29-01-2018, 00:25
Fair enough, I think you are right in the sense that he can't really put a good story arch together, particularly season 6. The whole marriage of River Song, River being Amy and Rory's daughter, the Amy clone, him dying and then faking his death but actually it was a robot controlled by tiny people was just the worst thing ever. I think the Angels and River were best left to just one episode, they got over used and whilst I liked the fact that he loved Clara, platonically, so much that he was willing to upend the Universe to get her back and that made him dangerous, the whole hybrid thing was just bollox
That being said I will give him credit he wrote some of the best stand alone episodes in The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Girl in The Fire Place, Blink, Listen. I liked the 50th anniversary special as well as the mini episode The Night of the Doctor. Asylum of the Daleks and Into the Dalek freshened up a fan favourite that had been going stale. I liked season eight and ten's two part finale's and the first part of season 9 heaven sent all written by him. The season 8 story arch of Clara, Danny and The Doctor was perhaps my favorite as it was in my opinion the best as far as characterisation and had a much more real portrayal of how going on adventures with The Doctor would affect the relationships of the companions. In the Angels I think he created the best original villain since the series returned he just over used them.
Moffat just seemed to be less than the sum of his parts, he has added so much good to Who mythology but just could never put it together into something great, usually the opposite. I think ultimately you are right and it was time for him to leave
That being said I will give him credit he wrote some of the best stand alone episodes in The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Girl in The Fire Place, Blink, Listen. I liked the 50th anniversary special as well as the mini episode The Night of the Doctor. Asylum of the Daleks and Into the Dalek freshened up a fan favourite that had been going stale. I liked season eight and ten's two part finale's and the first part of season 9 heaven sent all written by him. The season 8 story arch of Clara, Danny and The Doctor was perhaps my favorite as it was in my opinion the best as far as characterisation and had a much more real portrayal of how going on adventures with The Doctor would affect the relationships of the companions. In the Angels I think he created the best original villain since the series returned he just over used them.
Moffat just seemed to be less than the sum of his parts, he has added so much good to Who mythology but just could never put it together into something great, usually the opposite. I think ultimately you are right and it was time for him to leave