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.
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Date: 2009-06-16 12:47 am (UTC)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.