Steven Moffat writing Doctor Who with one hand for almost 9 minutes

[@robertchaney2704]

I like to think 12’s browser history isn’t anything promiscuous, it’s just full of really embarrassing and obvious questions he didn’t know the answers to, but was too embarrassed to admit because he builds himself up so much as a super genius

[@jedi265]

Yes fr I love this head cannon

[@onyourleft4194]

this is what i thought too, esp bc i also firmly headcanon that 1 wasn't that much of a capital-B Boomer, he was just too focused on trolling 12 to realise his trolling effected others. (i just love when the doctors are idiots especially regarding each other)

[@scdl-m2z]

100%. he definitely searched himself too

[@moonbunny24]

Oh my god, my friend has the exact same headcanon! Then we started joking about how he knows what Monster High and Frozen are and joked that it's a combination of obvious questions and watching content made for kids. And this was in the mid 2010s so that's guaranteed to have exposed him to some weird stuff on accident lmao So his search history is like: How to crack an egg Monster high movies watch free How to change a lightbulb Frozen 2013 torrent Elsa Spiderman??? How to preheat an oven

[@scdl-m2z]

@@moonbunny24 ELSA SPIDERMAN

[@jessica23claire]

I cannot fathom what kind of context Eleven had for being under that woman's skirt other than EXACTLY WHAT WE'Re ALL THINKING

[@bartholomewnathaniel4900]

He was hiding obviously 😅

[@nikitherowboat5892]

11 is the kinda guy to panic and crawl under her skirt

[@AstroPsych_]

@@bartholomewnathaniel4900 He actually was. The implication in the scene is that he was posing nude for a portrait (the portrait she is in the middle of painting), and needed somewhere to hide when they heard people coming. He ended up hiding under her huge skirt, hence "this isn't nearly as bad as it looks."

[@yusaki8064]

@@AstroPsych_Precisely what I had always thought until this moment.

[@BirdieNoodle]

that’s the best part there’s no context

[@mainstreetsaint36]

God, I think Moffat might go down as one of the horniest writers in Doctor Who history!

[@katokianimation]

Doctor Whorny

[@andalilbitqueer]

"one of" is an understatement

[@billywhizz09]

@@katokianimationDoctor Screw

[@FranciumBoron]

​@@billywhizz09Driver.

[@HappyAppart]

OH YES!!!

[@samwitherington8202]

How has Moffat written female characters flirting with future versions of themselves TWICE!

[@katokianimation]

Moffat did everything twice. Except what he did 4 times. After writting 6 episodes for RTD he mostly just expolered the same ideas. Than by series 7 he got absolutly bankrupt creatively.

[@umbrarexx]

If I had a nickel for every time Moffat wrote a female character flirting with a future version of themselves, I’d have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice

[@ms.antithesis]

tbf i would

[@ms.antithesis]

@@katokianimation that's just him doing twice twice. also he wasn't creatively bankrupt. you're just repeating criticisms you saw on a video essay. s8-10 are the 3 most creatively rich series of new who. as opposed to rtd's "what if cybermen, but now there's crying" or chibnall's "what if classic who levels of bad line direction, but now with WIDE CAMERA'S" moffat's era had more creative richness than the rest of the show combined, this is just the first time people saw repeated themes, something EVERY creative does, esspecially some of the most sucessful and awe inspiring ones.. and treated it like a bad thing, ignoring everything else mixed in there. sure girl in the fireplace, the opening of rings of akhatten, and listen have the same basic concept if you really reduce both of them down to "dr visits someone through their timeline as he learns more about them to reach a goal" but you can't say thematically they have much in common beyond moffat exploring a somewhat similar premise for 3 distinct purposes, which isn't in any way a bad thing.

[@katokianimation]

@@ms.antithesis boy, video essay wasn't even a thing when i made the same comment 10 years ago on Disqus. You wasted so much time on this pointless comment that defends Moffat from critisism nobody said.

[@raydarable]

It took me a minute to get the title.

[@DriverHenryWho3245]

Took me a few seconds 🤣🤣🤣

[@maouliamediaofficial]

Harbo wholmes made it obvious

[@CC-909]

Same lol

[@resingussianface2555]

took me four

[@taekinuru2]

yeah wanking

[@wavewingman5993]

I can't believe you kept in "Doctor, why are you naked?" And didn't leave in the punchline, "Because I'm going to church."

