WRITER

Steven Moffat

1961 - Today

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Steven William Moffat (; born 18 November 1961) is a Scottish television writer, television producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work as the second showrunner and head writer of the 2005 revival of the BBC sci-fi television series Doctor Who and co-creating and co-writing the contemporary crime drama television series Sherlock, based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. In the 2015 Birthday Honours, Moffat was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama.Born in Paisley, Scotland, Moffat, the son of a teacher, was formerly a teacher himself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steven Moffat has received more than 3,024,522 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Steven Moffat is the 5,519th most popular writer (down from 4,911th in 2019), the 4,207th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,782nd in 2019) and the 474th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Doctor Who
Drama, Doctor Who (Television program : 2005- ), History
In this triumphant 50th Anniversary year for Doctor Who, celebrate the extraordinary actors who have starred as the Doctor with this look at three exceptionally gifted performers, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith. The year 2005 was an historic year in the world of Doctor Who. After a seventeen-year hiatus broken by 1996's a Doctor Who television movie, the series made a return to television screens worldwide. Celebrate the glory that is Doctor Who with The Doctors Revisited.
2013
1001 TV shows you must watch before you die
History and criticism, Television programs, Television series
2015
Sherlock Series 1 Boxed Set
2018
Press gang
1989
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (Target Collection)
2018
Sherlock
Private investigators, Murder, Investigation
"Holmes and Watson tackle brain-teasing crimes in modern-day London in this stunning Manga, presented in its original right-to-left reading order, and in the full chapters as originally serialized! Meet Holmes and Watson for the first time... all over again!"--Amazon.com
2017

Page views of Steven Moffats by language

Over the past year Steven Moffat has had the most page views in the with 378,147 views, followed by Russian (20,736), and French (19,322). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (196.55%), Simple English (84.99%), and Czech (35.16%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Steven Moffat ranks 5,519 out of 7,302. Before him are Brigitte Reimann, Philaenis, Kazimierz Brandys, Vibius Sequester, Ted Chiang, and Goffredo Parise. After him are Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Robert Herrick, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Yulia Drunina, and José Craveirinha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Steven Moffat ranks 320. Before him are Yelena Davydova, Hari Varešanović, Yordanka Donkova, Laurel Clark, Kjell Westö, and Boško Gjurovski. After him are Cédric Klapisch, Takao Kobayashi, Simon West, Yoshimasa Hayashi, Douglas Coupland, and Katrin Cartlidge.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Steven Moffat ranks 4,207 out of 8,785. Before him are Ernest Mangnall (1866), William Dobson (1610), Ray Thomas (1941), Raymond Briggs (1934), Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778), and Chad of Mercia (634). After him are John Richardson (1934), Clive Dunn (1920), Robbie Fowler (1975), Robert Herrick (1591), Anita Roddick (1942), and Kenneth Frampton (1930).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Steven Moffat ranks 474. Before him are John Marston (1576), Emilia Lanier (1569), Elizabeth Montagu (1718), Edward Rutherfurd (1948), Bruno Heller (1960), and Thomas Nashe (1567). After him are Robert Herrick (1591), Antonia Fraser (1932), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Ramsey Campbell (1946), Michael Grant (1914), and Roger Ascham (1515).

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