The Works of Steven Moffat

[@lusinebaghyan8864]

Is this video a reuplode?

[@stanlandprod]

Indeed it is, had some copyright issues x

[@lusinebaghyan8864]

​@@stanlandprod Yeah thought so. Had the previous in my watch later playlist and then it was gone

[@nocturne8333]

Moffat’s era of Doctor Who is probably my favourite, it’s such an introspective take on the show and I love it.

[@steel225]

Moffat, for all his faults, has some incredible ideas for his Dr Who episodes. They're all very high concept and often make you think. His character work is a little weak for my taste - they're all very quippy and the drama moments are a bit weaker in my opinion.

[@3tap]

When Moffat drops his other series, and the sitcom comedy, the quality of doctor who increases substantially. Strange.

[@rhonab6698]

I don't mind the Irene/Sherlock romance idea too much on the surface. Benedict and Lana have good chemistry it works and it's not the only adaptation to play with the idea (Elementary does the same along with some other twists). But I think a lot of people get iffy on it and find it devaluing more because... Irene admits her feelings in the same breath as saying that she's gay. Her exchange with John where she implies he has a thing for Sherlock, he insists he's not gay, and then she responds "I am" but she still falls for Sherlock anyway. Now yes, sexuality is fluid, bi people exist etc. but the way Moffat framed and wrote it didn't really feel like he was trying to give a nuanced attempt at someone realising their sexuality might not be as fixed as they thought or their identity is different than they had assumed but more that Sherlock is so smart he somehow overrode Irene's lesbianism.

[@joshwheatley5457]

I agree entirely and yet I don’t, being gay can for a start obviously just mean a lesbian but also if she was bi or pan she would have phrased it the exact same way, I feel these are more likely as realistically Irene is so entrenched in a world of sex she doesn’t need a revolution or realisation that she isn’t a lesbian (if that was her prior understanding) but sexual attraction is natural to her that it being someone of a different gender matters not. It’s also clear that while she likes his silly hat and his cheekbones she really likes Sherlock because of his mind and who he is, so gender in that instant may not even be a consideration from her perspective. Moffat writes characters that have such life built around sexual experience jack, Irene, even that girl from the last part of Dracula or river, sex isn’t something to them that is regimented or formulaic but it is as fluid as life itself and while they may consider themself gay or straight they aren’t bound by the same limitations as everyone else, because in worlds of time travel and geniuses and fantasy sex has long since been trivialised (which is okay, but it is important to an extent that a viewer can distant themself from it as of course we don’t live those lives (you assume) it’s not that the characters are flawed in their depiction of sexuality some much that our resonation with can only extend so far and it isn’t perhaps clearly defined where that should stop)

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Also Irene is from a Sherlock story where she outsmarts him. Whereas here she's infatuated with him and doesn't outsmart him. Therefore is a hollow aimless version of what she was. In addition just like moriarty, she was not some overarching super villian, who is connected to everything.

[@demaupin]

Yay, what a treat! I don't know why you don't have thousands upon thousands of views- you are one of the very best DW reviewers/essayists out there. That picture of Moffat as Matt at Lake Silencio was pure unadulterated evil, though. Absolutely cursed.

[@dwfan91-]

I'm in love with this video. Great analysis, so well made, thank you so so much for this. #LIKED

[@sparkingmarnie]

🐐

[@hoedafone]

Genuinely obsessed with your channel

[@whophd]

6:50 hang on, when are we going to talk about Curse of the Fatal Death? His love letter to Doctor Who

[@housefire123123]

Marvelous job good sir! Worth watching this video for another repeat, in the future. I haven't watched half of these shows but Doctor Who was my introduction to 'The Moff' and he is interesting meamab with deffo interesting takes.