[@rpmblack7892]

Hi Kamen Rider Man 🕺 💃

[@reubenmanzo2054]

I'm pretty sure that wasn't Moffat.

[@wavewingman5993]

@@reubenmanzo2054 Time of the Doctor was written by Moffat.

[@OverlyPositiveFanboy]

If this video proves anything, it's that I seem to prefer "oblivious asexual" jokes over "The Doctor is naked for no reason".

[@gay4sswhovian]

Same here and the fact that Moffat made the second ones only because he was an acephobic piece of shit back then who didn't liked the Doctor being asexual, and because I quote "asexual are boring to write" make it worse

[@xGOKOPx]

@@gay4sswhovian Moffat created a Doctor with the most asexual vibes and then... got angry that the Doctor is asexual and made him naked for no reason... ? If anything, Time of The Doctor proves his obliviousness to sexuality because there was no sexual intention behind his nakedness and he struggled to see why him being naked could make others uncomfortable By the way, I don't really like this kinda writing regarding different regenerations. Understanding basic social clues is not a personality trait, it's a skill. Like, I'm sure 10 would approach the "you have to be naked for the church" issue a lot more tactfully. (I know he wasn't afraid to be naked in front of Donna in what-was-that-episode-called, but it wasn't his choice in that case)

[@oapf0536]

@@xGOKOPxjourneys end with the meta crisis doctor, but in fairness he was made 3 seconds before that

[@OverlyPositiveFanboy]

@@gay4sswhovian I don't think I knew that when I watched this video, but I have learned this sine then, and yeah, I agree. Funnily enough, I reckon that almost every character I've ever created is asexual by default (with probable exceptions of parent characters and those I've consciously decided otherwise).

[@busguy9019]

​@@gay4sswhovianacephobic😂😂😂 get a fucking grip

[@rowanmichaels]

Clara Oswald is the only woman Clara Oswald could ever love.

[@catfeldman3614]

didn't she say jane austen was a good kisser once lol. edit: it's in the video haha

[@thylacina5989]

In addition to what @catfeldman3614 mentioned, you know how Strax comments on the young men doing sports in Clara's head? It's a running joke that Strax can't tell the difference between men and women...

[@melisastone231]

​@@thylacina5989I just caught that

[@catfeldman3614]

lol you're so right that joke flew over my head @@thylacina5989

[@ConfusedKev]

There is no straight reason for what Jane Austen and Clara get up to

[@Newage416]

Clara’s philosophy seemed to be “I ain’t getting another chance”

[@joelmole3157]

If you think that’s bad, take a look at Sherlock. That’s a show for adults so Moffat was a little more… explicit

[@icecreamguru7584]

oh, I think a lot of us here did

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

@@icecreamguru7584And then we had a look at "Sherlock Is Garbage, And Here's Why"

[@Whiteythereaper]

Out Lesbian Irene Adler just casually strolling around while naked in front of Sherlock, and him being the One Perfect Man That Can Make Her Straight™️ that Steven loves the thought of so much

[@marielaberge8236]

@@Whiteythereaper plus, lots of sus shots of women's feet

[@blue-vr8dd]

​@Whiteytheripper she was a lesbian? never knew that. pretty sure its never said in the show?

[@chocolatedoughnut1305]

Whenever a character starts flirting or mentioning sex it always comes out of nowhere and now I’ll consider it a warning when I find out Moffat wrote the next episode

[@jab1506]

It took me 5 minutes to realize that writing one handed was NOT metaphor for good writing…

[@blacat2168]

Same xD

[@silverrraven5349]

i thought it meant lazy/careless writing until i read your comment

[@tzarg]

as soon as I read the entire sentence I almost burst out laughing cuz I knew exactly what they were saying... Moffat certainly has a reputation.

[@analogue_cassette]

it literally took me reading this comment plus all the replies that it was not a metaphor for bad writing either....

[@altinaykor364]

@@analogue_cassette it is a metaphor for horrible embarrassing writing

[@lja1993]

I can't believe you missed out the line "River came twice" from the end of S6 🤣

[@XiscoLozdob]

I can't believe I'm just getting that

[@MaccamatBux]

I feel like you guys are taking that out of context.

