Steven Moffat | |
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 Moffat in 2017 | |
| Born | Steven William Moffat (1961-11-18)18 November 1961 (age 64) Paisley,Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| Occupation | Television writer, television producer, and screenwriter |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Period | 1988–present |
| Genre | Comedy, drama, adventure, science fiction |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2[1] |
Steven William Moffat (/ˈmɒfət/;[2] born 18 November 1961)[3] is a Scottish television writer, television producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work as the secondshowrunner andhead writer of the 2005 revival of the BBC sci-fi television seriesDoctor Who (2010–2017), and for co-creating and co-writing the BBC crime drama television seriesSherlock (2010–2017). In the2015 Birthday Honours, Moffat was appointedOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama.[4]
Born inPaisley, Scotland, Moffat, the son of a teacher, was formerly a teacher himself.[5] His first television work was the teen drama seriesPress Gang. His first sitcom,Joking Apart, was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage. Later in the 1990s, he wroteChalk, inspired by his own experience as an English teacher. Moffat, a lifelong fan ofDoctor Who, wrote the comedic sketch episodeThe Curse of Fatal Death for theComic Relief charity telethon, which aired in early 1999. His early-2000s sitcomCoupling was based upon the development of his relationship with television producerSue Vertue.
In March 2004, Moffat was announced as one of the writers for the revivedDoctor Who TV series. He wrote six episodes duringRussell T Davies' first era as head writer, which aired from 2005 to 2008. Moffat's scripts during this era won him threeHugo Awards, aBAFTA Craft Award, and aBAFTA Cymru Award. Between episodes, he wrote and produced the modern-day drama seriesJekyll, based on the novellaStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In May 2008, it was announced that Moffat would succeed Davies as showrunner, lead writer and executive producer ofDoctor Who. Around the same time, he dropped his contract with film directorSteven Spielberg for a film trilogy based on artistHergé's characterTintin. Part of the lone script he wrote was used in Spielberg's filmThe Adventures of Tintin, eventually released in 2011.
Moffat's work in the 2010s consisted mainly of his period as the head writer ofDoctor Who during thefifth throughtenth series, in which he won another Hugo, andSherlock, which won Moffat a BAFTA Craft Award and twoPrimetime Emmy Awards. In the 2020s, he wrote the BBC andNetflix drama co-productionsDracula (2020) andInside Man (2022), theHBO sci-fi romance mini-seriesThe Time Traveler's Wife (2022), and theITV comedy-dramaDouglas Is Cancelled (2024). In 2024, he returned toDoctor Who to write two episodes for Davies' second tenure as showrunner.
In August 2025,Channel 4 announced that it had commissioned the dramaNumber 10, about10 Downing Street, to be written by Moffat, directed byBen Palmer, and produced by Lawrence Till.[6]
Moffat was born inPaisley, Scotland,[5] where he attendedCamphill High School.[7] He studied at theUniversity of Glasgow, where he was involved with thestudent television station Glasgow University Student Television.[8] After gaining aMaster of Arts degree in English from Glasgow,[9] he worked as a teacher for three and a half years at Cowdenknowes High School,Greenock.[10] In the 1980s he wrote a play entitledWar Zones (performed at the 1985Glasgow Mayfest and theEdinburgh Festival Fringe[11]) and a musical calledKnifer.[12] He is anatheist.[13]
Moffat's father Bill was a head teacher atThorn Primary School inJohnstone,Renfrewshire;[1] when the school was used forHarry Secombe'sHighway in the late 1980s, Bill mentioned to the producers that he had an idea for a television series about a school newspaper. The producers asked for a sample script, to which Bill agreed on the condition his son Steven write it.[1][14][15] Producer Sandra Hastie said that it was "the best ever first script" that she had read.[16] The resulting series was titledPress Gang, starringJulia Sawalha andDexter Fletcher, and it ran for five series onITV between 1989 and 1993, with Moffat writing all forty-three episodes. The programme won aBAFTA award in its second series.[17]
