The BBC has confirmed that Hugo-hoovering Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat will be taking over as the showrunner for the fifth season of the show, after Russell T Davies stands down (after 2009's series of Who specials). Quelle surprise .
Moffat wrote season one's "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances", season two's "The Girl in the Fireplace" and season three's "Blink". His latest two-parter starts airing after Who returns from its Eurovision-induced one week break. He also wrote last year's Jekyll series and the screenplay for the forthcoming Tintin movie.
"My entire career has been a secret plan to get this job," said Moffat. "I applied before but I got knocked back 'cos the BBC wanted someone else. Also I was seven. Anyway, I'm glad the BBC has finally seen the light, and it's a huge honour to be following Russell into the best - and the toughest - job in television. I say toughest cos Russell's at my window right now, pointing and laughing."
If you fancy reading the usual old blah, the full BBC press release can be found here .
We look forward to sucking up to Mr Moffat in the near future. Y'know, we always thought Chalk was seriously under-rated.
Oh, and Davies, you're dead to us now*.
* Not really. We're just being cheeky.
