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Steven William Moffat, OBE (, born 18 November 1961) is a Scottish television writer and producer, known for his work as showrunner, writer and producer of the British television series ''Doctor Who'' and ''Sherlock''. Moffat's first television work was the teen drama series ''Press Gang''. His first sitcom, ''Joking Apart'', was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage; conversely, his later sitcom ''Coupling'' was based upon the development of his relationship with television producer Sue Vertue. In between the two relationship-centred shows, he wrote ''Chalk'', a sitcom set in a comprehensive school inspired by his own experience as an English teacher. A lifelong fan of ''Doctor Who'', Moffat's first work on the series was the script of the parody episode ''The Curse of Fatal Death'' in 1999. He then wrote six episodes of the revived series which began in 2005 ("The Empty Child", "The Doctor Dances", "The Girl in the Fireplace", "Blink", "Silence in the Library", and "Forest of the Dead"). In 2010 he replaced Russell T Davies as showrunner, lead writer and executive producer. The same year, he created ''Sherlock'' along with Mark Gatiss. He also co-wrote Steven Spielberg's ''The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn'' in 2011. Moffat has won several awards, mainly for ''Doctor Who'' and ''Sherlock'', including an Emmy Award, five BAFTA Awards and four Hugo Awards. ==Early life and ''Press Gang''== Moffat was born in Paisley, Scotland, where he attended Camphill High School.〔 He studied at the University of Glasgow, where he was involved with the student television station, GUST (Glasgow University Student Television). After gaining an MA degree in English from Glasgow, he worked as a teacher for three and a half years at Cowdenknowes High School, Greenock. In the 1980s he wrote a play entitled ''War Zones'' (performed at the 1985 Glasgow Mayfest and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=STA Catalogue – Document Details )〕) and a musical called ''Knifer''. His father, Bill Moffat, was a head teacher at Thorn Primary School in Johnstone, Renfrewshire; when the school was used for Harry Secombe's ''Highway'' in the late 1980s, he 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 Moffat agreed on condition his son write it.〔''After the Chalk Dust Settled'', featurette on ''Chalk'' Series 1 DVD, ReplayDVD.co.uk, prod. & dir. Craig Robins〕 Producer Sandra Hastie said that it was "the best ever first script" that she had read.〔Paul Cornell (1993) "Press Gang" In: 〕 The resulting series was titled ''Press Gang'', starring Julia Sawalha and Dexter Fletcher, and ran for five series on ITV between 1989 and 1993, with Moffat writing all forty-three episodes. The programme won a BAFTA award in its second series. During production of the second series of ''Press 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.〔Steven Moffat & Julia Sawalha, "Yesterday's News" ''Press Gang: Season 2'' DVD audio commentary〕 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 a typewriter dropped on his foot.〔Steven Moffat & Julia Sawalha, "The Big Finish?" ''Press Gang: Season 2'' DVD audio commentary〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steven Moffat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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