… 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.
Moffat has penned some of the series’ most unforgettable and acclaimed episodes - including Blink with its terrifying Weeping Angels, for which he was awarded the Bafta Writer Award 2008 on Sunday 11th May. His previous work on Doctor Who includes The Girl in the Fireplace for Series Two, which earned him his second Hugo Award.
It looks like Doctor Who is in safe hands after the pseudo-hiatus of 2009.
Seeing Bernard Cribbins in Doctor Who has reminded me how much I used to enjoy the Wombles back in the 1970s. (Cribbins narrated the BBC TV series.) The Wombles were recyclers years before the green movement became popular, salvaging bits and bobs of stuff that humans had thrown away, and turning the junk into something new - a bit like dumpster diving these days. They were “improv engineers”, of a sort. Especially Tobermory.
The Wombles were anarchic in a way, a trait they share with the Doctor.
Nice little fan joke in The Sontaran Strategem when the Doctor says that he worked for UNIT “in the 70s… or was it the 80s?”.
This is a reference to the UNIT dating controversy, in which different pieces of evidence from the classic series contradict each other regarding the years in which the UNIT episodes are set.
“Dear Mr Titchmarsh: This morning I went out to dig up some dandelions and a giant hogweed on my lawn. The filthy beast! Yours faithfully, Mrs Trellis.”
This intriguing message appeared on my Amazon DVD rental list page:
Perhaps they’re gonna pop an antimatter DVD in the post. Maybe I should warn the postman to wear his magnetic confinement gloves when he makes the next delivery…