[@MishaDKroon]

I don’t remember how Inside Man ended, but I do remember being absolutely fuming with it and spending a good 20/30 minutes angrily ranting about how bad it was to my friend. I think Moffat’s biggest problem is his MASSIVE ego; he thinks he’s the cleverest person in the room at all times, but he also needs so badly to prove it to you.. and more often than not he fucks it for himself. That’s not to say he isn’t clever or good at writing, Empty Child/Doctor Dances, Blink, /some/ of Sherlock are fantastic, but mostly because he isn’t left to his own devices, there’s someone there to reign him in, he’s not allowed to show off. When he’s left to his own devices, it’s like he’s having a competition with himself to see how smart and witty and convoluted he can be before someone tells him no; but then when he is told no he’s petulant about it. And honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever forgive him for the crazy fan stuff in 3.01 of Sherlock, the absolute insult to the fans to mock them for trying to solve the puzzle that he didn’t even have the answer to??? Was the fanbase unhinged? Yes. But we were dedicated to the show, and it felt like a massive kick in the teeth to be mocked outright be the narrative.

[@bjam89]

"i am a vicar i am supposed to keep people safe" ah yes that is why you are protecting the predator, kidnapped a teacher, such a great protector, was that somehow meant to be a critique of the church and it was really badly done? like what the heck was he thinking when he wrote that show

[@TheJaime9526]

I think you misunderstood some of the Wedding of River Song. It’s as you say about perspective. The Doctor isn’t in a robot suit *all* the time from his perspective. (In fact, he isn’t the first time we see him go to lake silencio) That’s a plan he comes up with at the last moment from his POV. Everything else is him playing out events as they are meant to happen, before he subverts and rewrites time at the end (whilst keeping it the same to observers - whether that’s a laws of time thing or us the audience) For the same reason, only River can be in the suit, because she is the one serving a sentence for killing the Doctor. From the right perspective, all of that has already happened. It’s basically the same as what you like about The Big Bang, just a bit more convulutes.

[@SuddenBiscuit]

Really great stuff, man. Have loved your takes on Ricky Gervais, and was pleasantly surprised to find out you're also a Who fan. Really enjoyed this one, even when you have different opinions to my own, you articulate them in a way that's incredibly easy to understand and appreciate. Keep up the good work!

[@XhoowieX]

I loved Hbomber's Moffat video, but it's nice to get a more positive deep-dive too. It fits Moffat's style that he'd have two long-form videos about his writing that are so different in tone while not contradicting each other.

[@jameswatkins3375]

Brilliant video! Can tell a lot of time and effort went into this

[@limdoo6473]

Moffat’s way of writing smart characters is by having them just saying things they inexplicably know for no reason, and have other people acting impressed. No logic goes into it, no solving clues, just knows everything.

[@marocat4749]

Honestly that isnt even an issue if he wouldbe more balanced in the character writing and hold back with twists? Twists are only as good as you care about the character and ther is build up in some departmen, and even mystery is all about characters really. I think davies caring a lot about character drama is really grounding. and Moffat has great starts, but not great at following up without overdoing it and ending pretty disapointing, moffads best season might be the one he had it out of his system with the grand narrative

[@marcuswalters8093]

His biggest problem is he's obsessed with who is the smartest person in the room for just about every scene. Too many of his characterisation relies on a character going, "Aha! Got ya!"

[@ishathakor]

he writes for the doctor because that's literally the only character he's written for for who randomly knowing something is reasonable

[@PeopleAreFish]

Great summary, couldn't agree more with Heaven Sent I find the cloister scenes so moving and my favourite scenes from Doctor Who personally. he OST track "Duty of Care" is beautiful and have listened to it on loop many a time

[@ishathakor]

moffat has written some of my favourite episodes of doctor who and also some of my least favourite episodes of doctor who. what a guy. what a little weirdo

[@LevMyskin]

Nice work, happy to subscribe!

[@wolfwatch9731]

1:00:09 i disagree - bbc sherlock's sherlock holmes did need a character to alter his views on women because he and bcc sherlock's john watson are frequently misogynistic (because steven moffatt himself is frequently misogynistic). also that's not to even mention the way irene is deliberately referred to as gay but has feelings for sherlock anyway.

