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Biography

Steven Moffat was born in 1961 in Paisley, Scotland. His father, Bill was a headmaster in a Glasgow school.Steven got a degree in English,…more

Born

Paisley, Scotland

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Doctor Who Confidential
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 13 When Time Froze
    10/1/11
  - S 6: Ep 12 Open All Hours
    9/24/11
  - S 6: Ep 11 Heartbreak Hotel
    9/17/11
  - S 6: Ep 10 What Dreams May Come
    9/10/11
  - S 6: Ep 9 About a Boy
    9/3/11
  - + 14 More Credits
Guest Star (4)

Role
- Newsround
  Himself
  - S 39: Ep 221 19 March 2010
    3/19/10
- Doctor Who Confidential
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 12 Welcome to Torchwood
    7/1/06
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Fright Stuff
    6/24/06
- Imagine ...
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 A Funny Business
    11/19/03
- Funny Business
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 2 Episode 37
    3/14/97
Writer (11)

Role
- Sherlock
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 1 A Scandal in Belgravia
    1/1/12
  - S 1: Ep 1 A Study in Pink
    7/25/10
- Doctor Who (2005)
  Writer
  - — The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe
    12/25/11
  - S 6: Ep 13 The Wedding of River Song
    10/1/11
  - S 6: Ep 8 Let's Kill Hitler (2)
    8/27/11
  - S 6: Ep 7 A Good Man Goes To War (1)
    6/4/11
  - S 6: Ep 2 Day Of The Moon (2)
    4/30/11
  - + 16 More Credits
- Jekyll
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode Six
    7/28/07
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode Five
    7/21/07
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode Four
    7/14/07
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode Three
    6/30/07
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode Two
    6/23/07
  - + 1 More Credits
- Coupling
  Writer
  - S 4: Ep 6 Nine and a Half Months (2)
    6/14/04
  - S 4: Ep 5 The Naked Living Room (1)
    6/7/04
  - S 4: Ep 4 Circus of the Epidurals
    5/31/04
  - S 4: Ep 3 Bed Time
    5/24/04
  - S 4: Ep 2 Night Lines
    5/17/04
  - + 23 More Credits
- Coupling (US)
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 3 Sex, Death & Nudity
    10/9/03
  - S 1: Ep 2 Size Matters
    10/2/03
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Right One
    9/25/03
  - — Pilot (a.k.a. Inferno)
- Murder Most Horrid
  Writer
  - S 4: Ep 5 Elvis, Jesus, and Zack
    3/26/99
  - S 3: Ep 3 Dying Live
    5/24/96
  - S 2: Ep 1 Overkill
    3/3/94
- Doctor Who (1963)
  Writer
  - S 27: Ep 7 Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, Part 4
    3/12/99
  - S 27: Ep 6 Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, Part 3
    3/12/99
  - S 27: Ep 5 Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, Part 2
    3/12/99
  - S 27: Ep 4 Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, Part 1
    3/12/99
- Chalk
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 6 Party
    10/22/97
  - S 2: Ep 5 Exam
    10/15/97
  - S 2: Ep 4 Dream
    10/8/97
  - S 2: Ep 3 Bungee
    10/1/97
  - S 2: Ep 2 Amanda
    9/24/97
  - + 7 More Credits
- Joking Apart
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 6 Episode 12
    2/7/95
  - S 2: Ep 5 Episode 11
    1/31/95
  - S 2: Ep 4 Episode 10
    1/24/95
  - S 2: Ep 3 Episode 9
    1/17/95
  - S 2: Ep 2 Episode 8
    1/10/95
  - + 8 More Credits
- Press Gang
  Writer
  - S 5: Ep 6 There Are Crocodiles
    5/21/93
  - S 5: Ep 5 Windfall
    5/14/93
  - S 5: Ep 4 Food, Love and Insecurity
    5/7/93
  - S 5: Ep 3 A Quarter to Midnight
    4/30/93
  - S 5: Ep 2 Friendly Fire
    4/23/93
  - + 38 More Credits
- Stay Lucky
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Devil Wept in Leeds
    10/20/90
Story (1)

Role
- Coupling (US)
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 8 Dressed
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Foreign Affair
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Man With Two Legs
Creator (4)

