As much as I love Moffat, and I really do, he has ONE BIG FLAW:
He gets lazy and will often put the Most Important Thing off-screen.
As in the aforementioned 'When did the Doctor give River his name' thing, as one shining example.
It can be a clever ploy to engage the viewer's imagination, but then again, it can create a mess like this episode apparently was. And having no emotional connection to the Doctor is such a terrible thing to do to Eleven. As Eleven was the Doctor most poignantly shaped by his friends.
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Date: 2013-12-29 05:25 pm (UTC)As much as I love Moffat, and I really do, he has ONE BIG FLAW:
He gets lazy and will often put the Most Important Thing off-screen.
As in the aforementioned 'When did the Doctor give River his name' thing, as one shining example.
It can be a clever ploy to engage the viewer's imagination, but then again, it can create a mess like this episode apparently was. And having no emotional connection to the Doctor is such a terrible thing to do to Eleven. As Eleven was the Doctor most poignantly shaped by his friends.