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Moffat Era Doctor Who: Themes - Speculation/Discussion

Nov 02, 2009 16:13

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Yesterday on Twitter, catholicphoton linked to this interview transcript, which features DWM writer, Benjamin Cook, interviewing Steven Moffat ( Read more... )

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catholicphoton November 2 2009, 18:02:17 UTC

I knew something felt similar about his episodes (I thought it was just the great dialogue!) ;-)

Notice that Sally takes Larry's hand after she's handed over the folder - meeting the Doctor again frees her to get together with Larry, which she'd clearly been resisting until that point.

Ah! I hadn't made that connection! :-)

I don't know if it's so much a theme, but I have noticed in all his eps he likes to play with relationshippy stuff...a lot, and I don't think he can help himself! Methinks the Rosefen are going to hate Amy Pond very, very much, and River Song even more than they can possible imagine *smirks*

persiflage_1 November 2 2009, 18:09:37 UTC

I knew something felt similar about his episodes (I thought it was just the great dialogue!) ;-)

Hee!

Ah! I hadn't made that connection! :-)

I noticed it the very first time I watched the episode and it really struck me.

I don't know if it's so much a theme, but I have noticed in all his eps he likes to play with relationshippy stuff...a lot, and I don't think he can help himself! Methinks the Rosefen are going to hate Amy Pond very, very much, and River Song even more than they can possible imagine *smirks*

Ha! That's true! Oh well, one in the eye for the rabid Rosefen is always entertaining!

box_in_the_box November 2 2009, 20:17:09 UTC

This is very good.

You forgot his OTHER biggest theme, though - "timey wimey." :)

Moffat is one of the few NuWho storytellers to actually play actively with non-linear time WITHIN individual episodes - time passing for Ten and Reinette at different rates, the trope-namer for the twisty plot in "Blink," and Ten's non-sequential relationship with River.

persiflage_1 November 2 2009, 20:19:04 UTC

This is very good.

Thanks.

You forgot his OTHER biggest theme, though - "timey wimey." :)

Moffat is one of the few NuWho storytellers to actually play actively with non-linear time WITHIN individual episodes - time passing for Ten and Reinette at different rates, the trope-namer for the twisty plot in "Blink," and Ten's non-sequential relationship with River.

Oh, yes, I should've mentioned that...

garpu November 2 2009, 22:16:59 UTC

I'm looking forward to the next season, honestly. They could smear poo on the film, and I think I'd squee over it, after the Year of No Who. :)

persiflage_1 November 3 2009, 05:23:58 UTC

LOL Hopefully they'll be doing a bit more than that!

scarfman November 2 2009, 22:47:20 UTC

And there's the fact that he takes ordinary, everyday things - gas masks, angel statues, shadows - and makes them menacing.
I've been saying since Blink or Library that one day he's going to go too far and make monsters out of couches, and kids won't even have anywhere to hide.
What do I think he's going to do? I'm more interested in what he's not going to do. I've been saying since before Davies quit that we can't generalize about 21st century Doctor Who until there's been more than one showrunner. I'm waiting to see which of Davies' themes Moffat is keeping and which he's tossing aside. Judging from bits and bobs from his screen and tie-in stories, Open Secret Savior Of The Universe won't be one of them, but that's a common failing of the NA set.

persiflage_1 November 3 2009, 05:32:06 UTC

Hopefully he'll spare the sofas!

If I never have to see any Tinkerbell!Jesus moment, I will be a very happy viewer!!

abstruse_fangrl November 3 2009, 01:06:03 UTC

Interesting observations!

Since I see that his willingness to play with relationship stuff and wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff has already been mentioned, I don't know what else I'd say I've spotted.

It does look like he writes female characters (judging by River & Reinette) who are more than willing to do things their own way instead of just taking the Doctor's word for it and shuffling along like good little companions. I'm hoping that Amy Pond will be more of the same...

Also, as an aside, it was Billy Shipton who got trapped in 1969. ;-)

persiflage_1 November 3 2009, 05:34:37 UTC

Hey, Sally did it! If it's good enough for Sally, it's good enough for me! (I edited the name, though, thanks!)

It does look like he writes female characters (judging by River & Reinette) who are more than willing to do things their own way instead of just taking the Doctor's word for it and shuffling along like good little companions. I'm hoping that Amy Pond will be more of the same...

True! I really enjoyed the fact that River had the upper hand (and the upper cut!) in dealing with the Doctor...

abstruse_fangrl November 3 2009, 05:42:20 UTC

Hey, Sally did it! If it's good enough for Sally, it's good enough for me! (I edited the name, though, thanks!)

LOL

I was thinking that when I saw it. Maybe that's what Sally meant to say to him.

True! I really enjoyed the fact that River had the upper hand (and the upper cut!) in dealing with the Doctor...

She did!

And it seems like the women he writes all have things going on in their lives that they love to do before they get mixed up with the Doctor. And in the case of River & Reneitte, life didn't stop because the Doctor wasn't around. I loved River's line about having a career. :)

Moffat's style of writing Doctor Who makes me think of the Classic Who episodes that I've watched. I like his quotes in that interview about real sci-fi. I think that's what he'll give us. No more mooning over lost loves and mooning over the Doctor and how he's so fit and soo dishy.

I think he'll give us actual stories with actual storytelling and great dialog and that element of fun that's been greatly overshadowed in Nu!Who by Emo!Ten.

persiflage_1 November 3 2009, 05:52:27 UTC

I was thinking that when I saw it. Maybe that's what Sally meant to say to him.

Maybe!

She did!

And it seems like the women he writes all have things going on in their lives that they love to do before they get mixed up with the Doctor. And in the case of River & Reneitte, life didn't stop because the Doctor wasn't around. I loved River's line about having a career. :)

Yes!!

Moffat's style of writing Doctor Who makes me think of the Classic Who episodes that I've watched. I like his quotes in that interview about real sci-fi. I think that's what he'll give us. No more mooning over lost loves and mooning over the Doctor and how he's so fit and soo dishy.

Thank goodness, that's all I can say!

I think he'll give us actual stories with actual storytelling and great dialog and that element of fun that's been greatly overshadowed in Nu!Who by Emo!Ten.

That'll be a nice change!