The Grand Moff appeared at the annual Screenwriters' Festival in Cheltenham last Thursday night - and revealed little about his upcoming first series of Doctor Who.
Instead, Steven Moffat (interviewed by regular DWM contributor Benjamin Cook) gave the audience more of an insight into how he thinks and works - and the results have been recorded by Digital Spy.
There is a lot to read so hot foot it over there now - although if you're pushed for time, The Grand Moff has the following words of comfort for anyone worried about a new Doctor...
"Considering he’s so young he comes across as surprisingly ancient. He’s not going to be the youthful doctor that people might expect – he’s a proper grown-up. The Doctor has to be played not just by someone with great acting ability but someone who you can’t take your eyes off and you can’t take your eyes off Matt Smith when he walks into a room.
"His presence just screams ‘alpha male’ – but in a really odd way. If he walked through here now you would immediately get it. He walks like a drunk giraffe!"
One particularly interesting statement is Steven Moffat's opinion of the TV Movie. The following quote follows conversation of how Doctor Who is a program aimed squarely at kids.
"If Doctor Who does not address kids then it’s not Doctor Who. That’s where the 1996 film [starring Paul McGann] went wrong. It was far too grown up and even had one scene of the Doctor at a cocktail party – how boringly dull! Doctor Who is supposed to be a fanatical hero who does amazing things!"
Of course the 1996 TV Movie was aimed at matured fans who had been watching since childhood - a curiously short-sighted decision but endemic of the era it was produced in.
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