[@infinitylord1524]

200th like

[@alexpotts6520]

​@@MaccamatBux If it were anyone else writing that line, you could chalk it up as an accident. But come on, this is Steven Moffat we're talking about here...

[@reworkgaming1202]

I love the mature humour in a lot of these examples, just usual chats between friends. I think it also fits elevens personality as the youthful fun loving doctor entering his teenage years for a second time as a response to the trauma he experienced as 10.

[@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475]

I think you mistake mature humour for a guy letting his personal desires run amok onscreen.

[@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475]

@guyincognito6582 If you have Stevie boy wonder bias that's fine but I do agree that Russell has somehow lost his way with the new series cause this pandering shit with the Specials was especially grating but beforehand his era from Series 1-4 is untouched.

[@alexholden2512]

@@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475the only pandering was that last line in star beast from rose and that Isaac newton cold open. Other than that it was pretty much the same stuff since series 1-4

[@Towhomitmayconcern9293]

@@alexholden2512 ikr, they are probably male, because male presenting Individuals will never understand. It honestly mind boggling Russel can get away that, that's sexist as fuck. Its clear what state of mind he's in, messaging is paramount over narrative, I mean, the dude literally thought people with disabilities were evil all his life. He is a virtue signaling narcissist whos too addicted to smelling his own farts to care about the integrity of the show. Changing rules, nostalgia bating, bringing popular actors to draw traffic, spreading propaganda, I admit the dude can at least write story unlike Chris Chibdick, but that doesn't trump the shit he's doing with it.

[@nira5221]

​@@alexholden2512oh come tf on, we all remember that, "we know everything, thanks, it's a shame you're not a woman anymore. Having all that power not knowing where to use it. Something a male presenting time lord will never understand."

[@edadankmemes]

i started watching doctor who during the early moffat era, and looking back now it is actually INSANE how horny the show was. idk how to feel about it now, honestly

[@LoneGh0ste]

Honestly when you watch it it’s not that bad. Watching a super cut like this is going to make you think it was like every single episode. It really wasn’t that crazy (expect for series 7B where Clara is constantly sexualized by the Doctor)

[@HOTD108_]

​@@LoneGh0steNot so much sexualised by the Doctor, more so the show itself (i.e. Moffat).

[@LoneGh0ste]

@@HOTD108_ It’s both really. Moffat’s writing it and the Doctor’s saying most of it.

[@tzarg]

@@LoneGh0ste yeah it's like, every other episode so I guess that's better right

[@LoneGh0ste]

@@tzarg watch it again man. It’s really not.

[@Dark_Ronius]

3:15 "Unless there's two of them" Can't wait to see what River Song does when she realises there's 2 Doctors...

[@manlyminotaur99gaming8]

The 1st Doctor saying “What’s ‘Browser History’?” will always be my favorite moment in the entire Doctor Who universe Right in front of 10th and 11th Doctors meeting in ‘The Day of The Doctor’ and the iconic line from the 10th Doctor, “Don’t Blink”

[@mityapancake]

Not me just now realising half of these scenes had a double context

[@welshcrusade1562]

6:41 You said you had a date. I thought I'd better hide in the bedroom in case you brought him home. That line wins

[@doodoo5594]

the master being hard is the most valid part of this video 🤣🤣

[@doodoo5594]

3:15 the fact that they end up together after this is hilarious 😂😂bro made a good first impression fr

[@Llama_charmer]

Clearly the angels werent the only thing rock hard in that episode

[@thephoenixsystem6765]

​@@Llama_charmeroh dear

[@benpecto.benpecillton]

​@@Llama_charmer💀

[@meelsky]

There’s always been jokes like this in doctor who and I’ve never had a problem with it, my issue with Moffats sex jokes is that they’re often sexist, and go against one of the doctors longest established traits which is that he has very little interest in sex whatsoever. Moffat clearly has a very sexist view of every character on the show, even at one point implying the doctor only chooses companions he’s attracted to, listing Ace as one of them despite her being a literal child.

[@meelsky]

@melons1673 Oh there’s definitely a few, some of the older companions were designed to be (and I quote) “eye candy for the dads”, but the doctor himself never showed any interest in them.

