are saying yes - which I find fascinating.”
Doctor Who + Sherlock + Harry Potter crossover gif art
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Sherlock series three may not have started filming yet but that hasn’t stopped the BBC including shots of its stars in the video trailer for its new drama season – and who can blame them?
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are glimpsed several times in the three-minute clip, which also features a slew of other cult TV favourites, including Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman in upcoming episodes of Doctor Who, former Time Lord David Tennant in his new three-part drama The Politician’s Husband and Merlin’s Colin Morgan in a guest role in period crime drama Quirke.
Sherlock + Doctor Who crossover
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“When I’m falling I’m in peace
It’s only when I hit the ground
It causes all the grief”
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Sherlock and Doctor Who are up against each other for two prizes at the National Television Awards this month.
The shows - both run by writer and producer Steven Moffat - are up for best drama, along with Downtown Abbey and Merlin.
Doctor Who star Matt Smith and Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock, are in the running for the best actor prize.
Winners will be announced at London’s O2 Arena on 23 January.
Moffat said: “Well this is very flattering, but also terrifying. I hope everyone votes with tremendous care and the result is an exact draw between both shows.”
Karen Gillan, who bowed out last year as the Doctor’s companion Amy Pond, is nominated for the best female drama performance.
She is up against comedy star Miranda Hart for her role in Call The Midwife, Suranne Jones for Scott and Bailey and Sheridan Smith for Mrs Biggs, in which she played the wife of Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs.
In the best male drama performance category, Smith and Cumberbatch are up against Colin Morgan, the star of Merlin, and Daniel Mays for his performance as Ronnie Biggs in Mrs Biggs.
