Moffat offered 'Doctor Who' job by email

Steven Moffat has revealed that Russell T. Davies offered him the role of future Doctor Who boss by email last summer.

Speaking to Radio Times magazine, he said: "I heard last July when I got an email from Russell as I boarded a plane to Athens... and there it was on my Blackberry: an email. A whopping great 'What do you think?' It was a bit gobsmacking, to be honest."

However, Moffat - who wrote recent episodes 'Silence in the Library' and 'Forest of the Dead' for the show's fourth season - emphasised that there is still plenty of time before he takes over the reins on Doctor Who: "It's kind of hard to have a feeling about it at the moment - and it's way too soon to be talking about it. Series five is two years away."

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