Born in Paisley in 1961, Steven Moffat started his career as a teacher before a fortuitous chain of events allowed him to create the hugely successful Press Gang for Richmond Films. Five series on and a couple of top industry awards later, he had established himself as a writer who could stretch the traditional 25 minute format into new and fascinating shapes, and drive astonishing emotional drama from what could have been 'merely' top-notch humour for kiddies.

His adult situation comedies - Joking Apart, Chalk and Coupling - have enjoyed varying degrees of success. Each of them demand considerably more from the viewer than the average comedy half-hour, with Coupling in particular creating dizzying new narrative templates, and executed to perfection in episodes such as Split and Nine and a Half Minutes.

As a life-long fan of Doctor Who, it is fitting that the series has given Moffat his most mainstream successes to date, with the instantly-iconic gasmask-wearing "Are You My Mummy?" boy from The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances winning him the Top TV Moment of 2005, and The Girl in the Fireplace earning him a second Hugo award.

2007 brought his first post-watershed drama, in the form of the astonishing Jekyll, and a bonkers time-bending romp in the form of Time Crash for Children in Need.

2008 saw the transmission of his latest Doctor Who episodes - Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead, and delivered two BAFTA awards for Blink, as well as an unprecedented third Hugo Award.

In May 2008 it was announced that Steven Moffat will be Lead Writer and Executive Producer for Series 5 of Doctor Who, although this has proved to be at the expense of his involvement in the forthcoming TinTin movies.

Watch this space for news of other forthcoming projects including Adam & Eve, the Sherlock Holmes project, the (possible) return of Press Gang,  and of course any news of Doctor Who developments as we get them.

You can read more about Steven Moffat at the Hartswood Films website, and learn more about how Doctor Who influenced Steven's writing career from the transcript of Doctor Who Confidential: Do You Remember the First Time?