Chris Chibnall

“Drama is not a literal portrayal of events. It's a depiction, it's impressionistic.”

“I have no issue with my boys looking up to women.”

“That's what I love about 'Doctor Who' - it takes you back to being the age you were when you first saw it.”

“Broadchurch' has always been about the impact of crime, on all those affected.”

“I love a 'Doctor Who' cliffhanger.”

“So actually, for me, 'Doctor Who,' you want it to be the show with all the emotions and all the feels, really, and that you've had a good emotional workout, from laughter to tears to fear and excitement.”

“Some scenes take days and weeks, and some scenes take an hour.”

“Normally the lightbulb moments only happen after 16-hour days, lots of cups of tea and a bit of weeping.”

“Often what happens with the writing is that you know where you want to start and you know where you want to end, but the journey is never quite what you predict because the characters take on a life on their own.”

“If ever there was a character that was never defined by gender, it's the Doctor. The Doctor is gender fluid in that sense.”

“Having made other shows, the thing with 'Doctor Who' is that you're doing everything, all at once.”

“As if we didn't have enough fabulous actresses, it's a thrill to be joined by Wales's finest, Eve Myles. Having worked together on 'Torchwood,' it's a joy to be able to welcome her to 'Broadchurch.'”

“I mean, I'm always happy to be compared with Scorsese!”

“There's nobody you can't love once you know their story. I believe that to be, in the majority, true.”

“I think you want to be writing about the world that we live in.”

“Often as a writer, you get your first draft out, and then you look and think, 'Now, what have I got here.' You're really just throwing mud at the wall and then going, 'Oh, there's a pattern there.'”

“There's something very interesting about world leaders promising hope and then carrying through on that.”

“The mood of the country is set by its leaders and they are failing us by not setting a compassionate moral tone in a complex time.”

“I'm incredibly grateful and humbled by the response 'Broadchurch' got.”

“The great thing about 'Camelot' is that it is an adult drama.”