Doctor Who: 12 Steven Moffat Quotes You Might Not Have Heard
2. On Russell T Davies...
Why does Steven Moffat hate Russell T Davies? Why doesn't he ever use an RTD monster? Why does he rewrite so much of the revived series, stamping on the Welshman's great work? Why does he hate him so much? Well, the short answer is that he doesn't. You can find plenty of nice little compliments here and there, but these are the quotations that the cynics don't want you to see. Apparently, Moffat thinks of him as a hero and a good friend.
"I can't imagine anyone doing a better job than Russell on this show, he's been extraordinary. He's changed television. Suddenly everything is fun and mad! A lot of British drama is worthy and important and feels like a light scolding from an opinionated drunk in the rain. With Russell's stuff, even when it's edgy and bristling with difficult ideas, you feel invited in, you feel engaged. People want to say he's raised the bar, but that's a very un-Russell idea - far too stern and macho and dull. It's more like he's fitted a sun roof. Yeah, that's it, he's taken British drama and fitted a sun roof. I think he'd like that."
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"Every opinion I've expressed about Russell is one I honestly hold - and since they're hardly untypical opinions, from an industry which regularly celebrates his talents, and since I have no financial or professional need to say other than I feel, why do you need to go any lengths to account for them?"
The Doctor Who Forum
"Russell doesn't hover around throwing in gay bits. Russell hovers around asking for more explosions and death. How little you understand the man!"
The Doctor Who Forum
"I do keep asking him . The offer is continually made and I'm getting nowhere. I think he probably did his duty so he's maybe wanting a nice long rest from it. Best writer breathing."
