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RTD has a lot of flaws too but the show was just more fun when you weren't teased with a constant mystery. I can't even re-watch old Moffat episodes because the mystery is jammed into every episode and it just reminds me of the unsatisfying conclusions.
I honestly think they need to bring in someone new who understands how to balance serial and episodic content.
I voted for Moffat because of his style of storytelling. I enjoy watching for the clues he drops throughout his episodes because I know they are pieces to a larger puzzle. When the puzzle comes together, viewers can see a clear story emerge with a beginning, middle, and end. To date, my favorite Doctor is 11 and companions are the Ponds because of the brilliant and mysterious story arc Moffat created surrounding these characters.
Since this is a NuWho only poll I had to go with RTD. Steven 'OhLookHowCleverIamHere'sAnotherPlotTwistIMayOrMayNotResolve' Moffat has pushed WAY too much screentime in his favourites and his heavily annoying way of telling stories in a incredibly convoluted and pretentiously "clever" way.
Ultimately Davis understood that DW didn't need to take itself for overly smart but to entertain. With Moffats Who I rarely find myself fully enjoying the characters arcs or overall plotlines because I already know that we will be served a giant plot twist. With RTD you never knew because there was a sense of suprise but Moffat has a formula.
Let's not talk the companions....actually let`s do. Rose Tyler, no matter how hated she is now, always had a unique character. She wasn't a special Mary Sue in her first two seasons but had her classic London charm and hillarious takes on outworldish threats. Jack Harkness was a generally unique companion. Ready to talk back to the Doctor but never smarter than him, a witty and hillarious omnisexual timetraveler. You can't top this one easily. Donna Noble....she was just brilliant! There is nothing I have to add. Martha may have been semi bland but was likable.
Amy and Clara though? Amy may have had a character but not one I would truly enjoy around me. A completely passive agressive, ready to cheat with the more interesting guy and straight up full of herself. Clara on the other hand. Clara, while I like her thanks to Jennas portrayal, is the exact opposite. At times I'm baffled wether she's a character or furniture. What is sad given that Jenna is too good for that part. River Song is basically the ultimate know it all of the universe, a smartass that is really starting to annoy me because of her constant returns. And Rory? Rory was there
Moffat is a better writer, but Davies is a better showrunner. When Moffat's desire to build mystery and add twists is confined to an episode or two, it turns out wonderfully; conversely, Davies desire to add too much emotion and epic moments and occasionally too many old characters often just doesn't work as well in singular episodes. But as the showrunner, Davies knew how to balance the right amount of fun to emotion to one or two season long mysteries, while Moffat these days is too busy building up his mythos to let us ever focus on our main characters or even the villain of the week; you can see why Sherlock works so much better when he only has three episodes a season to build his arc. That being said, I think season five was one of the best of the series; if Moffat could remember how he did that and replicate it, I'd give him a lot more credit.
I always considered Mickey more to be Rose's companion though. As for Wilfred...he was less of a companion but a fatherly character towards the doctor. Something very new for DW at that time
Definitely Moffat for me. Both eras have soared to great heights often enough, but when it comes to the low points... Since Moffat took over, there's not been a single story I'd actually cringe at having to re-watch. There were plenty of them under RTD. Meanwhile, the production values have gone way up, and the whole tone of the series is much more to my taste now.
Moffat is a good writer, and has one of the biggest imagination I was given to see. But he lacks of the ability to close his stories in a good way. It seems, with him, that we always have the sort of "hush, it's magic" or "hush, it's time travel stuff" kind of conclusion, and it's really boring at some point. For example, the arc in the 6th season with the impossible astronaut ans the "death" of the doctor, the conclusion just seemed to happen because the story had to stop, not really like it was the logical conclusion of the arc...
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Russell T Davies.
ReplyDeleteRTD has a lot of flaws too but the show was just more fun when you weren't teased with a constant mystery. I can't even re-watch old Moffat episodes because the mystery is jammed into every episode and it just reminds me of the unsatisfying conclusions.
ReplyDeleteI honestly think they need to bring in someone new who understands how to balance serial and episodic content.
