Agree with you on so much of this, especially the creepy anti-abortion subtext (which, given the BBC, I have to believe was either totally unintentional or no one picked up on. I can believe the latter, given Moffat's apparent level of engagement with issues ever). I really liked the basic concept - 'What if the moon is actually a space egg?' is a great idea, but so many other ways it could have been explored. I didn't think of the mass-gaining thing but you're completely right about that
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I can't remember when the Cybermen on the moon episode is supposed to have happened, but I think you're right that it's around that time. I was wondering about that too.
For me, Twelve may be hardline about the wrong things, if that makes sense. He's still got that awful gloppy sentimentality that's been a feature of all new Who, but in Moffat's era especially. (Classic Doctors would have been excited about the space egg because it was an undiscovered species, etc., but wouldn't have come over all gooey because it's a baby.) But on the other hand he's quite cruel to people in a way that I can't remember any previous Doctor being. I'm especially fed up with all the casual insults directed at Clara's appearance--I guess we're supposed to interpret this as the Doctor not knowing human norms, but that's stupid because he's been around humans for ages. More seriously there's how he's treated Danny, or his rejection of Journey Blue. I don't want to go back to the days of Ten and Eleven having romantic or quasi-romantic relationships with
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For me, Twelve may be hardline about the wrong things, if that makes sense. He's still got that awful gloppy sentimentality that's been a feature of all new Who, but in Moffat's era especially. (Classic Doctors would have been excited about the space egg because it was an undiscovered species, etc., but wouldn't have come over all gooey because it's a baby.) But on the other hand he's quite cruel to people in a way that I can't remember any previous Doctor being. I'm especially fed up with all the casual insults directed at Clara's appearance--I guess we're supposed to interpret this as the Doctor not knowing human norms, but that's stupid because he's been around humans for ages. More seriously there's how he's treated Danny, or his rejection of Journey Blue. I don't want to go back to the days of Ten and Eleven having romantic or quasi-romantic relationships with ( ... )
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