During production of the second series ofPress Gang, Moffat was experiencing an unhappy personal life as a result of the break-up of his first marriage. The producer was secretly phoning his friends at home to check on his state.[18] His wife's new lover was represented in the episode "The Big Finish?" by the character Brian Magboy (Simon Schatzberger), a name inspired by Brian: Maggie's boy. Moffat brought in the character so that all sorts of unfortunate things would happen to him, such as having atypewriter dropped on his foot.[19]
By 1990, Moffat had written two series ofPress Gang, but the programme's high cost along with organisational changes at backersCentral Independent Television cast its future in doubt.[19] As Moffat wondered what to do next and worried about his future employment,Bob Spiers,Press Gang's primary director, suggested that he meet with producerAndre Ptaszynski to discuss writing a sitcom.[20] Inspired by his experience working in education, Moffat's initial proposal was a programme similar to what becameChalk, a sitcom set in a school that eventually aired in 1997.[21] During the pitch meeting at theGroucho Club, Ptaszynski realised that Moffat was talking passionately about his impending divorce and suggested that he write about that instead of a school sitcom.[21] Taking Ptaszynski's advice, Moffat's new idea was about "a sitcom writer whose wife leaves him".[22] Moffat wrote two series ofJoking Apart, which was directed by Spiers and starredRobert Bathurst andFiona Gillies. The show won theBronze Rose of Montreux[20] and was entered for theEmmys.[23]
He wrote three episodes ofMurder Most Horrid, an anthology series of comedic tales starringDawn French. The first ("Overkill", directed by Spiers) was identified by the BBC as a "highlight" of the series.[24] His other two episodes were "Dying Live" (dir. Dewi Humphreys) and "Elvis, Jesus and Zack" (dir.Tony Dow).[25][26]
Moffat has been a fan ofDoctor Who since childhood.[27] In 1995, he plotted a segment toPaul Cornell'sVirgin New Adventures novelHuman Nature.[28] His first soloDoctor Who work was a short story, "Continuity Errors", published in the 1996Virgin Books anthologyDecalog 3: Consequences.[29]
Between marriages, Moffat claims that he "shagged [his] way round television studios like a mechanical digger."[1] According to an interview withThe New York Times, Moffat met television producerSue Vertue at theEdinburgh Television Festival in 1996.[30] Vertue had been working forTiger Aspect, a production company run byPeter Bennett-Jones. Bennett-Jones and his friend and former colleagueAndre Ptaszynski, who had worked with Moffat onJoking Apart, told Moffat and Vertue that each fancied the other. A relationship blossomed and they left their respective production companies to joinHartswood Films, run byBeryl Vertue, Sue's mother.[15] The couple have two children together: Joshua and Louis Oliver.[1]
Before Moffat left Pola Jones for Hartswood, Ptaszynski producedChalk, the series that the writer had pitched to him at the beginning of the decade.[15] Set in acomprehensive school and starringDavid Bamber as manic deputy head Eric Slatt andNicola Walker as Suzy Travis, the show was based on Moffat's three years as an English teacher.[14] The studio audience responded so positively to the first series when it was taped that the BBC commissioned a second series before the first had aired. However, it was met less enthusiastically by critics upon transmission in February 1997, who had taken exception to the BBC's publicity department comparing the show to the highly respectedFawlty Towers.[15] In an interview in the early 2000s, Moffat refuses to even name the series, joking that he might get attacked in the street.[31]
After production wrapped onChalk in 1997, Moffat announced to the cast that he was marrying Vertue.[32]
In late 1998, Moffat was approached by Vertue, a producer ofComic Relief, to write a comedic sketch based on theDoctor Who TV series to be aired across Comic Relief's 1999 telethon in several parts onBBC One.[29] The sketch,The Curse of Fatal Death, was written from December 1998 to February 1999,[33] recorded in February,[34] and broadcast in March.[35]
When Vertue asked Moffat for a sitcom, he decided to base it around the evolution of their own relationship.[citation needed]Coupling, produced by Vertue, was first broadcast onBBC Two in 2000.[36]Coupling ran for four series totalling 28 episodes until 2004, all written by Moffat. He also wrote the original, unbroadcast pilot episode for the U.S. version, also titledCoupling, although this was less successful and was cancelled after four episodes on theNBC network. Moffat blamed its failure on an unprecedented level of network interference.[36]
