But then,” he continues, “The Doctor’s Wife started winning awards and becoming this thing that people loved. And I started thinking, well, actually, if I never do another one, everyone in the world will think that every episode I could have written would be just as good. And there’s an awful lot to be said for doing one and cocking it up - or doing another one and getting it good. I felt like I was just starting to figure out how to do it by the time I finished writing The Doctor’s Wife.”