In This Section
TV Guide Spotlight
Also on TVGuide.com
|
« Ad-Rant
Congratulations!
A lot of the time a show gets associated with one particular creative force such as Josh Whedon or J.J Abrams and in the case of the revitalised Doctor Who, that has been Russell T Davies. As Executive Producer, writer of many episodes and the man in charge of the overall vision and storyline he has done a great job and received a lot of well-deserved praise.
But there is one other name I have noticed in connection with the best episodes - that of Steven Moffat. So I was very pleased this morning to discover that he was awarded a BAFTA for writing for the episode "Blink". "Blink" was the most talked-about episode of last season, an atmospheric tale that changed the rules of Doctor Who tales in the same sort of way that the wonderful "Three Stories" did for House. Steven Moffat was also responsible for "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances" - the quintessential Christopher Eccleston episodes that introduced us to the wonderful Captain Jack Harkness who spun off into Torchwood and the writer for the BBC series Jekyll, a fascinating modern-day take on Jekyll & Hyde.
Fans can also thank Steven for the pitch-perfect fanboy-fun of "Time Crash" - the 10-minute Children in Need special about the meeting of two Doctors (unfortunately never seen on American TV but it can be found on YouTube).
Steven has written a couple of episodes for the new season and I am really looking forward to see what he does this time.
I'd also like to congratulate Murray Gold, creator of so much of the fascinating background music of Doctor Who, who was also nominated for a BAFTA. Robert Ivins has been rightly drawing attention to Murray's great music in the Doctor Who TV Show Blog and the CD of music from the first two series is one of my top listening pleasures.
|
TVGuide Links:
|
|
|
|
May 12, 2008 5:08 PM
|
|
Thanks for that info. I was very happy to read that Steven Moffat won an award for Blink and The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances. These were three of the most compelling and memorable episodes of the series for me. I also watched Jekyll, which was fabulous.
|
|
May 12, 2008 6:33 PM
|
|
|
