Should Moffat leave the show now ?
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He has been there for around about the same amount of time as Russel.
Now i like Russel, and I like Moffat.
But at times i really hated Russel, and I really can hate Moffat !
I am noticing that i started to really wish Russel away towards the end of his time at the show, the same way i am wishing Moffat away now.
There is a huge amount of negativity towards Moffat amongst the fans ALSO there are alot of fans who like him aswell.
Should he hand series 9 to someone else?
Now i like Russel, and I like Moffat.
But at times i really hated Russel, and I really can hate Moffat !
I am noticing that i started to really wish Russel away towards the end of his time at the show, the same way i am wishing Moffat away now.
There is a huge amount of negativity towards Moffat amongst the fans ALSO there are alot of fans who like him aswell.
Should he hand series 9 to someone else?
Should Moffat leave Doctor Who? 136 votes
YES. he needs to go.
44%
61 votes
NO. he needs to STAY.
55%
75 votes
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purely because i love capaldi and jenna, yet i felt the writing really let them both down this season, though it was not as bad as series 7B!!
But he should hand Series 10 over to somebody else, if somebody else is capable and willing. At the moment, somebody needs to step up. I would still rather watch Moffat Who then no Who.
Ideally, I'd like to see someone new take over after Series 9, but whether this will actually happen or not is another question entirely.
Where are the writers that are better than Steven Moffat?
Some people either don't realize or forget: Doctor Who can actually be a bad show.
If you mean step down as show-runner... perhaps.
If you mean leave the show entirely... NO WAY!
Without Moffat, Series 8 wouldn't have the bold introduction that was 'Deep Breath', the wonderfully atmospheric and downright creepy 'Listen', or the tense twister that was 'Dark Water'.
The insistance on messing about with central concepts of the show but for no good reason (new daleks, inserting regenerations etc), repeating the same ideas over and over again...
The writing has always been frustrating but this last series was poor with on so many levels. The few great episodes still repeated ideas as an easy ending or rushed the ending. Death in Paradise made no sense at all.
Steven Moffat is not the clever writer everyone says (the it's too complicated vs just pay attention argument doesn't work... his ideas are half formed and don't make sense). He is a good writer but he needs direction. Being the showrunner he doesn't get the direction he needs. I'd be happy to see him keep on writing scripts but we need a new show runner now. He's done 4 series it's time for someone else to have a go (even the greatest show runner can't stay forever).
On the plus side he is also reponsible for some great decisions. Matt Smith, Amy and Rory. I like River and Clara has been great this year. Also Peter Capladi as the Doctor was a master stroke.
I just feel there needs to be someone above him to help him.
I too wish that he had left with Matt Smith as I think Capaldi could have been so much better than he has been.
I live in hope that Series 9 will be Moffat's last but I doubt it somehow.
So didn't vote as that wasn't the question.
Anyway, it all depends who would be the next showrunner. For example, Jamie Mathieson has written two fantastic episodes in the last season so he could be a good candidate for the next showrunner. Also, Neil Cross, Paul Cornell and Toby Whithouse deffinitely do have a potential, although I am not sure would they be better than Moffat. Maybe they should make some 'coalition' with two showrunners.
Anyway, regardless of whether Moffat is leaving or not, he should deffinitely stay as a writter. His immagination can still be very useful. His episodes were highlight of the RTD era.
Because certain fans want him gone and think it's their right to decide how the show should be ran etc - definitely not.
I think it's likely he will depart after Series 9/Christmas 2015 though.
I don't get the Moffat hate either. As usual, it's the minority that seem to shout the loudest - I'd like to see the complaining cretins do a better job.
Moffat haters: Don't like being called cretins? If you can't take it, then don't dish it out.
I've enjoyed Series 8 mostly, and it was his strongest series, but the finale let me down immensely because of some of the regular tropes he constantly employs, and it was definitely lacking a certain refreshed energy that I felt when he started...an energy that Series 5 definitely had.
Series 10 should be the right sort of time to let someone else have a go... by all means keep Moffat on as a writer for the series but under someone else's watch.
As for a female Doctor, I strongly suspect his successor whoever it may be will have a similar sort of opinion on the matter. So long as they cast the right actor in the role, rather than specifically casting a woman in the role I'll be fine with it - Michelle Gomez has proved a hit as a female Master after all.
I voted NO on the basis of the question being in regards to Series 9... he's already doing it, and Death in Heaven was not a 'final episode' by anyone's measure. But give him a final 12 or 13 episodes next year, see if he can go out on a high and then get someone new in (my preference being Toby Whithouse, or someone entirely new).
BIB: Michelle Gomez, as good as she was, was the only one who was approached because Moffat had already decided there would be a female Master. This goes against the "best person for the role" idea because how do we know there weren't better male actors for the role? To choose the best person is one thing, but to deliberately decide on a female Master without auditioning any other person is not the thing that people are advocating is it?
It was a bit different with Capaldi because there was no decision to cast a female in the role - therefore the role remained male and Capaldi was the best for the role.