[@stephennoonan8417]

Best video on Moffat I’ve seen. Insightful and very funny. 👌😁 Now I’m off to get a bad wrap. It’s Tuesday - it has to be The BBQ & Bacon Chicken One!

[@Kbullism]

New favourite KZbinr ❤

[@TheHopperUK]

Since another video pointed out that the 'left handed man cannot use gun with right hand' scene is immediately contradicted by JOHN USING HIS RIGHT HAND TO FIRE A GUN in the SAME EPISODE I have been even more pettily annoyed with Sherlock than I was before. And I was already quite annoyed. I don't understand the Moffat-Gatiss tendency to shit on the source material and make fun of people who like it. It feels kinda juvenile in a way. LIke they don't want to be caught loving something, because that would be embarrassing.

[@DeltaZinnia]

Great video! I really agree with a lot of your points. However, I think it’s a shame that you didn’t mention the series Jekyll. Especially in the context of Sherlock and Dracula, it’s a very fascinating show. It was actually the first part of Moffat’s 'let’s adapt classic British literature into a modern setting' series and often gets overlooked today. Was there a specific reason why you left it out of the video?

[@stanlandprod]

Thank you for the kind words! Yes, in all honesty I forgot it existed until very late into making the video and I didn't have it in me to watch another moffat series from start to end. I'll definitely put it on the backburner though and may revisit it in the future x

[@steviedow1701]

Sorry, I NEVER do this. I never comment on a video without having watched it. But I just saw “The Works of Steven Moffat” and in the thumbnail: “Genius?” And that’s it. That’s all. “Genius” followed by “question mark” sums up his works. To a tee. To an absolute tee. Nothing further is required

[@emsleyoveep]

I actually loved how erratic Morati was. It felt like he was clever but also completely mental. Very similar to John Simms "The Master"

[@whophd]

Takes balls to call Press Gang a “sitcom” But I enjoyed the blast of theme tune, so you’re forgiven

[@TheJaime9526]

The problem Sherlock has is that it does things *just because the original books had them* including the fake death. Sherlock is… a modern retelling. Elementary was the adaptation in the modern era.

[@channyh.221B]

Thank you for not forgetting 'Press Gang': "sex and violence, I love children's television". I've seen that show like a million times, ofcourse I have, (°1971 rules). 'A night in' (S1E5) is a guilty pleasure of mine to watch, that was a pure sitcom episode. The man even was the first ever in television to make an episode about the internet (1989), even before American series did. (prove me wrong and I'll appologise) and he has written stuff that was always perfect (what writer has?) but he brougth the stories and even though I will never watch 'Inside man' - though it had a supurb cast, it still was a big whoopsy - ever again, I will see his Coupling, Sherlock, Doctor Who and (my first love) Press Gang with all it flaws, many times till the day I die ... hoping that won't come to soon. I have never seen 'Douglas is cancelled' but now it's on my 'to watch' list, so bless you for not spoiling that.

[@paulmonkhouse9435]

The first two series of Coupling were genius, three was wobbling and four was a massive letdown.

[@matthewbolitho-jones]

I like Steven Moffat

[@pearlhall9830]

Ok will add Douglas is Cancelled to my watch list which fell off after I watched Inside Man. Thanks for persevering with the reupload I enjoyed the whole thing! Did I miss the why on except Jekyll (which I also haven't seen)? Will scan the comments.

[@whophd]

Thought the “hybrid” should have been a Toyota Prius driving around Gallifrey. Nah joking, it makes the most sense to retcon the Cybermasters from Chibnall’s Gallifrey.

