Scriptwriter Steven Moffat has denied he “quit” a deal to work on Steven Spielberg’s forthcoming Tintin trilogy so he could oversee TV’s Doctor Who.
A newspaper report that he had “turned down” a two-film deal with Spielberg was “a bit misleading”, Moffat said.
He had planned to finish Tintin before starting Doctor Who but was delayed by the US writers’ strike, he said.
In May it was announced he would replace Russell T Davies as lead writer and executive producer on Doctor Who.
Mr Moffat told the BBC that “nothing less than Doctor Who could have torn me away” from Tintin, which he described as a “stunning project” he was “proud” to be part of.
But it was “the proper duty of every British subject to come to the aid of the Tardis”, he added.
