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Doctor Who TV, we have some super exciting hints pertaining to the next series of Doctor Who...
Steven Moffat:
On the Doctor’s fame: “We’re going to explore that properly next series. The Doctor’s project is to sort of erase himself from history because there’s only so many times you can stand and boast at Stonehenge”
On the heavier story arc: “I don’t think Doctor Who will ever be as arc-driven again”
Due to the increased interest from the title ‘Let’s Kill Hitler’, Moffat has told the writers to really “slut it up” and “write it like a movie poster. Let’s do big, huge, mad ideas”
On Amy, Rory and River: “I do have an end game for all of them”
On River: “You realise you’ve learned nothing. She may or may not be married to the Doctor, depending on whether that was actually a marriage ceremony, or whether it counts if he’s inside a giant robot replica of himself”
On his future as showrunner: “Even though I’m more tired than I’ve ever been, I don’t feel any impulse to leave”
Matt Smith:
On the first two episodes: “Steven told me the pitch for episodes 1 and 2 and it’s so brilliant. I got really excited. It’s got lots of things I like. There are some extraordinary times ahead”
On his 2012 and beyond: “I get to go into the 50th anniversary which is really cool. That’s incredibly exciting”
On the Series 7 break: “It’s a risk, I guess. But a good one”
Karen Gillan:
Karen says she is very happy about her role in Series 7 but adds: “When I leave properly, that’s it. I don’t want Amy to pop up again every so often, because for me it would take away from the big, emotional goodbye. I’m definite on that”
On whether Amy could be killed off: “I think it could be done, if you tackled it right. Not that I wouldn’t love to pop back every so often. But just in terms of how it’s remembered…once she’s gone, she’s gone. So death could be an option”
1 comments:
"... On the heavier story arc: 'I don’t think Doctor Who will ever be as arc-driven again'"
>> Whatever else you think of Steven Moffat, you at least have to concede that he listens to fan feedback. People complained about Amy's short skirts, so he puts her in pants for a while. A lot of people hated the new coloured Daleks, so he makes them grey. People complain about the heavy arc of series 5 and 6, he listens and dials it back for series 7.
"... Due to the increased interest from the title ‘Let’s Kill Hitler’, Moffat has told the writers to really 'slut it up' and 'write it like a movie poster. Let’s do big, huge, mad ideas...'"
>> Please do them properly though - 'Let's Kill Hitler' was a mess ;)
"... On River: 'You realise you’ve learned nothing. She may or may not be married to the Doctor, depending on whether that was actually a marriage ceremony, or whether it counts if he’s inside a giant robot replica of himself...'"
>> This is precisely what so many people hated about series 6. Convoluted answers that aren't really answers at all. Why go to all that trouble of kidnapping baby Melody and brainwashing her if you could have just stuck anyone in that spacesuit? Why does Kovarian hate the Doctor so much? Why did Mels insist on going to Nazi Germany to 'kill Hitler' and then just leave him in a cupboard? Why create a psychopath anyway? Why does River even need to go to prison? How do Headless Monks even MOVE, let alone chant attack prayers? How can skulls eat people? There's a name for all this over at TVtropes - the 'Rule of Cool'. It doesn't matter if it's nonsense so long as it LOOKS awesome. The troble with writing that way is that not everyone agrees on what looks awesome, and as a result you run the risk of alienating a lot of your viewers/readers.
"... On his future as showrunner: 'Even though I’m more tired than I’ve ever been, I don’t feel any impulse to leave...'"
The less charitably inclined among us would counter that the tiredness is start to show, that his writing is getting sloppy. Personally, I'm inclined to think that Moffat IS a good writer, but only when he's allowed to focus on one story, his own. When he has to try and forge a number of different stories into one larger narrative he struggles - he's kind of the polar opposite of Rusty in that respect. I tend to think of RTD as more of a good script editor than a good writer - his dialogue and characterization were usually superb and his influence on the script writers under him was obvious but his own plots were often weak, while the Moff is very good at writing contained stories but a little bit rubbish at stitching several stories into a cohesive whole. Just my two cents, anyway :)
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