In December 2003, Moffat received an email offering him to write forDoctor Who, following the announcement of the revival of the series in September.[37] His involvement with the series was announced in March 2004.[38] He wrote six episodes under executive producerRussell T Davies for the2005 through2008 series,[36] which were produced from December 2004 to March 2008.[39][40] Moffat won theHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for the two-part story "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances" (both 2005), as well as the episodes "The Girl in the Fireplace" (2006) and "Blink" (2007).[41][42][43] "Blink" also gained him theBAFTA Craft Award for Best Writer,[44] and aBAFTA Cymru Award for Best Screenwriter.[45]
BetweenDoctor Who episodes, Moffat wrote and producedJekyll, a modern-day drama series based on theRobert Louis Stevenson novellaStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, meaning he nearly missed out on writing for the2007 series ofDoctor Who.[46] Written late in the series' run, he quickly based "Blink" on his previously-writtenDoctor Who short story from 2005, "What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow", as "a desperate way to keep a toehold" in the 2007 series.[47]Jekyll aired onBBC One from June 2007.[48]
In March 2008, Davies said that he often rewrote scripts from other writers, but did not "touch a word" of Moffat's episodes.[36]
In October 2007,Reuters reported that Moffat would be scripting a trilogy of films based on Belgian artistHergé's characterTintin for directorsSteven Spielberg andPeter Jackson.[49]
In May 2008, the BBC announced that Moffat would be succeeding Davies as lead writer and executive producer ofDoctor Who for the show'sfifth series, to be broadcast in 2010,[50] although Davies had initiated discussions with Moffat regarding this as far back as July 2007.[51] He had intended to complete work on theTintin trilogy before resuming work onDoctor Who, but delays caused by the intervening2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike meant he could only submit part of a script for the first film.[52] Moffat toldThe Guardian in 2012 that Spielberg was "lovely" about his decision to walk away from his three-filmTintin contract to return toDoctor Who.[53] The script for the first film in the trilogy,The Adventures of Tintin (released in 2011), was completed byEdgar Wright andJoe Cornish,[citation needed] with a part of Moffat's script used in the film.[53]
During their journeys from London to Cardiff forDoctor Who, Moffat and writerMark Gatiss conceived a contemporary update of authorSir Arthur Conan Doyle'sSherlock Holmes stories calledSherlock. Vertue advised them to work on the project rather than spend years discussing it. A 60-minute pilot, written by Moffat, was filmed in January 2009.[54] The pilot was not aired but a three-episode series of 90-minute television films produced by Hartswood was commissioned.[55][56]
Production on Moffat's time in charge ofDoctor Who began in July 2009.[57] As executive producer and lead writer, he was significantly involved in casting bothMatt Smith as theEleventh Doctor andPeter Capaldi as theTwelfth Doctor.[58] AsDoctor Who showrunner, Moffat won another Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for writing the two-part story "The Pandorica Opens" and "The Big Bang" (both 2010).[59] As showrunner forSherlock , he won a BAFTA Craft Award for Best Writer for "A Scandal in Belgravia" (2012),[60] aPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for "His Last Vow" (2014),[61] and aPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie for executive producing "The Abominable Bride" (2016).[62]
In June 2015, Moffat was appointed an Officer of theOrder of the British Empire for his services to drama.[63] In January 2016, Moffat announced he was stepping down asDoctor Who lead writer and executive producer after the2017 series, his sixth series as showrunner, withChris Chibnall succeeding him at the start of theeleventh series for broadcast in 2018.[64] The fourth and final series ofSherlock finished production around August 2016,[65] and aired in January 2017.[66] "Twice Upon a Time"—the 2017Doctor Who Christmas special, and Moffat's last episode as lead writer and showrunner—finished production in July 2017 and broadcast on Christmas that year.[67]
In March 2024, Moffat confirmed his return to writing forDoctor Who's14th series.[68] He wrote the Christmas special "Joy to the World", also aired in 2024.[69] On the series 14 episode "Boom" and the special he was credited as both writer and as an executive producer.
