Steven Moffats overly timey wimey take on Doctor Who may not be to everyones taste, but theres no denying that, on a good day, the man is easily the most ambitious, creative and original Who writer since the legendary Robert Holmes. Now, it might seem to us Who fans that Moffat is the veritable cat that caught the canary. He is, after all, the lifelong Whovian that not only helped to bring his favourite TV show back from the brink of oblivion, but who also ended up as the series supreme creative authority just a few years later. Youd think that those facts alone would make Mr. Moffat a happy, well-adjusted and overly good-natured person, wouldnt you? Well, he isnt. Like most great writers, the man is actually a deeply disturbed individual, one who clearly lives in a world populated by man-eating shadows, murderous living statues and hidden rooms of the house that you can only see when its too late to un-see them...At which point youll really, really wish you hadnt looked in the first place. Yes, Steven Moffat is clearly the type of deranged unfortunate who belongs in a sanatorium, banging his head against the padded walls and laughing maniacally for no reason whatsoever. However, before the inevitable mental breakdown robs us of him, Who fans the world over can be grateful that he is still occasionally writing some of the best TV ever made. We should be thankful to him for coming up with some of the most insomnia-inducing ideas since scientists suggested that not only is our reality an illusion, but within that illusion, there are tiny bacteria that live, reproduce and die entirely inside of our eyes, spending their whole lives there and living for hundreds of thousands (maybe even millions) of generations. Ew. Now that youre suitably unsettled, allow me to present the 10 Creepiest Corners of Steven Moffats mind...
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