[@stuff31]

​@@meelskyone thinks of Peri. I don't think Nicola Bryant signed up to show that much cleavage, or put on an American accent.

[@CreativeCache101]

Nah, he just wants A mate

[@meelsky]

@@CreativeCache101 He just wants to mate??

[@CreativeCache101]

@@meelsky A mate, he just wants A MATE!

[@MysterySteve]

Of all the cheeky sex jokes, aside from the frequency, the only ones that really bothered me were the kid at school and the claim of it being Amy's fault for wearing a skirt rather than Rory's for looking when there were more important things at hand. For the school one, I think it's fine to bring up, but a little too weird seeing him going through it, even though obviously nothing is shown. With the skirt, I hope I don't have to explain the problem with blaming someone for dressing a certain way when someone else gets googly-eyed and disrupts something

[@jamesslater9098]

At least with the Amy one the doctor is disgusted at Rory. I think the Amy one was done more as an innuendo and to make Rory less creepy. It's a lot worse for Rory to say he was looking at Amy's pants but Rory is rightfully shamed by the script rather than Amy.

[@MysterySteve]

@@jamesslater9098 But she said it was her fault. Idk, maybe it's just dry humor that flew over my head, but it sounded like it had at least a bit of sincerity

[@maydaymemer4660]

i think moffat was just writing a bit of banter

[@MysterySteve]

@@maydaymemer4660 Everybody deflects stuff like this as "just a bit of banter", and then it gets normalized, especially with a pretty young target audience like Doctor Who has had for a while Like, where does "just a bit of banter" actually stop?

[@Phoenix-bi9bn]

@@MysterySteve I totally agree. For one, what are upskirting jokes doing in a children in need sketch, not to mention a family show. And for two, why is it being played like it is the woman's fault that the mans gaze was drawn to that region?

[@tomwotton9]

0:52 Ladies and Gentleman, The Oncoming Storm.

[@berg450]

I started rewatching Doctor Who about two weeks ago, the first episode I got to with Moffat as the writer was the Doctor Dances two-parter in S1. The first thing that jumped out to me is "oh, the show is slightly hornier than it was in the several previous episodes" and then you get to S2 with the Girl in the Fire Place where this wonderful strong beautiful woman suddenly is in love with the Doctor and he seems to be into her as well. It just comes out of nowhere. The Doctor is so asexual until Moffat starts writing an episode.

[@samuelbarber6177]

Which is weird since Eleven is massively ace… for like two and a half series and suddenly he starts getting weirdly harrassy at times.

[@lemonlemonlemonlemonlemonlemo]

i love that he seems oblivious to anything sex-related unless it’s river

[@nuffseb9299]

The fact that Steven Moffatt's run of Doctor Who was 6 SEASONS LONG and there's at least 8 minutes of Sexual inuendo is insane...

[@tobitobi2003]

everytime i think to myself "wow, moffat has written some great stuff! even his seasons are pretty overhated, while he may have struggled to find his footing with his smith seasons, his capaldi seasons were awesome. his character writing and plots really did shine when he had a story to tell, and the character themes and the plot weaved itself better than davies' seasons. why is he so hated?" i remember this. damn, the duality between good writer and doing, well, this. though to be honest, lots of these dont feel that bad, it only felt terribly weird in smith's run (really, what was moffat thinking?). eccleston's era felt in-character for everyone, and capaldi's jokes i laughed at (thanks to peter's delivery carrying). and the master missy stuff felt weirdly in-character too. weird? yeah i think thats what is being aimed for. and stuff like the clara flirting with danny pink made sense, because, well, they're dating. and even with some of the smith stuff, i found humorous, like the 50th anniversary gag and the doctor straight up pulling out a giant light rod, they made me admittedly giggle but maybe thats because i have the same amount of humour elegance as a child. the scenes where amy and rory were flirting with each other i dont think i mind too much, because they're married, but even then i do also think moffat shoulda cooled it a bit as well in that regard. i think moffat got better overtime with cooling it, and by season 10 it felt pretty alright with no scene in particular (at least none that i can think of) at all feeling off-putting which compared to, say, the season 5 stuff like the amy straight up going ham on the doctor. which moffat did claim he regretted, so its likely he wouldnt pull something like this again (or at least i hope) if hypothetically he became showrunner again. but, still man, shame it happened to begin with, because remove those and you'd still get seasons and stories ranging from decent to great.

