The way you get your script to the right people is that you put it in an envelope. It's easy. The difficult bit is writing something that is so good people will take a punt on a brand new writer.

" Moffat says that Spielberg was "lovely" about his decision. In 2012 he was awarded the BAFTA Special Award. In the Doctor Who Magazine reader poll for the 2007 series Moffat was voted as best writer and "Blink" as the best story.

In 2012 he was awarded the BAFTA Special Award. A lifelong fan of Doctor Who Moffat has written several episodes of the revived version and succeeded Russell T Davies as lead writer and executive producer when production of its fifth series began in 2009.