What Steven Moffat Doesn’t Understand About Grief, And Why It’s Killing Doctor Who

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An entry at Tea Leaves and Dog Ears blog, posted Nov 27, 2013

There’s a popular joke I’ve seen floating around on Tumblr for a while now. It goes like this:

“Joss Whedon, Steven Moffat and George R.R. Martin walk into a bar and everyone you’ve ever loved dies.”Here’s the problem, though: George R. R. Martin and Joss Whedon are, of course,

Comments

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I agree with most of this. The absurd paradox-y plot contrivances that either muck about with the entirety of the show's continuity from the start are really getting on my nerves. The episode where Clara jumps into the Doctor's time stream and then nudges his character where to go right from the start (to the point of telling the William Hartnell version of the character which TARDIS to steal) is an especially egregious example that trivialises, IMO, the Doctor's entire story.

And I agree about all the stuff with the Ponds. Terrible! How is it possible to write a story in which one character (Rory) stands guard over a prison (the Pandorica) waiting for another character to come out, for 1000 years, and then write him as not changed by the experience at all?

[kassto]

I replied to you here days ago. Don't know where the effing hell the reply went. But I did. With much agreeing and citing of examples too, but God knows now what I said!

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:(

Oh well. I'm sure it was very interesting.