Speaking as someone who's been a fan for decades, the longer SM stays in charge, the sooner I'm likely to walk away. I'm simply getting sick of having my intelligence insulted, thanks
Frankly, I think that by rights, The Doctor should share your opinion about having intelligence insulted.
Here's what I mean -- Moffat likes to make the Doctor an idiot, and have the audience be smarter than him.
* He harps on the temporal instability of the fireplace for a solid minute at the beginning of GITF and then at the end ... is surprised by the temporal instability of the fireplace. * It takes him almost 2 hours to realize that books are made of paper in SITL/FOTD * It takes him a ghastly amount of time to realize that the one person that all of his sworn enemies have in common hatred is ... him? in TPO/TBB * Everyone and his mother noticed the little countdown thingy on Abigail's fridge ... he doesn't even notice that it's counting down?
... this is supposed to be the smartest man in the universe? He reminds me of Mr. Noodle from Sesame Street (in case you don't have kids - he's this zany older guy who keeps screwing obvious things up, and the kids have to shout at him to make him do stuff correctly).
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Date: 2010-12-29 06:33 pm (UTC)Frankly, I think that by rights, The Doctor should share your opinion about having intelligence insulted.
Here's what I mean -- Moffat likes to make the Doctor an idiot, and have the audience be smarter than him.
* He harps on the temporal instability of the fireplace for a solid minute at the beginning of GITF and then at the end ... is surprised by the temporal instability of the fireplace.
* It takes him almost 2 hours to realize that books are made of paper in SITL/FOTD
* It takes him a ghastly amount of time to realize that the one person that all of his sworn enemies have in common hatred is ... him? in TPO/TBB
* Everyone and his mother noticed the little countdown thingy on Abigail's fridge ... he doesn't even notice that it's counting down?
... this is supposed to be the smartest man in the universe? He reminds me of Mr. Noodle from Sesame Street (in case you don't have kids - he's this zany older guy who keeps screwing obvious things up, and the kids have to shout at him to make him do stuff correctly).