Doctor Who: Moffat the Magnificent...

[fajrdrako]

At long last the announcement: Steven Moffat is taking over from Russell T. Davies. I am, in fact, surprised. There have been rumours enough about Russell T. Davies leaving, for long enough, that I would have been surprised if he didn't. But Moffat taking over? As possibilities go, it seemed too good to be true. I half-expected some no-talent I'd never heard of. Or, worse, some of the half-talents I've seen associated with Doctor Who projects but in whom I have no faith.

But of course I have faith in Steven Moffat. He is one of the gods in my pantheon. One of the best writers in television, if not the best. I don't just love his writing style; and it isn't just that he has such a grasp of cinematic style; I like the way he thinks. His originality. His approach. I'm not sure he has Davies' sense of romance; we shall see.

So now, I'm really, really looking forward to series 5 of Doctor Who. It's going to be an excruciatingly long wait, the equivalent of waiting for Dorothy Dunnett's Checkmate to come out, or - say it ain't so - the apocryphal and much-awaited A Dance of Dragons by George R.R. Martin.

Here's the "Tv Scoop" story.

Comments

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I love the phrase "terrifying weeping angels". So right!

I'm still peeved at the BBC pursuing the woman who knits the Whovian toys

Yes, really. So petty. Under the circumstances.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

If they'd bring out their official cuddly Adipose quicker… How could they not realise those little blobs of fat would have people immediately wanting to take them home?!!!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes. The whole point was their cuteness. They could at least release their own knitting patterns!

The marketing of these things is generally odd. Again, there's the sense that they can and do market things for kids - toys ,and bed sheets with Daleks on them, and action figures of monsters - but not so much for the adult women, who would be interested in things like knitting patterns.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

The response in the letters page of The Guardian was a woman writing in to say she wanted the knitting pattern for David Tennant… ;-D

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

LOL - I like her priorities!