[@p.m9525]

I like Moffat as a writer but when he is running a show thats were i have a problem. He can write some amazing episodes but he can’t handle an entire show in my opinion

[@user-drdestiny]

Moffat needed to chill out, my god

[@awan4153]

THE GIRL IN THE FIREPLACE WAS WRITTEN BY MOFFAT????? no wonder☠️

[@bradugar]

Funny how that’s everyone’s favourite series 2 episode

[@MightyMarioBros378]

@@bradugarevery story written by Moffat before his era gets best reviews 😂 (S1 Empty child/doctor dances, S2 Girl in the Fireplace, S3 Blink, S4 Silence in the Library/Forest of the dead)

[@bradugar]

@@MightyMarioBros378 yeah I do like him as show runner a lot but I will say series 6 , a good man goes to war & the wedding of river song are truly dreadful works of his . Aside from that I like Moffats episodes in fact I think heaven sent is a masterpiece

[@gay4sswhovian]

​@@MightyMarioBros378the Doctor was still almost a pedophile in that episode lmao

[@pharmakon7920]

@@gay4sswhovian i mean the whole first & second series he's in love with a nineteen year old he lifted off of a council estate so it was really par for the course back then.

[@SukruKaydak]

It's a surprisingly accurate title.

[@daisyc.3257]

That is one of the most clever titles ive seen.

[@Animallover24678]

didn't realize there was so much of these

[@RetroActiveGM]

"Doctor Who is a children's show"

[@Lightbringer115]

it's a family show....

[@HistoryForYouOfficial]

It's almost NEVER been a children's show. That was the initial idea and concept of the show. However that quickly changed as the show was established. It's more of a family show and caters well for all ages. I think i'm right in believing that more adults watch the show now than Children.

[@dschehutinefer5627]

@@HistoryForYouOfficial To be honest, I was a child when the Reboot series came out with the 9th Doctor and I found it quite disturbing, which was quite off-putting to me. I guess I'm just not British enough. XD

[@Betsybabe3218]

@@dschehutinefer5627Well, different countries have different standards for what can be shown to kids

[@altinaykor364]

poor children

[@TaliMonaghanmusic]

Ahhh Moffat, doing self-cest before Loki made it cool/j

[@vullord666]

I really miss Victorian and Future Clara 😭.

[@tsundereyoongi3869]

How does he simultaneously manage the most sexual jokes as well as the most asexual punchlines at the same time. Also makes me realise I miss his writing, it was fun

[@KYCDK]

steven moffat was doctor who going through puberty

[@booradley8895]

Rory saw Amy's crack through the glass floor.

[@wanderingrandomer]

Two parts of space and time that should never have touched, pressed together

[@keknik1337]

@@wanderingrandomer☠️

[@Eternal_Sky_Tardis]

Uhh... Which crack?

[@MoonThuli]

​@@Eternal_Sky_Tardis The cracks in the fabric of space from series 5 of course, what cracks were you thinking of?

[@ooooneeee]

Bruh

[@slobiden.2593]

Fun fact 1:11 that’s Julia Sawalha. Back in 1993/4 when she was an acting student we got a kitten off of her. It was actually intended for her sister Nadia.

[@Phoenix-bi9bn]

Wow incredible

[@davewaring73]

Ha ha. I'm so nieve. Never thought of the doctor dancing as a euphemism

[@knightinspace2562]

You think these scenes are thirsty - check out Moffat's comedy series Coupling - whole different ball game ;)

[@Austin_Rummel]

What an amazing title for this video

[@jolinhe6493]

IT TOOK ME FAR TOO LONG TO UNDERSTNAD WHAT U MEANT BY THE TITLE

[@bradugar]

I’m sure many of us love Shrek when we were Kids than we grew up, than understood the adult jokes & now we really love it. That’s how I feel about this it just makes it better it’s a family show so why not throw a joke that mummy and daddy will laugh at

[@carolinalopes7640]

I think we can tell he wrote it with 1 hand

[@liekkianimaatio3652]

I really love that santa bit between Danny and Clara

[@spark9189]

hey now, moffat didn't write the cyberwoman from torchwood. that was chibnall.