Role
- Sherlock
  Creator
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Reichenbach Fall
    1/15/12
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Hounds of Baskerville
    1/8/12
  - S 2: Ep 1 A Scandal in Belgravia
    1/1/12
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Great Game
    8/8/10
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Blind Banker
    8/1/10
- Jekyll
  Creator
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode Three
    6/30/07
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode Two
    6/23/07
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode One
    6/16/07
- Coupling
  Creator
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Cupboard of Patrick's Love
    6/16/00
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Girl with Two Breasts
    6/9/00
  - S 1: Ep 4 Inferno
    6/2/00
  - S 1: Ep 3 Sex, Death & Nudity
    5/26/00
  - S 1: Ep 2 Size Matters
    5/19/00
  - + 1 More Credits
- Press Gang
  Creator
Teleplay (1)

Role
- Coupling (US)
  Teleplay
  - S 1: Ep 8 Dressed
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Foreign Affair
Executive Producer (4)

Role
- Sherlock
  Executive Producer
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Reichenbach Fall
    1/15/12
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Hounds of Baskerville
    1/8/12
  - S 2: Ep 1 A Scandal in Belgravia
    1/1/12
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Great Game
    8/8/10
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Blind Banker
    8/1/10
  - + 1 More Credits
- Doctor Who (2005)
  Executive Producer
  - S 6: Ep 13 The Wedding of River Song
    10/1/11
  - S 6: Ep 12 Closing Time
    9/24/11
  - S 6: Ep 11 The God Complex
    9/17/11
  - S 6: Ep 10 The Girl Who Waited
    9/10/11
  - S 6: Ep 9 Night Terrors
    9/3/11
  - + 22 More Credits
- Jekyll
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode Three
    6/30/07
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode One
    6/16/07
- Coupling (US)
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Man With Two Legs

Steven Moffat News

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Doctor Who: Let's Kill Hitler

By TV.com Staff, Aug 16, 2011

"You've got a time machine. I've got a gun. Let's kill Hitler!" So begins the second half of series six of Doctor Who, speeding back onto screens after the mid-season break and keeping its foot to the floor until the credits roll. read more
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Doctor Who: What Does *Spoiler’s* Death Mean?

By Heather Hughes, Apr 23, 2011

The sixth season debut of Doctor Who did indeed she the death of a main character and it threw up lots of new questions. read more

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Trivia
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- Steven and Mark Gatiss had been talking about making a drama on Sherlock Holmes for years, but it was Sue Vertue (Steven's wife) who made them sit down and create the drama "Sherlock".
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- DVD Commentaries In 2008, Steven recorded a commentary for the episode Silence In The Library with David Tennant for the Season Four DVD boxset of Doctor Who. In 2007, Steven recorded a commentary for the episode Blink with Murray Gold for the Season Three DVD boxset of Doctor Who. In 2005, Steven recorded commentaries for the episodes The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances with John Barrowman and Dave Houghton.
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- Steven's big break on Press Gang came because of his father. Mr. Moffat had mentionned the idea of the show to producers coming to the school where he was headmaster to film Harry Secombe's Highway and when the team communicated with him two years later, he wasn't interested in writing the show, but proposed his son could!
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- (About "Sherlock") Steven: Mark (Gatiss) and I have been talking about this project for years, on long train rides to Cardiff for Doctor Who. Quite honestly we'd still be talking about it if Sue Vertue of Hartswood Films - conveniently, also my wife - hadn't sat us down for lunch and got us to work.
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- (Describing what kind of actor he thought should replace David Tennant as The Doctor in "Doctor Who" before the new actor was announced) Steven: Although I loved Peter Davison and Paul McGann, probably the best two actors in the role, I don't think young dashing Doctors are right at all. He should be 40-plus and weird-looking - the kind of wacky grandfather kids know on sight to be secretly one of them. Any actor with the 'right stuff' is unlikely to be completely unknown.
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- (On what "Doctor Who" does for children in their daily life) Steven: Doctor Who doesn't really take place in outer space, it takes place under children's bed. So you're always looking for things they can see, games they can play. You want to know what the next playground game is - how they're going to play at it the next day.
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