[@teapotsoup2851]

Moffat's guest episodes of doctor who were my favourites, his comedic work clearly gave him such a brilliant sense of timing that really translates so well into his horror stories. I think if he kept doing guest episodes in other showrunners' seasons he'd really shine. I'm glad he got a chance as showrunner i think he earned his chance, but I didn't really vibe with his seasons. He's a short story genius. I'd love to see more of his work, just not as showrunner haha

[@cptnd3851]

i only ever watched sherlock, dracula and inside man sound painful

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Awesome vid

[@lamzwerfpaard5896]

Whooo, hang on, you're implying here that Gary Oldman is not a sexy dracula... That lost you points... Still like the vid though, so I'll give it a like and you a sub. 🙂

[@09philj]

Sherlock is very weird. On the one hand a lot of the time it's actively dismissive of the tight, self contained satisfying mysteries that made up Conan Doyle's work with the character. On the other hand there's a lot of clear contempt in the text towards the Tumblr fangirls who were the most on board with the heightened dramatic direction the series actually went in. This leaves the question of who Moffat and Gatiss were actually writing it for. Heaven Sent and Hell Bent have too many similarities to the Big Finish stories Scherzo and Neverland for it to be coincidental in my opinion, they're both pairs of stories that are concerned with the implications of the Doctor having saved someone who shouldn't be saved, one of which is a big messy overblown thing set on Gallifrey and the other one of which is set in a claustrophobic purgatorial environment where the Doctor is subjected to a grotesque parody of being in a Doctor Who episode. I think Neverland works better than Hell Bent because it's a lot more focused, although it's still not a standout. Heaven Sent isn't quite as good as Scherzo for me, but that's more of a personal preference thing, except for the fact that Heaven Sent needs Hell Bent to wrap up its plot and I think it botches it, whereas Scherzo is the end of that story so it can't be undermined by what comes after. (There is, unfortunately, one more story between Neverland and Scherzo, Zagreus, which is an absolute car crash of surreal imagery that goes on for way too long)

[@IK-11-l1m]

56:41 if this was your editing, its bombastic

[@Timlagor]

Jekyll fits right into his good/bad dichotomy My theory is that it's being showrunner that makes him suck but maybe he's just inconsistent I couldn't stand Capaldi (blame the writing not the Actor -terrible Dalek followed by atrocious Robin Hood episodes ended it for me) but I liked Clara (didn't like Rory and thingy) so may have to look that episode up

[@TheJaime9526]

Davros mentions the hybrid because he thinks he is making it (and the Time Lords end) by combining Time Lord and Dalek. Thematically, the hybrid is a mix of truth and lies, that only has power because people (time travelling people) keep believing it will have power. The foolishness of time travellers believing in Destiny and Prophecy, and then doing terrible things under the flimsy excuse of defence against something they insist on pretending they have no power to prevent. Like… torturing a person for information they don’t know. (Confession Dial) Like killing Clara. The hybrid doesn’t need to exist for real - it’s about fear and security against that fear doing bad things. Truth and lies. RTD tried a similar trick with Ruby and Sutekh, but it failed because he lied to the audience, rather than doing the story work like Moffat tends to do. Either directly through plot or through character events and theme.

[@kepral4912]

though id disagree on adler. she won originally, it just feels like moffaats weird self inserting and misogyny of expecting women to be there in stories FOR that than expanding on her persay

[@AndrewLuke]

Did you catch his two season Joking Apart directed by Bob Spiers prior to Chalk but before Press Gang? I've seen some and its pretty funny considering its about bigamy. Of course kudos for talking about Press Gang with insight. I've seen a few dozen Moffat dissections on KZbin, all assuming his career began with Coupling. As we both know Press Gang had an enormous impact on the TV landscape in its day. For a while it was event TV and its a pity young viewers don't understand that. (Plugs the Press Gang review series on my channel. Come on over and say hi)

[@AndrewLuke]

Did 'Joy to the World' float your boat?