[@gay4sswhovian]

True I love Chibnall (like Moffat and rtd) but I must admit this (but Chibnall didn't made the Doctor sexually assaulting a married lesbian or getting sexually assaulted so-)

[@spark9189]

@@gay4sswhovian fair enough

[@lucyward5787]

@@gay4sswhovianno, Mark Gattiss did

[@Panossa]

"I have X-Ray eyes, I like everyone." LMAO

[@Somni-Majen]

I love 11 but the focus on random sex jokes and comments completely ruins a lot of episodes imo 12 is my favourite doctor, and that might be partly due to moffat turning the dial down thankfully

[@dubbingsync]

Because writing a old man with a young woman isn’t as funny when it’s an actual old man playing the old man.

[@leonconnelly5303]

​@@dubbingsyncmatt Smith never acted like an old man

[@Knighttt662]

​@@leonconnelly5303 did u watch the show? There are so many characters. In his finale one of the characters even calls him out. Asking how a face so young can have eyes so old

[@firetarrasque4667]

The jump between 11 and 12 is huge. 11 has been my least favorite Doctor for a long time, and 12 is one of the best performances the show has ever gotten.

[@watercycle6169]

Am i the only one who thinks that Matt Smith is the funniest doctor ever?

[@kumamotox321]

1000% percent

[@tsundereyoongi3869]

Nope! I love him

[@KM-jb3vg]

Clara "is that what i look like from the back" clip got my dying of anime nosebleed syndrome

[@stuff31]

He was somewhat... juicy, at times A little zesty, a little goofy

[@alexholden2512]

A little Wibbly Wobbly

[@Amartin-mu6oj]

A little weird to suggest that a teenage boy with superpowers struggling with one such as x-ray vision during school is "writing with one hand"

[@isabelballan3305]

I thought “The Doctor’s Wife” (Tardis-as-a-woman episode) was written by Neil Gaiman?

[@jordanp989]

It was

[@HIR0SE]

Most of us do write with only one hand. Now typing...

[@mrgdf4954]

It's not only Steven Moffat

[@ericc1108]

They're also very firm

[@davidrussell7530]

So glad Russell T Davis is back writing for Dr Who

[@dustin_4501]

Yes because when i think of the infamous Time Lord i remember of a horny, pervert, type not a cunning, smart, time traveler...

[@gay4sswhovian]

For real also what's the deal with the Doctor meeting chidlren and havingthem meeting them back again like 10 minute later and they're all adults horny for them it's so weird 💀

[@dustin_4501]

@@gay4sswhovian Fun fact: but in The Time Traveler's Wife series the main protagonist give himself a blowjob... Guess who wrote that Steven Freaking Moffat.

[@tableprinterdoor]

the eleven one lmao with the skirt

[@airprime5063]

TOOK ME 2 MINUTES TO REALISE WHAT THE TITLE MEANT I thought it was like, bad writing. Or possibly good writing, I couldn't tell.

[@poisonparadise97]

1:47 I’ve always thought this was a reference to Hermione’s line in Prisoner of Azkaban. 😂

[@GhostKingDeAngelo]

Is it bad that I completely misunderstood the title until I read the comments?

[@crunchybanana6489]

“I have x-ray eyes, I like everyone” We love us some pansexual representation

[@Amartin-mu6oj]

Yikes

[@CC-909]

2:03 I remember this one 2:29 and this

[@TaeSunWoo]

The show was growing up with us I guess

[@aidianajones]

"It could be sport!"

[@Rocka5438]

‘I have X-ray eyes, I like everyone’ hell yea kid represent 👊

[@azrael_hypo]

