Top Doctor Who Writers Since 2005

The Top Ten
1 Steven Moffat

Honestly, I am disgusted that Moffat is number 1. The show has been in decline ever since he took over. He consistently disrespects the history of the show by messing with the continuity and his characters are generally much less interesting than Russell's. If he stays for much longer the show is doomed.

Sure Moffat wrote the Empty Child, Blink and Silence in the Library, but these day, his stories are either boring or just unwatchable.

Episodes Include: The Empty Child, The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink, The Eleventh Hour, The Angels Take Manhattan, etc

His popularity as showrunner may be declining, but any time I was really impressed by an episode it would usually be one of his.

2 Russel T. Davis

Russell T Davies was a much better writer and showrunner than Moffat. His stories were more emotional and generally more coherent.

Episodes Include: Rose, Badwolf, Utopia, Midnight, The End of Time, etc

He should be number one.

His plots are yuck.

3 Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films.

Episodes Include: The Doctors Wife, Nightmare in Silver

4 Mark Gatiss

Episodes Include: The Unquiet Dead, The Idiots Lantern, Victory of the Daleks, Night Terrors, Cold War, etc

5 Toby Whithouse

He has written some really fantastic episodes. A Town Called Mercy is criminally underrated, and The God Complex is not recognized often enough for its brilliance.

Episodes Include: The School Reunion, The Vampires of Venice, The God Complex, A Town Called Mercy

6 Paul Cornell

Episodes Include: Fathers Day, Human Nature

7 Richard Curtis

Episodes Include: Vincent and the Doctor

8 Robert Shearman
9 Gareth Roberts

Episodes Include: The Shakespeare Code, The Unicorn and the Wasp, The Lodger, Closing Time

10 Matt Jones

Episodes Include: The Impossible Planet

The Contenders
11 Tom MacRae

Episodes Include: Rise of the Cybermen, The Girl Who Waited

12 Neil Cross
13 Matthew Graham

Episodes Include: Fear Her, The Rebel Flesh

14 Helen Raynor

Episodes Include: Daleks in Manhattan, The Sontaran Stratagem

15 Stephen Greenhorn

Episodes Include: The Lazarus Experiment

16 Chris Chibnall

Episodes Include: 42, The Hungry Earth, Dinosaurs On A Spaceship, The Power of Three

17 James Moran

Episodes Include: The Fires of Pompeii

18 Keith Temple
19 Simon Nye
20 Stephen Thompson Stephen Randall Thompson is an American professional mixed martial artist and former professional full-contact kickboxer who currently fights as a welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Episodes Include: The Curse of the Black Spot, Journey to the Center of the TARDIS

21 Michael Moorcock Michael John Moorcock is an English author of science fiction and fantasy. He is best known for his series of books centering around the fictional character Elric of Melniboné.
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