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[[File:Doctor_Who_Producers_Landscape.jpg|thumb|right|[[Beth Willis]], [[Steven Moffat]] and [[Piers Wenger]] in a publicity shot for Series 5.]] | [[File:Doctor_Who_Producers_Landscape.jpg|thumb|right|[[Beth Willis]], [[Steven Moffat]] and [[Piers Wenger]] in a publicity shot for Series 5.]] | ||
In the spring of [[2008 (production)|2008]], it was announced that [[Steven Moffat]], who had written [[Hugo Award]]-winning or -nominated scripts for the revived series in each of its first four seasons and whose association with ''Doctor Who'' dated back to his writing the [[Comic Relief]] parody ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' in the late 1990s, would succeed [[Russell T Davies]] as head writer and producer of the series. {{fact}} Davies officially | In the spring of [[2008 (production)|2008]], it was announced that [[Steven Moffat]], who had written [[Hugo Award]]-winning or -nominated scripts for the revived series in each of its first four seasons and whose association with ''Doctor Who'' dated back to his writing the [[Comic Relief]] parody ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' in the late 1990s, would succeed [[Russell T Davies]] as head writer and producer of the series. {{fact}} Davies officially [[retire]]d from involvement with the series after the [[2009 (releases)|2009]] specials and announced he had no plans to retain any direct connection to the series now Moffat's tenure had begun. <ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/11/nosplit/bvtvwho11.xml BBC News] Q&A session with RTD. 4 July 2008.</ref> However, in [[2009 (production)|2009]] he said he would remain involved with production of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' for the foreseeable future, and hoped to see further crossovers with ''Doctor Who'', indicating he might not completely sever his ties with the parent show.<ref>[http://www.denofgeek.com/television/266944/torchwood_series_4_ready_to_go.html Den of Geek: Torchwood Series 4 'Ready to Go'], accessed 26th July 2009.</ref> Though a single [[2010 (releases)|2010]] two-parter of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'', featured the Eleventh Doctor and former [[companion]] [[Jo Grant]], [[2011 (production)|the following year]], Russell T Davies' ''Doctor Who'' spin-off ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' was cancelled. Following ''[[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Torchwood: Miracle Day]]''{{'}}s broadcast in 2011 and Davies' return to the United Kingdom, ''Torchwood'' has also been put on hold. {{fact}} | ||
Moffat stated that no characters from the Russell T Davies era would return in series 5. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com.au/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a210070/no-past-characters-in-new-doctor-who.html|title="No past characters" in new 'Doctor Who'|author= Mayer Nissim| date of source=Tuesday, March 23 2010| website name=Digital Spy|accessdate=2nd August 2011}}</ref> This did not prove entirely true. [[River Song]], a Moffat-created character from the Russell T Davies era, returned in four episodes of this series. | Moffat stated that no characters from the Russell T Davies era would return in series 5. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com.au/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a210070/no-past-characters-in-new-doctor-who.html|title="No past characters" in new 'Doctor Who'|author= Mayer Nissim| date of source=Tuesday, March 23 2010| website name=Digital Spy|accessdate=2nd August 2011}}</ref> This did not prove entirely true. [[River Song]], a Moffat-created character from the Russell T Davies era, returned in four episodes of this series. | ||
