The tradition, particularly in old-school British detective things, is everybody's in the drawing room or the library, and they're all gathered, and the detective walks around and tells them where they were that night, and you see the flashbacks.
— Chris Chibnall
I think you can tell different types of stories within a 'Doctor Who' two-parter.
So actually, for me, 'Doctor Who,' you want it to be the show with all the emotions and all the feels, really, and that you've had a good emotional workout, from laughter to tears to fear and excitement.
That's what I love about 'Doctor Who' - it takes you back to being the age you were when you first saw it.
I think 'Doctor Who' is the greatest idea television has ever had, and our job is to convince the rest of the world.
Having made other shows, the thing with 'Doctor Who' is that you're doing everything, all at once.
Often as a writer, you get your first draft out, and then you look and think, 'Now, what have I got here.' You're really just throwing mud at the wall and then going, 'Oh, there's a pattern there.'
I don't think any of the journalists in 'Broadchurch' are villainous. I think they're all trying to do their jobs under difficult circumstances.
The range of 'Doctor Who' is, I would argue, bigger than the range of any other television program or movie franchise.
If we lose the BBC it would be a disaster for the entire country. I genuinely believe that.
But I think whenever you're bringing in a new Doctor, you have to set it up in a really great way because it's an entry point for a whole audience. Because the audience of 'Doctor Who' is everyone from eight to 108, life is continually creating new viewers.
One of your jobs as a writer is to cut out the noise. All you have is your instincts and your process.
I love a 'Doctor Who' cliffhanger.
At every point in 'Broadchurch' you're continually told and pulled back into the emotional cost.
In an ideal world, 'Doctor Who' makes the whole nation eight years old, with that excitement and engagement and wide-eyedness.
I have no issue with my boys looking up to women.
Doctor Who' is such a broad show. It's got the whole universe to explore.