[@JoshPinder92]

Moff era is my fave era! It's just an era 8 years that hits so different and I adored re it very much .....his writing is dark, off the wall, introspective, melodic, poetic, quippy, rhythmic, scary, bold, artful and just outright brilliant I can watch Eleventh Hour to Twice Upon a Time and feel brilliant. I love RTD a d Chibnall but Moff mind is something else

[@perry0547]

Rap as in rap sheet

[@lauramitrea]

So i watched dracula once a long while back, and the 'deacula fears the cross' thing at the time seemed to me to be a mis-reading of the nun, speaking to her character and the stuff that lives in her head rent free. Basically, a nonbelieving nun seeking evidence of the existance of god, looks at a problem and concludea the wrong thing, ignoring key evidence, because of her bias. But that might be me giving it too much credit. Also at this point i paused your video and, for the life of me, i don't remember if dracula actually did fear the cross in this one. In any case, that was my interpretation at the time, which made the showing and reshowing us the sun reflecting on the cross a choice aimed the nake the audience groan because they understand something the nun refuses to understand. Edit:nvm. Feating the cross is apparently a key point in ep3 - i have burned that out of my memory. I would like to add that i enjoyed eps 1&2 and absolutely hated ep3, which retroactively ruined my enjoyment and i will never watch it again.

[@marocat4749]

Coleman is great , she has great chemistry with capaldi, but why had he had to stick with one clara, he made so many claras, why cant another clara go with the Dr. I think it could have been interesting having him after Clara leaving, inviting another Clara. It could be even highlighting what make that Clara that Clara, it actually could even use Colemans talent that she is also great at plaxying other Claras. And he establoshed othe Claras He could have brought Coleman as other Claras too, she was great as other Claras. And people not stuck wit hone Clara would have done wonders and he can hae a Clara

[@wardjunior1450]

He gave us the best 2 shows of all time, Sherlock and doctor who. Shame he’s helped nurse what.

[@StefanFlyer]

Reason why Doctor in Wedding choose that location and that point in time basically because... he already knew it. So just that. A little paradox he ran from for a long until he found out how to cheat it. Actually classic Moffat's Doctor move. Just let's say not the best written one. Might even say a bad one. Too many plot points and probably wasn't thought at the start. I start to think that the main problem of the 6 series that it was divide in two parts but the story for second wasn't fully developed until it's full production. Ofcourse there two many plots but it's even worse when you have to write it that way instead of properly develop all the points at once. Why they choose River? Well she already attempted to kill the Doctor but instead saved him. I guess they were a bit mad about it so did it that way. Seems ironic.

[@rangoooo2312]

Spoilers for inside man if anyone really cares, but they kept saying the tutor was so smart but nothing she does contributes to the escape at the end. She actually hurt herself more by cutting herself down there, so she could bleed all over the place and leave her DNA? At one point she “manipulates” the wife into gagging her? But why?! The point of that is never revealed. She makes the vicar and wife start doubting each other, but it never goes anywhere. How on earth is she smart?! Even her assumption at the beginning that it belongs to the son, because he openly says “whoops haha sorry but I am a teenager after all” thinking it’s regular porn, and she believes him wholeheartedly and never stops to think that NO ONE would admit to that so openly. And honestly, if I were to ever discover what she did on someone’s pen drive or whatever, that might be one of the only scenarios where I could KNOW I’m in a potentially life-threatening situation. Where someone would be willing to harm to keep their secret. So I would be going to great lengths to leave asap without letting on that I know! Why does she say, “btw your son is a p-word and I’m off to the police to report him, so if you could kindly give me back the pen drive please” like CMON WOMAN And why would the vicar be willing to bring such scandal to his family to protect the porter? The whole point was supposed to be protecting his son, but in the end he’s planning for everyone to think he’s the son of a p-word. Rumours could be swirling the son and wife for the rest of their lives - did they know and coverup, did they know and take part. They would have to move and uproot their entire lives because the vicar is protecting an actual dangerous criminal. This show actually put me off watching any mini series’, I’ve seen a few bad ones but this takes the cake. Might try out your recommendation at the end though :) great vid!

