steven moffat gives me the heebie jeebies

[pataka02]

Seriously... whenever he comes on screen, I pull up a pillow and hide behind it. Between his comments about the show (and female characters!) and his own presence on the Doctor Who Confidential eps that i've been watching -- I just don't like him. At all.

I've watched the DW Confidentials for season 1 and now I'm watching season 2... and I have to ask, where the hell is Rose/Billie Piper? She's so rarely in any of them on season 2. I just watched the one for GITF, and she wasn't even at the read through.

I loved the season 1 confidentials because a) CE does so well at voicing what the Doctor is going through, and has great insights, as well as everyone else's responses to the shows and, most importantly, the Rose/Doctor dynamic. I love that EVERYONE talks about how season 1 demonstrates that Rose is the Doctor's equal... and then to watch the GITF DW confidential, where Moffat says that Reinette is the type of woman the Doctor would settle down with, is just... wrong. I think Reinette was portrayed as being bright and civilized and great for her time, but the thing is, she is a woman who is ambitious and wants to be in control of her domain. Not bad things, necessarily, but in no way does she have the joy in chaos and that sheer love of adventuring and exploring that Rose and the Doctor have. So no way would Reinette and the Doctor work out... they're so cerebral and amused with themselves, that they'd totally be an annoying (but attractive) couple. Rose is such a great partner because she sees everything the Doctor doesn't, as exemplified in Fear Her. They balance each other out She makes him a better man. And the Doctor is just that -- a man, not a god, no matter how powerful he is.

It just seems like in Season 2, so far in the confidentials, it's all about how great DT is as the Doctor and what he brings. Which is nice, and all, because I do like him, but it's not about the characters as much.

Seriously, though, is Moffat on crack? Because in two of his eps does he bring in OCs who are the loves of the Doctor's life while his companion is conveniently elsewhere. And he never seems to fall in line with the arc of the entire series; even the two parter in season one which I like (dude... it's Jack, how can you not?) sits out of the entire storyline. I'm really glad that I have no interest in watching when he takes over the show.

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[lyssie.livejournal.com]

And I'm... pretty much the opposite. Moffat gets that Who isn't about falling in love with a teenager, that it's about wonder and enchantment and opening your eyes to all sorts of possibilities.

I'm personally thrilled Rusty is gone, and sincerely hoping there's never ever ever a companion in love with the Doctor again.

Sadly? TV today requires UST and love interests and bullshit like that, so I'm sure we're stuck with it.

[pataka02.livejournal.com]

Moffat gets that Who isn't about falling in love with a teenager, that it's about wonder and enchantment and opening your eyes to all sorts of possibilities.


I dunno, I think Moffat's worse because he writes these one-shot characters who fall madly in love with the Doctor and then are disposed of; there are no consequences because he moves on. Which is fine, for him, but for me as a viewer, I don't necessarily want to see the love story, but I want to see him handle himself with someone who challenges how he thinks. That's what I love about Donna and Rose, because they both stand up to him and he has to deal with that.

Personally, I found GITF way too soap-opera-y for me; the idea of the Doctor falling magically in love with some historical figure within a couple of hours? I far prefer something like The Impossible Planet, which I thought worked far better cause it showed all that natural curiosity that brings not only the Doctor and Ros but everyone on the station to explore.

[frolicndetour.livejournal.com]

*points and nods*

I much prefer a sustained, complicated relationship (romantic or non) to the "girl-of-the-week" shtick.

[rose-griffes.livejournal.com]

I've never watched them that I can recall.

eta: IT'S BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SCARRED BY RONALD D. MOORE. SCARRED!

[pataka02.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha! I can understand that. But honestly, season 1 DW confidentials? They're safe! And Christopher Eccleston? Awesome. As is Billie Piper, who's lovely and weirdly kind of shy when interviewed about Rose. They're both very passionate about their characters and the show, as is everyone who works there. But in the "we love it!" kind of way, rather than the "RDM is a genius and you better agree" kind of way, which scares me about the podcasts.