In October 2018, BBC One andNetflix officially commissionedDracula, a TV series written and created by Moffat and Gatiss based onBram Stoker's 1897 novelDracula.[70] In March 2019, Moffat revealed that the first night of production was about to start.[71] The series began airingNew Year's Day 2020, and was broadcast over three consecutive days. The three episodes were released on Netflix on 4 January 2020.[72]
On 13 February 2020,Chichester Festival Theatre announced that the playThe Unfriend, written by Moffat, was intended to have its world premiere as part of the 2020 Festival Theatre season in theMinerva Theatre.[73] However, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic the play's opening night was postponed until 26 May 2022. It was directed byMark Gatiss and featuredAmanda Abbington,Frances Barber,Reece Shearsmith, and Michael Simkins. Following a successful run in Chichester, the play transferred to theCriterion Theatre, London, in January 2023, and thence, withSarah Alexander as Debbie, andLee Mack as Peter, toWyndham's Theatre in January 2024.
| Production | Notes | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|
| Press Gang | 43 episodes (1989–1993) | ITV |
| Stay Lucky | "The Devil Wept in Leeds" (1990) | |
| Joking Apart | 13 episodes (1991–1995) | BBC Two |
| Murder Most Horrid |
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| Chalk | 12 episodes (1997) | BBC One |
| Doctor Who |
| BBC One (1999, 2005–2017) BBC One/Disney+ (2024)[c] |
| Coupling | 28 episodes (2000–2004) | BBC Two BBC Three |
| Jekyll | 6 episodes (2007) | BBC One |
| Sherlock |
| |
| Dracula | Miniseries (co-written withMark Gatiss, 2020) | |
| The Time Traveler's Wife | Miniseries (2022) | HBO |
| Inside Man[74] | Miniseries (2022) | BBC One/Netflix |
| Douglas Is Cancelled | Miniseries (2024) | ITVX |
| Year | Season/Series | Episode | EpisodeNo. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | N/a | The Curse of Fatal Death | N/a | Four-part mini-episode. Part ofRed Nose Day 1999. |
| 2005 | Series 1 | "The Empty Child" / "The Doctor Dances" | 9–10 | |
| 2006 | Series 2 | "The Girl in the Fireplace" | 4 | |
| 2007 | Series 3 | "Blink" | 10 | |
| N/a | "Time Crash" | N/a | Mini-episode. Part ofChildren in Need 2007. | |
| 2008 | Series 4 | "Silence in the Library" / "Forest of the Dead" | 8–9 | |
| 2010 | N/a | "The End of Time" Part Two | N/a | New Year's Day special. Sometimes known as series 4, episode 18. One uncredited scene by Moffat.[75] |
| Series 5 | "The Eleventh Hour" | 1 | ||
| "The Beast Below" | 2 | |||
| "The Time of Angels" / "Flesh and Stone" | 4–5 | |||
| "The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang" | 12–13 | |||
| "Meanwhile in the TARDIS" | N/a | Two-part mini-episode created for the fifth series' DVD and Blu-ray | ||
| Series 6 | "A Christmas Carol" | N/a | Christmas special | |
| 2011 | N/a | "Dermot and the Doctor" | N/a | Mini-episode, also titled "The Doctor Saves Day" [sic][76] and "The Doctor and a galaxy of stars".[77] Part of the12th National Television Awards. |
| N/a | "Space" / "Time" | N/a | Mini-episode. Part ofRed Nose Day 2011. | |
| Series 6 | "The Impossible Astronaut" / "Day of the Moon" | 1–2 | Also had a prequel mini-episode on the BBCDoctor Who website | |
| "A Good Man Goes to War" | 7 | |||
| "Let's Kill Hitler" | 8 | |||
| "The Wedding of River Song" | 13 | |||
| N/a | "The Naked Truth"[78] | N/a | Mini-episode. Part ofChildren in Need 2011. | |
| Series 6 | Night and the Doctor | N/a | Series of five mini-episodes called "Bad Night", "Good Night", "First Night", "Last Night", and "Up All Night". Created for the sixth series' DVD and Blu-ray. | |
| Series 7 | "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" | N/a | Christmas special. Also had a prequel mini-episode on the BBCDoctor Who website. | |
| 2012 | "Asylum of the Daleks" | 1 | Also had a prequel mini-episode initially released on iTunes | |