[@whoup1438]

I'm agog at the plot of Inside Man - what on earth was Moffat thinking?? I hate to say it but.... check his hard drive

[@marocat4749]

Why no Jekyl, its a showcase of a great setup that is fun , to being way too contrived, and i like Agatha, in the first episode. She could be less quippy but she is a fine horror protagonist and i love that classic dracula bits, ok puns, its still a great set. And classic enough to have weight. What really is annoying is the time travel and her knowing dracula, fine, it just gets way too weird later from the classic setting grounding it

[@galesito1733]

The jump on the table and run to pull down the curtains is an homage to a scene in "Dracula" with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, a film that Gatiss is almost certainly a big fan of. I'm of a similar age to Gatiss and the rest of TLOG and I grew up watching the same late-night classic horror double bills on BBC2 as they did so I can spot their references a mile away. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaTZmIB-eMZna9Usi=OBhG67sDloPuDyGn

[@Malky24]

Thank you for the Andrew Scott thing! I thought he was a truly awful bit of casting. Not remotely intimidating or even interesting but everyone seemed to love him. Not saying he's a bad actor (apparently he's great in other stuff) but he was a terrible Moriarty.

[@PeopleAreFish]

Inside Man is a weird one because, yes, it's not very good. I do however think there's some subtext to the vicar character taking the blame, basically a "good christian" willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good but like... also... is willing to assault a woman and protect a pedophile. How the rest of the story plays out isn't great but I feel like there's some hint of an interesting phycology and themeatics to it. Just didn't hit the landing.

[@whophd]

38:13 haha you said my name

[@tashb208]

Ummm Jekyll? Surely the worst Moffat?

[@TheHopperUK]

It's the worst Moffat because it's the MOST Moffat. Every flaw in his writing is front and centre in Jekyll.

[@anirul3454]

I never understood why Sherock was so popular. Maybe it's just not for me. And Moffat's Dr Who era made me feel conflicted. I liked the ideas and stories but he just cannot write women. Both Amy and Clara made me disappointed quite often. I think Jenna and Karen did a realy good job I just hated how he made them behave sometimes, quite misogynistic approach.

[@t.l3846]

He does have the quality of making charismatic actors unlikable sometimes

[@nickchambers3935]

1:00:58 This is a really great video but I strongly take issue with this point. The creators don’t have to agree with an interpretation for it to be considered valid

[@stanlandprod]

@nickchambers3935 completely agree, I think I could've worded that better. I mainly brought it up to add context and explain that the intent from the creators was; Irene didn't just simply love sherlock, it was just a unique admiration. But you're right, no matter their intent it doesn't invalidate anyone else's interpretation

[@imarobobot8795]

Fuck KZbin, man. I'm trying to watch this, but at 37 mins in, I've already had 50+ mins of ads (2 of them were 10+ mins long, like mini episodes of some shitty AI sitcom). I hope you're getting the revenue mate because you're worth sitting through all these ads

[@SSJPENGUIN]

Family portrait took me out😫😫

[@stephennoonan8417]

21:45

[@PowerSpirit50]

The thing I didn't like about Hell Bent was that Ashildr was in it. I was fine with everything else. I hate "Ash-ildr" as they call her.

[@con-ow5jh]

All i know about this era of dictor who and sherlock is the fam foc made by the same fans of twilight and supernatural. I didnt think it was for me based on that

[@lillywho]

SuperWhoLock is a _very_ specific vibe and its own thing. You can't judge Doctor Who by the whims of tumblr trends.

[@christineliddle8591]

"holy fuck, that girl was fucking awful". Harsh and unfair. She's a child honing her skill and lacks awareness, there was likely an acting coach behind the camera, director, producers, etc. All the adults involved chose to use this take. Its on them not her, even if her acting could use some work, its frankly vile to speak about a child that way Especially when you have no clue about her or her talents from one bad line reading that she was probably heavily directed for and likely wasnt her her fault. Love the rest of the video, shame this really brought it down for me. Making hurtful comments about children isnt the lol monent you think it is, its embarrassing, ignorant and juvenile.