i think the things that bugged me most were: 1) how blatant these jokes tended to be. subtle sex jokes that'll fly over a child's head are fine, but when you put emphasis in the delivery and then take a beat (often punctuated with music) to let it sink in, it's a bit much for a family friendly show. also, if you're drawing attention to a joke, it had better be funnier than just referencing browser history. 2) that 11 is usually childish, particularly as it relates to kissing and sex, which makes the horniness directed at or coming from him just feel creepy. i much preferred 12 and River because 12 can be an adult (but Moffat still liked to vary his social skills based on what was funny, because apparently it's good to make characters inconsistent for the sake of sometimes admittedly funny bits) 3) the centuries-old Doctor should not be having relationships with anyone who already relies on him to be able to survive and get home, especially someone with nothing like the same level of experience that he has. River and the Doctor is an alright ship once she's had several decades of adventuring and exploring the universe under her belt. the Doctor and Clara isn't as creepy as the Doctor and Rose, but she's around a fiftieth of his age and not that mature by even human standards until she becomes a teacher in the Day of the Doctor. human standards of maturity aren't really enough for it to be okay to have a relationship with someone as old and powerful as a Time Lord and the showrunners really need to fucking stop it.

[@MoonThuli]

I mean although the doctor is incredibly old, his individual regenerations often don't live very long so I think the age gap between him and his partners is a bit dependent on which regeneration. 10 probably lived less than a decade, and was probably roughly 30 when he regenerated, so imo it made sense for him to flirt with people in their 20s like Martha, but Rose meeting the doctor at 19 was weird tho ill admit.

[@GuiSmith]

⁠@@MoonThuliBy canonical ages, unless the Doctor reset his age count again and brooded for 900 years, the Ninth Doctor only lasted about 6 years and the Tenth only lasted 3 to 5 years. No wonder he was brooding about his time being up so soon and so remiss to lose his current face in Journey’s End. The Eleventh Doctor lived for just under 600 years if I remember his last episode correctly. However, the show runners also kind of retconned the age reset and the hard attempt at counting in The Doctor’s Wife. The TARDIS says he’d never asked for her name in 700 years. I know she’s not technically capable of experiencing linear progression of time, but she can still keep track of time passing for everyone present. You’re right though, their mental age varies wildly; regeneration and subsequent ageing definitely affects their memories and maturity. Yes, the Doctor’s had dozens of companions, and they remember all of them from the regeneration we call the First onward, but the lessons learnt from each wither away with time, new experiences, lost friends, and renewed hopes.

[@Anti-HyperSlut]

I really don't think it should be considered a family show.

[@leonconnelly5303]

​​@@GuiSmiththe doctor is renewed with every generation, he remembers his past lives but he's not defined by them unless he's reminded of them. Every doctor becomes young again

[@leonconnelly5303]

You know time Lords aren't real? In the show neither the doctor or the master act like their 1000s of years old, they act as old as the actors who play them. Worrying about the sexual politics of a 1000 year old space wizard seems a bit pointless

[@LilSpookyyy]

“Blimey,get a girlfriend Jeff” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@samuelbarber6177]

2:58 THE DOCTOR IS NOT THIS STUPID!!!!!

[@pietro.diaferia]

Great title bro

[@diino8081]

oh my god i only realised what the title meant 6 and a half minutes in oh my god

[@Yusufash94]

I randomly paused and I was six and a half minutes in when reading this 😂

[@Belzabond]

You could put the entire first third of The Time of the Doctor into this video. Super uncomfy lol

[@wanderingrandomer]

I get what the title implies, but doesn't everyone write with one hand anyway?

[@luiginotcool]

I love the implication that Moffat writes doctor who with a pen and paper hahahaha

[@maouliamediaofficial]

One hand on the keyboard, the other on his myehehe. Essentially writing horny moments

[@OverlyPositiveFanboy]

Some people write with a keyboard.

[@HistoryForYouOfficial]

@@OverlyPositiveFanboy That's typing :)

[@Milk88488]

​@@HistoryForYouOfficialthe job of writing scripts is called being a writer, not a typer

[@jakecaffery4063]

5:27 same

[@benpecto.benpecillton]

Most people write with 1 hand

[@enter_good_content_here7326]

wow im dumb, took me till 5 minutes in to understand the title, i thought it meant lazy writing but no that makes far more sense. lol

[@cam1e754]

1:01 that was actually Matt Smiths idea

[@mickys8065]

And got rewarded for it with repeated knees to the balls

[@Boomerjojo79]

The things the actors who played the doctor would do for role Also what was 12 looking at to the point where he removed the sunglasses from the first doctor's face in panic

[@alexholden2512]

You don’t need to know what his browser history is

[@Boomerjojo79]

@@alexholden2512 I do I really do

[@onyourleft4194]

"how to rehabilitate your genocidal mass murderer (ex?) spouse"

[@flapackfez]

I think we know where the other hand was

[@cosmicwire6356]

I think we know what he was doing with the other hand

[@Leesmapman]

8:05 was written by Neil Gaiman, right?