| "The Angels Take Manhattan" | 5 | |||
| "The Great Detective" | N/a | Prequel mini-episode to "The Snowmen". Part ofChildren in Need 2012. | ||
| "The Snowmen" | N/a | Christmas special. Also had two online prequel mini-episodes, one on iTunes in 2013 and one on the BBC website in 2012. Sometimes known as series 7, episode 6. | ||
| 2013 | "The Bells of Saint John" | 6 | Also had a prequel mini-episode on the BBC website. Sometimes known as series 7, episode 7. | |
| "The Name of the Doctor" | 13 | Also had a prequel mini-episode available onBBC Red Button. Sometimes known as series 7, episode 14. | ||
| "Clarence and the Whispermen" | N/a | Mini-episode produced for the Series 7 Part Two DVD and Blu-ray | ||
| N/a | "Body Swap" | N/a | Mini-episode. Part of the2013Doctor Who Prom. | |
| Series 7 | "Clara and the TARDIS" | N/a | Mini-episode created for the complete seventh series DVD and Blu-ray | |
| "INFORARIUM" | N/a | |||
| N/a | "The Night of the Doctor" | N/a | BBC iPlayer/YouTube mini-episode | |
| N/a | "The Last Day" | N/a | Online mini-episode | |
| N/a | "The Day of the Doctor" | N/a | 50th anniversary special. Also wrote a special introduction for cinema screenings of the episode. | |
| N/a | "The Time of the Doctor" | N/a | Christmas special | |
| 2014 | Series 8 | "Deep Breath" | 1 | Also wrote a special introduction for cinema screenings of the episode |
| "Into the Dalek" | 2 | WithPhil Ford | ||
| "Listen" | 4 | |||
| "Time Heist" | 5 | WithSteve Thompson | ||
| "The Caretaker" | 6 | WithGareth Roberts | ||
| "Dark Water" / "Death in Heaven" | 11–12 | |||
| Series 9 | "Last Christmas" | N/a | Christmas special | |
| 2015 | "The Doctor's Meditation" | N/a | Mini-episode and prequel to "The Magician's Apprentice". Shown during cinema screenings of "Dark Water" / "Death in Heaven". | |
| "The Magician's Apprentice" / "The Witch's Familiar" | 1–2 | Also had an online prologue | ||
| "The Girl Who Died" | 5 | WithJamie Mathieson | ||
| "The Zygon Inversion" | 8 | WithPeter Harness | ||
| "Heaven Sent" | 11 | |||
| "Hell Bent" | 12 | |||
| "The Husbands of River Song" | N/a | Christmas special | ||
| 2016 | Series 10 | "Friend from the Future" | N/a | Mini-episode, also titled "Introducing the New Companion..."[79] Repurposed into part of "The Pilot" |
| "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" | N/a | Christmas special | ||
| 2017 | "The Pilot" | 1 | ||
| "Extremis" | 6 | |||
| "The Pyramid at the End of the World" | 7 | With Peter Harness | ||
| "World Enough and Time" / "The Doctor Falls" | 11–12 | |||
| "Twice Upon a Time" | N/a | Christmas special | ||
| 2024 | Series 14[d] | "Boom" | 3 | |
| Series 15[e] | "Joy to the World" | N/a | Christmas special |
| Year | Season/Series | Episode | EpisodeNo. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | N/a | "A Study in Pink" | N/a | Unaired pilot |
| 2010 | Series 1 | "A Study in Pink" | 1 | |
| 2012 | Series 2 | "A Scandal in Belgravia" | 1 | |
| 2013 | Series 3 | "Many Happy Returns" | N/a | Online mini-episode and a prequel to series 3. WithMark Gatiss. |
| 2014 | "The Sign of Three" | 2 | WithSteve Thompson and Mark Gatiss | |
| "His Last Vow" | 3 | |||
| 2016 | N/a | "The Abominable Bride" | N/a | New Year's Day special. With Mark Gatiss. |
| 2017 | Series 4 | "The Lying Detective" | 2 | |
| "The Final Problem" | 3 | With Mark Gatiss |
| Production | Notes | Distributor |
|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn | Feature film (co-written withEdgar Wright andJoe Cornish, 2011) |
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| Production | Notes | Theatre |
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| The Unfriend |
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| Year | Award | Work | Category | Result | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | British Academy Television Awards | Press Gang | Best Children's Programme (Entertainment / Drama) | Won | [81] |
