A watan Mayu na 2008, BBC ta sanar da cewa Moffat zai maye gurbin Davies a matsayin babban marubuci kuma mai gabatar da shirye-shiryen "Doctor Who" don jerin shirye-shiryen na biyar, wanda za a watsa a 2010, kodayake Davies ya fara tattaunawa da Moffat game da wannan har zuwa Yuli 2007. Ya yi niyyar kammala aiki a kan "Tintin" trilogy kafin ya ci gaba da aiki a kan "Doctor Who", amma jinkiri da aka yi ta hanyar shiga tsakani
2007<unk>2008 Writers Guild of America ya sa ya iya gabatar da wani ɓangare na rubutun don fim na farko. Moffat ya gaya wa "The Guardian" a cikin 2012 cewa Spielberg ya kasance "mai ban sha'awa" game da shawarar da ya yanke na barin kwantiraginsa na fina-finai uku na "Tintin" don komawa "Doctor Who". Rubutun fim na farko a cikin jerin abubuwa uku, "The Adventures of Tintin" (wanda aka saki a 2011), Edgar Wright da Joe Cornish ne suka kammala shi, tare da wani ɓangare na rubutun Moffat da aka yi amfani da shi a fim ɗin.