Doctor Who’ is the best show to write for, because of the actors and the scale of imagination that it demands. Chris Chibnall Read Quote
I think when you’re writing anything you should never be thinking about hardcore genre fans. Chris Chibnall Read Quote
You should always think about the mainstream audience first and foremost, because frankly they are the people who are going to get the show recommissioned. There are not enough genre fans to support shows. Chris Chibnall Read Quote
It is a fact of broadcasting that you’ve got to get the big audiences for the channel that you’re on. Chris Chibnall Read Quote
Broadchurch’ was all about shades of grey, both in characters and storytelling, and I wanted to see that through to the end. Chris Chibnall Read Quote
There have been so many different versions of the legend and of ‘Camelot,’ so what I wanted to do was strip it all back, and go back to the beginning and tell the story of Arthur, from the beginning of the relationship between Merlin and Arthur. Chris Chibnall Read Quote
I don’t ever want to be gratuitous, for the sake of being gratuitous, but when it serves the stories and the characters, it’s nice to be able to do that, realistically and with credibility. You don’t want to do it for the sake of it, or shoe-horn it in. But, it’s a good tool to have in the toolbox. Chris Chibnall Read Quote
You do your best to tell your own story, in the most specific way, and then you hope that that travels well, when it’s done with heart and honesty. Chris Chibnall Read Quote