| Royal Television Society Awards | Best Children's Programme | Won | [82][83] | ||
| 1992 | British Academy Television Awards | Nominated | [81] | ||
| 1995 | Bronze Rose of Montreux | Joking Apart | Comedy | Won | [83] |
| 2003 | British Comedy Awards | Coupling | Best TV Comedy | Won | [84][85] |
| 2006 | Hugo Award | Doctor Who: "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" | Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Won | [86] |
| 2007 | Doctor Who: "The Girl in the Fireplace" | Won | [87] | ||
| Nebula Award | Best Script | Nominated | [88] | ||
| Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award | Doctor Who, Series Three | Best Soap / Series (TV) (withChris Chibnall,Paul Cornell,Russell T Davies,Helen Raynor andGareth Roberts) | Won | [89] | |
| 2008 | Nebula Award | Doctor Who: "Blink" | Best Script | Nominated | [90] |
| British Academy Television Award | Best Writer | Won | [44] | ||
| Hugo Award | Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Won | [91] | ||
| BAFTA Cymru | Best Screenwriter | Won | [45] | ||
| BAFTA Scotland | Doctor Who | Writing in Film or Television | Nominated | [92] | |
| SFX Awards | Doctor Who: "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" | Best TV Episode | Nominated | [93] | |
| 2009 | Hugo Award | Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Nominated | [94] | |
| Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award | Doctor Who, Series Four | Television drama series (with Russell T Davies) | Nominated | [95] | |
| 2010 | SFX Awards | Doctor Who (for taking over as showrunner) | Hope for the Future | Won | [96] |
| 2011 | Hugo Award | Doctor Who: "The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang" | Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Won | [59] |
| Doctor Who: "A Christmas Carol" | Nominated | [97] | |||
| Primetime Emmy Award | Sherlock: "A Study in Pink" | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Nominated | [98] | |
| Satellite Award | The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn(shared withEdgar Wright andJoe Cornish) | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Annie Award | Writing in a Feature Production | Nominated | [99] | |
| Hugo Award | Doctor Who: "A Good Man Goes To War" | Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Nominated | [100] | |
| British Academy Television Craft Awards | N/a | Special Award | Won | [101] | |
| Sherlock: "A Scandal in Belgravia" | Best Writing | Won | [60][102] | ||
| Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Nominated | [103] | ||
| 2013 | Hugo Award | Doctor Who: "Asylum of the Daleks" | Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Nominated | |
| Doctor Who: "The Angels Take Manhattan" | Nominated | ||||
| Doctor Who: "The Snowmen" | Nominated | ||||
| 2014 | Doctor Who: "The Name of the Doctor" | Nominated | |||
| Doctor Who: "The Day of the Doctor" | Nominated | ||||
| Nebula Awards | Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation | Nominated | [104] | ||
| Primetime Emmy Award | Sherlock: "His Last Vow" | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Won | [61] | |
| 2015 | Bram Stoker Award | Doctor Who: "Listen" | Superior Achievement in a Screenplay | Nominated | [105] |
| Hugo Award | Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Nominated | [106] | ||
| BAFTA Scotland | Doctor Who | Writer in Film or Television | Nominated | [107] | |
| 2016 | Hugo Award | Doctor Who: "Heaven Sent" | Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Nominated | [108] |
| Primetime Emmy Award | Sherlock: "The Abominable Bride" | Outstanding Television Movie | Won | [62] | |
| 2017 | Hugo Award | Doctor Who: "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" | Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Nominated | [109] |
| 2018 | Doctor Who: "Twice Upon a Time" | Nominated | [110] |
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