Steven Moffat is stepping down as showrunner, to be replace by Chris Chibnall.

( Reaction under cut due to use of gifs. The short version is that I'm mostly very happy for the change, but with some ambivalence )

( Spoilers, of course. )

Despite some weaknesses and some things I'm still making up my mind about, The Eleventh Hour succeeded in making me squee and reassuring me that this is still a show I can love.  Matt Smith wins my approval, assuming he continues to grow and make the role his own.
( The eleven billionth Eleventh Hour reaction post. SPOILERS!!!!! )

Completely unrelated to the rest of the post:  I saw a gray fox on my walk this evening!  So cool!  And now back to your regularly scheduled fannish rambles.

I just rewatched Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead.  I was somewhat hoping I'd like these episodes better the second time around, but nope.  It's still a collage of reused ideas that ( Read more... )