I voted for Moffat because of his style of storytelling. I enjoy watching for the clues he drops throughout his episodes because I know they are pieces to a larger puzzle. When the puzzle comes together, viewers can see a clear story emerge with a beginning, middle, and end. To date, my favorite Doctor is 11 and companions are the Ponds because of the brilliant and mysterious story arc Moffat created surrounding these characters.
ReplyDeleteNeither, Verity Lambert ftw!
ReplyDeleteHmm it's hard to choose.. I will probably go with Moffat since some of the episodes he's responsible for have been the best of the whole show..
ReplyDeleteSince this is a NuWho only poll I had to go with RTD.
ReplyDeleteSteven 'OhLookHowCleverIamHere'sAnotherPlotTwistIMayOrMayNotResolve' Moffat has pushed WAY too much screentime in his favourites and his heavily annoying way of telling stories in a incredibly convoluted and pretentiously "clever" way.
Ultimately Davis understood that DW didn't need to take itself for overly smart but to entertain.
With Moffats Who I rarely find myself fully enjoying the characters arcs or overall plotlines because I already know that we will be served a giant plot twist. With RTD you never knew because there was a sense of suprise but Moffat has a formula.
Let's not talk the companions....actually let`s do. Rose Tyler, no matter how hated she is now, always had a unique character. She wasn't a special Mary Sue in her first two seasons but had her classic London charm and hillarious takes on outworldish threats. Jack Harkness was a generally unique companion. Ready to talk back to the Doctor but never smarter than him, a witty and hillarious omnisexual timetraveler. You can't top this one easily. Donna Noble....she was just brilliant! There is nothing I have to add. Martha may have been semi bland but was likable.
Amy and Clara though? Amy may have had a character but not one I would truly enjoy around me. A completely passive agressive, ready to cheat with the more interesting guy and straight up full of herself. Clara on the other hand.
Clara, while I like her thanks to Jennas portrayal, is the exact opposite. At times I'm baffled wether she's a character or furniture. What is sad given that Jenna is too good for that part.
River Song is basically the ultimate know it all of the universe, a smartass that is really starting to annoy me because of her constant returns. And Rory? Rory was there
Moffat is a better writer, but Davies is a better showrunner. When Moffat's desire to build mystery and add twists is confined to an episode or two, it turns out wonderfully; conversely, Davies desire to add too much emotion and epic moments and occasionally too many old characters often just doesn't work as well in singular episodes. But as the showrunner, Davies knew how to balance the right amount of fun to emotion to one or two season long mysteries, while Moffat these days is too busy building up his mythos to let us ever focus on our main characters or even the villain of the week; you can see why Sherlock works so much better when he only has three episodes a season to build his arc. That being said, I think season five was one of the best of the series; if Moffat could remember how he did that and replicate it, I'd give him a lot more credit.
ReplyDeleteI prefer Barry Letts myself. I can't bring myself to vote for either of the 2 in the poll.
ReplyDeleteMickey "was there" too. Wilfred Mott wasn't in a lot of episodes, but I liked him.
ReplyDeleteI always considered Mickey more to be Rose's companion though. As for Wilfred...he was less of a companion but a fatherly character towards the doctor. Something very new for DW at that time
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Moffat for me. Both eras have soared to great heights often enough, but when it comes to the low points... Since Moffat took over, there's not been a single story I'd actually cringe at having to re-watch. There were plenty of them under RTD. Meanwhile, the production values have gone way up, and the whole tone of the series is much more to my taste now.
ReplyDeleteMoffat is a good writer, and has one of the biggest imagination I was given to see. But he lacks of the ability to close his stories in a good way. It seems, with him, that we always have the sort of "hush, it's magic" or "hush, it's time travel stuff" kind of conclusion, and it's really boring at some point.
ReplyDeleteFor example, the arc in the 6th season with the impossible astronaut ans the "death" of the doctor, the conclusion just seemed to happen because the story had to stop, not really like it was the logical conclusion of the arc...
Russell T Davies had better ideas, but Steven Moffat better promoted Doctor.
ReplyDeleteRTD. A lot more fun and enthralling. And characters were more important than plot, which I prefer.
ReplyDeleteDavies did a better job week to week. Moffat's story arcs are too muddled.
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