Kathy Nightingale: What's good about sad? Sally Sparrow: It's happy for deep people. Steven Moffat More Quotes by Steven Moffat More Quotes From Steven Moffat You know when sometimes you meet someone so beautiful — and then you actually talk with them, and five minutes later they're as dull as a brick. But then there's other people, and you meet them and you think: "Not bad, they're okay," and then you get to know them, and their face sort of becomes them, like their personality's written all over it; and they just — and they turn into something so beautiful. Steven Moffat beautiful men thinking There's one thing you don't put in a trap, if you're smart, if you value your continued existance, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there is one thing you never ever put in a trap. And what would that be sir? Me Steven Moffat traps smart tomorrow People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff. Steven Moffat viewpoints balls people Nothing can ever be a rule in drama, because then you're saying certain things won't ever happen, and that would be very boring. Steven Moffat boring would-be drama It's the 50th year of Doctor Who and look what's going on! We're up in the sky and under the sea! We're running round the rings of an alien world and then a haunted house. There's new Cybermen, new Ice Warriors and a never before attempted journey to the centre of the TARDIS. And in the finale, the Doctor's greatest secret will at last be revealed! If this wasn't already our most exciting year it would be anyway! Steven Moffat warrior journey running Sherlock Holmes can be wise and funny. He wasn't, at the beginning. But later on, he's got a bantering relationship with loads of people. He's got a wisdom that he didn't have in the early stage. But he stays on the mountain top, and he will die up there. He's not going to change that. Steven Moffat mountain wise people Never knowingly be serious. Rule 27. Steven Moffat serious Never run when you're scared. Rule 7. Steven Moffat scared running We're thrilled to have Maisie Williams joining us on Doctor Who. It's not possible to say too much about who or what she's playing, but she is going to challenge the Doctor in very unexpected ways. This time he might just be out of his depth, and we know Maisie is going to give him exactly the right sort of hell. Steven Moffat doctors challenges giving All lives end. All hearts are broken. Caring is not an advantage. Steven Moffat broken caring heart See the bowtie? I wear it and I don't care. That's why it's cool. Steven Moffat bow-tie i-dont-care care I write the kind of stuff I'd like to watch. Steven Moffat stuff writing watches River Song? Amy Pond? Hardly weak women. It's the exact opposite. You could accuse me of having a fetish for powerful, sexy women who like cheating people. That would be fair. Steven Moffat sexy song cheating The Doctor: 'You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine, but you really think they're lying to make you feel better?' Amelia: 'Yeah...' The Doctor: 'Everything's going to be fine. Steven Moffat feel-better lying thinking Come on, Rory! It isn't rocket science, it's just quantum physics! -The Doctor (Matt Smith) Steven Moffat rockets doctors physics Rule 1: The Doctor lies. Steven Moffat doctors lying It's a funny thing about stories. It doesn't feel like you make them up, more like you find them. You type and type and you know you haven't got it yet, because somewhere out there, there's that perfect thing -- the unexpected ending that was always going to happen. That place you've always been heading for, but never expected to go. Steven Moffat funny-things stories perfect River Song: Right, I have questions. But number one is this: what in the name of sanity have you got on your head? The Doctor: It's a fez. I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool. Steven Moffat doctors names song Reinette: One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel. Steven Moffat angel may world Rose: Look at you, beaming away like you're Father Christmas! The Doctor: Who says I'm not, red-bicycle-when-you-were-twelve? Rose: [shocked] What? The Doctor: And everybody lives, Rose! Everybody lives! I need more days like this! Go on, ask me anything; I'm on fire! Steven Moffat doctors fire father