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In 1996, he wrote the short story "[[Continuity Errors (Literature)|Continuity Errors]]", his first work on ''Doctor Who''. His next ''Doctor Who'' story was the ''very'' non-canon parody ''[[Doctor Who the Curse of Fatal Death]]''. Nowadays, he occasionally references both stories in his canon episodes.
He won a [[Hugo Award]] for "[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S1 E9 The Empty Child|The Empty Child]]" / "[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S1 E10 The Doctor Dances|The Doctor Dances]]", another for "[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S2 E4 The Girl in The Fireplace|The Girl in the Fireplace]]", then got a third in a row, along with a Bafta, for "[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S3 E10 Blink|Blink]]", and yet another for "[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S31 E12 The Pandorica Opens|The Pandorica Opens]]"/"[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S31 E13 The Big Bang|The Big Bang]]". His series four nomination, for "[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S4 E8 Silence in The Library|Silence in the Library]]"/"[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S4 E9 Forest of the Dead|Forest of the Dead]]", lost out to [[Doctor
He is now the head writer and executive producer of ''Doctor Who'' from series 5. <ref>His effective takeover was with [[Matt Smith]]'s first scene at the very end of the 2008-10 specials — [[Russell T Davies]] and [[David Tennant]] left the set for that, despite having yet to complete filming the episode.</ref> He is starting to acquire "The Moff" or "The [[Star Wars|Grand Moff]]" as a nickname (and occasionally "King of Nightmares"). He personally ensured that the Doctor's daughter (well, [[Truly Single Parent|offspring]]), Jenny, did not die permanently in "[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S4 E6 The Doctors Daughter|The Doctor's Daughter]]", then forgot he'd done it until transmission. Undoubtedly a [[Promoted Fanboy]], upon becoming executive producer he mentioned that he'd applied for the job once before, but "[[The BBC]] already had someone else in mind… also, I was seven at the time."
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Also wrote all 42 episodes of revolutionary children's comedy ''[[Press Gang]]'', which he also created.
He's known to have no love for ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek Voyager|Voyager]]''-style [[Techno Babble]] and is much more likely to give you the [[Timey
Born in 1961 in Paisley, Scotland (hometown of ''Doctor Who'' star [[David Tennant]]) and a former teacher.
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* [[Everybody Lives]]
* [[The Slow Path]]
* [[Timey
=== '''His work on ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' offers examples of:''' ===
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** How soon we forget, "I'm River Song... Check your records again."
* [[Call Back]]: In his first season ''Doctor Who'' show runner, he's taken to making references to the Doctor's past incarnations/actors much more than his predecessor ever did in five years and arguably the show's ''entire history''...well, aside from the [[The Nth Doctor|Multi-Doctor]] stories, of course. [[Doctor Who (TV)/2007 Ci NS Time Crash/Recap|One of which he wrote.]]
* [[Creator Thumbprint]]: Only "The Empty Child", "The Doctor Dances" and "The Beast Below" ''don't'' involve the [[Timey
** He seems to like using [[Clarke's Third Law]] as a plot device: apparently supernatural and bizarre (and terrifying) events are eventually explained as the result of malfunctioning advanced technology in a more primitive setting. This is used in "The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances", "The Girl in the Fireplace" and "Day of the Moon".
* [[Everybody Lives]]: [[Trope Namer]] by way of "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances", and a hallmark of his more psychological approach to terrifying small (and not-so-small) children.
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** He's also mentioned Florida several times in a really short time frame. In "The Big Bang", the Doctor and Amy visit "Space Florida." "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon" are partially set in and around Cape Kennedy.
** Scary spacesuits have also shown up in at least two different stories.
** And lots of [[Buffy
** Moffat's stories tend to be ''about'' time travel in some way rather than just using time travel as a plot device.
** As mentioned above, he doesn't like Technobabble, and tends to try and subvert it when possible.
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** While a lot of these aren't specifically written by Moffat, as producer he's had some say in them (approval, etc.) That being said, there have been a '''lot''' of Amy Pond doubles floating around. Let's count: Time-Shifted Amy/Amelia ("The Big Bang"), Time-Slipped Amy ("Space," "Time," "The Girl Who Waited"), Teselecta Amy ("Let's Kill Hitler"). Let's hope Karen Gillan gets time and a half for all the [[Acting for Two]] she does.
* [[The Slow Path]]: One of his episodes, "The Girl in the Fireplace", is the [[Trope Namer]]. In it, the Doctor meets Reinette as a child and again as an adult. Though only a short time has passed for him, many years have passed for her. After becoming executive producer, Moffat does something similar with Amy Pond. He later explores similar themes in "The Big Bang" and "The Doctor's Wife."
** Arguably the entire Doctor's relationship with River Song is based on this and a love story set ''[[Timey
* [[Word of Gay]]: Has stated that River is bi, and that the Doctor has no real concept of human sexual preference for one gender over another. Both things were hinted at in his stories, but only became explicit on his twitter.
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'''River:''' Don't worry, I'm [[The Immodest Orgasm|quite the screamer]]. Now ''there's'' a spoiler for you... }}
* [[Lying Creator]]: Rule one -- Moffat lies.
* [[
** So, what does he like better, [http://twitter.com/#!/steven_moffat/status/87486063911763968 Doctor Who or Sherlock]?
** And again, the ''Doctor Who'' episode [http://twitter.com/#!/steven_moffat/status/108824874016976896 City of Death or Kinda]?
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* [[Teasing Creator]]: He routinely and openly admits to lying about his shows, encourages preview guests to give out fake spoilers, and is generally good at gleefully trolling the fandoms.
** He also encourages fans to speculate on their own because if they have a good idea it makes his job much easier.
* [[Trolling Creator]]: He seems to enjoy inflicting the [[Comedic Sociopathy]] version of this on his characters and his fans. In fact, in Twitter posts he even admitted he took sadistic pleasure in making Rory [[The Chew Toy]]. And then there's the massive [[Ship Tease]] [[Red Herring]] in series 6, involving the Doctor, Amy, Rory, River, the TARDIS, a baby, and one hell of a [[Timey
** Realising that River Song is a polarising to some fans, he and [[Neil Gaiman]] gleefully announced an episode titled "The Doctor's Wife". The section of the fandom that didn't like River went berserk ... and River did not appear in the episode.
* [[Timey
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