Doctor Who Series 8: Everything We Know So Far

11. Back Behind The Sofa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwhWDnff1sk

Terrifying children is something that comes with the territory of managing Doctor Who and, judging by his previous work and tongue-in-cheek comments, is one of the perks of the job for Steven Moffat. Although it seems impossible for Moffat to top something like Blink or create a scarier enemy than the Weeping Angels or the Silence, the fourth episode (titled €œListen€) seems to be one that takes him back to his Doctor Who roots. Though he personally considers it to be a complete departure for himself, describing it as "The story of a date and the Doctor having a mild nervous breakdown". Listen runs on the premise of €œWhen you talk to yourself, what if you€™re actually talking to somebody else?€, which seems like an archetypal Moffat concept. It€™s the idea of taking the most mundane of things and making it terrifying. Which has been a constant theme in his writing for the past nine years. Away from Steven Moffat€™s concentrated attempts to traumatise children, his opinion is that the real behind the sofa story will be Episode 9 (rumoured to have the title of €œFlatline€), written by Jamie Mathieson. An episode that Moffat is calling €œA horror story. A proper scary one.€
Contributor
Contributor

JG Moore is a writer and filmmaker from the south of England. He also works as an editor and VFX artist, and has a BA in Media Production from the University Of Winchester.