[@loislane7482]

The episode was but I've always assumed this joke was added by Moff in the edit. He definitely wrote the line about Clara's tight skirt in Gaiman's other episode.

[@rooster.friendsforever1921]

I love Moffats era but watching this makes me so happy Davies is back, I need my ability to headcanon the Doctor as ace/demi intact

[@gay4sswhovian]

The Doctor is canonically asexual even under Moffat it was confirmed by actors

[@iCeleste14]

Welp ya won't like the latest episode then lol

[@leonconnelly5303]

​​@@gay4sswhovianI mean the doctors clearly been attracted to women in the past, like the the girl in the fireplace doesn't really work if he wasn't attracted to her, that wasn't just a Freindship. The doctors relationship with rose definitely felt romantic, they didn't show anything explicit but I have a hard time believing the feelings were just platonic and they imply the baby is his and that never went any were. I think maybe the doctors sexuality changes with each incarnation

[@jadethirlwall1573]

@@leonconnelly5303there’s a difference between romantic and sexual attraction tho - ace/demi people can still experience romantic attraction, and up until Moffat’s era, that’s always how I’d interpreted the doctor

[@alexholden2512]

@@iCeleste14I loved all three

[@lauravturner]

We not even going to touch on the attempted rape scene? "I'm over 900 years old! Do you know what that means?!" "... It's been a while?..." That scene is uncomfortable AF.

[@Phoenix-bi9bn]

That scene is a consideration and it purely slipped my mind Moffat himself said that scene was wrong of him and he was told not to do it

[@alyx6427]

0:30: why was this remastered in peak 90s tv quality

[@jamesloganhart]

Everyone writes one handed tbf

[@explodingmangos3416]

The Doctors Wife/TARDIS episode was written by Neil Gaiman

[@latch9781]

Did not think you meant it like that

[@Spider8Crak]

Where's the Pandorica speech?

[@Eva-rx3xp]

Is still do not understand what Master meant with that "Is it wrong?"... in his conversation with Missy

[@Phoenix-bi9bn]

He is asking if it is wrong that he is sexually attracted to Missy, given that she is just him in the future and it would be just him mating with himself

[@annesavisaboochuy]

HE WrOTE ThE EMPTY CHILD????

[@АртемПістунов]

ENUENDO ALERT!

[@wabc2336]

5:27 LOL

[@KrzysiuNet]

Wasn't that two doctors on bday a reference to special episodes with multiple doctors?

[@Phoenix-bi9bn]

Entirely possible, and possibly both. But I expect it's just a dirty joke

[@niteowlx5178]

Wait? Moffat wrote the Children's in Need special with Rowan Atkinson? XD

[@Ry64-18]

1:27, not stephen moffat

[@stelmaria-mx]

Stephen Moffat made the show for teenage boys when he was in charge

[@Pixelatedude6]

Stephen Moffat does like to write for people like himself, doesn't he?

[@demon_hawkeye5269]

Taking 9 minutes of cherry picked clips can make it look that way if you don't think for more than 10 seconds.

[@Bagofnowt]

​@@demon_hawkeye5269and the fact that most of his female companions are just his personal fantasy for dominant and slightly bisexual women coming out - with the exception of Bill, they're all like that. Amy, Clara, River, Vastra

[@demon_hawkeye5269]

@@Bagofnowt that's the only traits all those characters share, the people that try to act as if that somehow makes them completely the same are idiots. But yes, it is funny that Moffat's clear fetish comes out in many of his female characters, doesn't mean the show suddenly switched demographics.

[@Bagofnowt]

@@demon_hawkeye5269 it does make the female characters seem rather flat and predictable at times, like Moffat saw the phrase "strong independent woman who don't need no man" and thought "a-ha! That's what feminism is, I shall write my characters to be that." I do genuinely love Moffat's era, I just think he should've cracked one off before writing

[@BrendanHenry]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh. For the first 3 minutes i thought you were saying that he was writing lazily. Then I started to catch on