[@snowyalice]

My personal take is that Moffat is a great episode writer, but not a great series showrunner. He needs others to reign in more of his more ridiculous ideas and tendencies. For example, the first episode of Dracula is actually pretty good but the rest of the series is not great. Mark Gatiss does not help with controlling these tendencies.

[@christophergodawski5663]

Another take would be "Sherlock Is Garbage, And Here's Why" by H.Bomberguy, which goes into great detail on how Steven Moffat wrote/produced Sherlock, Dr. Who and some other projects. Very entertaining! ==> kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpzSeHWFqJqYma8

[@channyh.221B]

No, it misses nuance, it's just bashing.

[@thomasjohnson8391]

He did coupling

[@natalieakins6658]

See when someone's body of work has so much.....variety of quality. I do suspect some plagiarism. The sad fact is that producers and studios can and will steal from small, unknown artists. Maybe not by the word, but ideas and small bits

[@KateNSW]

What I've always said about Moffat is that he is a great writer but not the best showrunner.

[@lilyeves892]

4 and a half billion years is i think the stupidest line ive ever heard

[@marocat4749]

Ok inside man is baffling as format, as thete is one format , that even uses perspectives to explore what might a person drive to kill another. And its crime or any other investigative uncovering, fictional or real Like cold case is pretty often just tragic but sometimes people that were in a cold case the victim, really had it coming and it had good reasons. Person of interest that gets wayyy better later but a super AI gives a social number or perpetrator of a death. And play around as well, and they investigate too. Or murder in orient express. There is even the entire true crime genre. Whohasdoneit with what happened is an ideAl perspective story to explore, why someone. Ok its really baffling. Also sometimes people are killed in dumb accidents, pointless or silly reasons, humans have many weakpoints. Like car accident, counts as killing

[@cromwellthesecond9079]

Steven Moffat deserves a knighthood

[@stanlandprod]

As do you crommy

[@cromwellthesecond9079]

@@stanlandprod thank you bossman

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

Honestly, IMHO, Moffat is trash most of the time. He's best working under someone when forced to write a beginning middle and end that actually makes sense and can't leave any cliffhangers or unanswered questions. Very overrated writer who was given far too much to do and ruined the shows he ran. Also, huge nepo issues with his wife, mother in law etc. just always being there collected checks for doing what, exactly?

[@TheJaime9526]

I think you misunderstood some of the Wedding of River Song. It’s as you say about perspective. The Doctor isn’t in a robot suit *all* the time from his perspective. (In fact, he isn’t the first time we see him go to lake silencio) That’s a plan he comes up with at the last moment from his POV. Everything else is him playing out events as they are meant to happen, before he subverts and rewrites time at the end (whilst keeping it the same to observers - whether that’s a laws of time thing or us the audience) For the same reason, only River can be in the suit, because she is the one serving a sentence for killing the Doctor. From the right perspective, all of that has already happened. It’s basically the same as what you like about The Big Bang, just a bit more convulutes.

[@TheJaime9526]

Davros mentions the hybrid because he thinks he is making it (and the Time Lords end) by combining Time Lord and Dalek. Thematically, the hybrid is a mix of truth and lies, that only has power because people (time travelling people) keep believing it will have power. The foolishness of time travellers believing in Destiny and Prophecy, and then doing terrible things under the flimsy excuse of defence against something they insist on pretending they have no power to prevent. Like… torturing a person for information they don’t know. (Confession Dial) Like killing Clara. The hybrid doesn’t need to exist for real - it’s about fear and security against that fear doing bad things. Truth and lies. RTD tried a similar trick with Ruby and Sutekh, but it failed because he lied to the audience, rather than doing the story work like Moffat tends to do. Either directly through plot or through character events and theme.