{"id":47890,"date":"2024-03-15T21:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2009893"},"modified":"2024-03-15T22:22:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:22:55","slug":"steven-moffat-thought-comic-relief-would-be-his-only-chance-to-write-doctor-who","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/steven-moffat-thought-comic-relief-would-be-his-only-chance-to-write-doctor-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Moffat thought Comic Relief would be his \u201conly chance\u201d to write Doctor Who"},"content":{"rendered":"

He later took over as Doctor Who’s showrunner. <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 15 March 2024 at 20:00 PM<\/p>

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As Comic Relief 2024<\/a> rolls around, Doctor Who<\/a> fans will no doubt be revisiting some of the show\u2019s most iconic specials and sketches, with one of the very best now turning 25 \u2013 The Curse of Fatal Death<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The special, which was released for the charity programme in March 1999, was written by Steven Moffat<\/a>, who would go on to become Doctor Who\u2019s showrunner from 2010 to 2017.<\/p>\n

It starred a whole host of famous faces, including Rowan Atkinson, Joanna Lumley, Richard E Grant, Jim Broadbent and Hugh Grant as the Doctor, and has gone down in history as one of the best ever Doctor Who charity specials.<\/p>\n

Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> earlier this year at the Radio Times<\/strong> Covers Party, Moffat reflected: \u201cThe irony of that show is I honestly thought it would be my only chance to write Doctor Who and I loved it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved doing it and I thought, \u2018I\u2019ll never get another chance to do this,\u2019 which might turn out to be the least reliable prediction in human history.\u201d<\/p>\n