Godot Taxis
Monday 25th November 2013 2:51pm
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Quote: billwill @ 25th November 2013, 12:38 PM GMT
Looks like you have to give up watching, Godot, clearly they are not making Dr Who programs with you in mind as the audience.
Bill, I'm not slamming the programme because it's not what I want to see, that would be to echo what Moffat has done.
My problem is that it's not good enough for it's target audience and they are being short-changed.
In the way that Joe Hart recently lost his place as England goal keeper because he made lots of mistakes, Moffat has done the same and needs to leave. I've pointed out his (or the production team's) errors countless times throughout this thread, but to summarise:
Branding.
The Doctor has been rebranded as a geek, defeating his foes with technology, rather than a world-weary traveller and scientist defeating them with his mind. Hence the the skinny hipster casting of the last two Doctors and the over-use of sonic screwdrivers, psychic paper etc..
Writing.
Moffat can't write drama. He is a writer of bon mots and flinty sparring dialogue between men and women flirting with each other. He can compile set-pieces and visual coups, but is unable to integrate them into satisfying narratives. The perfect vehicle for his brittle, thin talents was coupling.
He also has literary cryptomnesia and keeps unconsciously filling his scripts with other people's ideas.
Too many companions.
An inexcusable mistake considering this issue was raised by many former producers and was a problem in the Hartnell, Pertwee and Davison eras.
Smugness.
The show is crippled by it's own sense of cleverness. One reason why it was cancelled in the eighties was because it had become very self-referential and was inaccessible to the casual viewer. Moffat really is 'killing' the show with every hour he works on it.
Quote: sootyj @ 25th November 2013, 2:04 PM GMT
Hang on a mo not so long ago you were praising the Silurians as a master piece of costume design that knocked Star Trek for six.
Also the Timelords have always been presented as self interested and aloof, if not actively corrupt. Right back to the days of the wargames when they first appeared.
You're mistaken Sooty. I never praised the silurian mask. I championed the work of john Friedlander, who was the model maker who designed the original Davros head and the Krals and Sontarans amongst others.
I actually said that his Draconian mask from the Pertwee era was a better piece of mask-making than the recent Silurian one despite being 40 years older.
