Moffat interview
TMS at Comic-Con: Doctor Who‘s Michelle Gomez and Steven Moffat Talk Missy,Female Writers, and Who Fandom.
I've picked out a few things...
Michelle Gomez: I am back, but it’s with a slightly different dynamic, which is interesting, I hope. I’m back hot on the heels of the last series.[...] It’s not that her attitude has changed, it’s just that there’s been a shift in dynamic between Doctor and Clara and Missy. There’s just a little shift there.
LOOK, I CALLED IT! :D
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TMS: In making the Master a woman, we went into this really interesting zone where, like with Clara, he has this very intoxicating relationship that doesn’t exactly seem romantic. Do you care to talk about how that kind of… ?
Moffat: If anything, there’s no flirtation between the Doctor and Missy at all. The only time the Doctor and the Master flirted was actually David Tennant and John Simm.
There isn’t any this time at all. In fact, we’re very specific in the new one, we absolutely know what’s going on. They’re incredibly good friends. That’s really interesting.
They’re incredibly good friends and it goes back a long way and there’s genuine affection and loyalty and compassion for each other and interest in each other. But they are completely opposed to each other. If there was no one else in the universe, they’d be getting on fine. But Missy is the Doctor by other means. That’s what he’d be like if he didn’t have this sentimental compulsion to save people.
It’s a hunter and a vegetarian having a friendship.
I like this. Not that Doctor/Missy isn't awesome, but I like that they've not gone that route.
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Then there's lovely stuff about female writers, which I appreciate very much.
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TMS: [...] but, it’s rumored that Osgood is coming back?
Moffat: It’s not rumored, it’s a fact.
TMS: Okay, that is a fact.
Moffat: Yes.
SO HAPPY! :D
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TMS: Okay. So how is that happening?
Moffat: I don’t know. I can’t wait to watch those episodes. [Laughs] Look, it’s… we’ll say, you’ll know when you see it, that this wasn’t a whim. There is a plan, it’s been the plan in place for a hell of a long time. So you’ll see it’s not a whim.
TMS: And she’s sort of an intentional fan proxy, right?
Moffat: Well, it’s a tough love letter, really. A love letter to cosplay, cause I love all that stuff. If you’re cosplaying as Osgood-
Interviewer: So meta.
Moffat: Yes! You’re cosplaying someone who is cosplaying. It’s cosplay cubed. [Laughs]
I don't know if I mentioned it, but there were several Osgoods at our little ComicCon. <3
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Interviewer: How would you describe Doctor Who’s relationship with fandom?
Moffat: It’s two things. The frustration I find with it is the way the outer world sees it, the non-fandom world. They tend to identify Doctor Who fans as ranting monomaniacs on the internet, and one can see how that comes about. But the absolute reality is that fandom is the most amazingly creative community you could see.
When people send these things to me, e-mails full of links, go and look at this title sequence that someone made up-we used one in the actual show-go and look at this trailer, go and look at these stories, go and look at this artwork, it’s this [unintelligible] of talent for the future. It’s amazing. Trouble is, nobody pays any attention to me when I say that. Nobody. Literally. What I’ll get quoted as saying is, “Steve Moffat says they’re all monomaniacs.”
Moffat. <3
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I've picked out a few things...
Michelle Gomez: I am back, but it’s with a slightly different dynamic, which is interesting, I hope. I’m back hot on the heels of the last series.[...] It’s not that her attitude has changed, it’s just that there’s been a shift in dynamic between Doctor and Clara and Missy. There’s just a little shift there.
LOOK, I CALLED IT! :D
~~
TMS: In making the Master a woman, we went into this really interesting zone where, like with Clara, he has this very intoxicating relationship that doesn’t exactly seem romantic. Do you care to talk about how that kind of… ?
Moffat: If anything, there’s no flirtation between the Doctor and Missy at all. The only time the Doctor and the Master flirted was actually David Tennant and John Simm.
There isn’t any this time at all. In fact, we’re very specific in the new one, we absolutely know what’s going on. They’re incredibly good friends. That’s really interesting.
They’re incredibly good friends and it goes back a long way and there’s genuine affection and loyalty and compassion for each other and interest in each other. But they are completely opposed to each other. If there was no one else in the universe, they’d be getting on fine. But Missy is the Doctor by other means. That’s what he’d be like if he didn’t have this sentimental compulsion to save people.
It’s a hunter and a vegetarian having a friendship.
I like this. Not that Doctor/Missy isn't awesome, but I like that they've not gone that route.
~~
Then there's lovely stuff about female writers, which I appreciate very much.
~~
TMS: [...] but, it’s rumored that Osgood is coming back?
Moffat: It’s not rumored, it’s a fact.
TMS: Okay, that is a fact.
Moffat: Yes.
SO HAPPY! :D
~~
TMS: Okay. So how is that happening?
Moffat: I don’t know. I can’t wait to watch those episodes. [Laughs] Look, it’s… we’ll say, you’ll know when you see it, that this wasn’t a whim. There is a plan, it’s been the plan in place for a hell of a long time. So you’ll see it’s not a whim.
TMS: And she’s sort of an intentional fan proxy, right?
Moffat: Well, it’s a tough love letter, really. A love letter to cosplay, cause I love all that stuff. If you’re cosplaying as Osgood-
Interviewer: So meta.
Moffat: Yes! You’re cosplaying someone who is cosplaying. It’s cosplay cubed. [Laughs]
I don't know if I mentioned it, but there were several Osgoods at our little ComicCon. <3
~~
Interviewer: How would you describe Doctor Who’s relationship with fandom?
Moffat: It’s two things. The frustration I find with it is the way the outer world sees it, the non-fandom world. They tend to identify Doctor Who fans as ranting monomaniacs on the internet, and one can see how that comes about. But the absolute reality is that fandom is the most amazingly creative community you could see.
When people send these things to me, e-mails full of links, go and look at this title sequence that someone made up-we used one in the actual show-go and look at this trailer, go and look at these stories, go and look at this artwork, it’s this [unintelligible] of talent for the future. It’s amazing. Trouble is, nobody pays any attention to me when I say that. Nobody. Literally. What I’ll get quoted as saying is, “Steve Moffat says they’re all monomaniacs.”
Moffat. <3
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