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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 6100908" data-attributes="member: 3887"><p>Madame Vastra got to utter one of the best lines in of all contemporary science fiction: "I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife". This alone justifies her inclusion in the story, and Moffat's continued employment at the BBC. </p><p></p><p>Moffat also titled an episode of Dr. Who, "Let's Kill Hitler", in the which the line, "You've got a time machine, I've got a gun. What the Hell, let's kill Hitler." The amount of good will the man earns from me for stuff like this is best measured using exponents.</p><p></p><p>Yes, there have been mediocre and bad episodes under his tenure. No one is perfect. Morrus is right, no one mixes science fiction and whimsy like Moffat. And I'd wager a chunk of the SF audience simply has a problem with whimsy, with the risk of implication that all this sci-fi stuff is childish, not fit for adults. God forbid someone writing sci-fi gets <em>playful</em>. This is serious business about ancient alien time travelers, angry robotic pepper-pots, and blue boxes bigger inside than out. </p><p></p><p>edit: as to the point about Moffat repeating himself... what artist doesn't? Pointing out a writer revisits a certain set of themes/plots is hardly insightful criticism. Then again, AFAIC, most nerd criticism stays far, far away from insightful, choosing instead to dwell in the vast, shallow sea of exhaustive quotation and canon-dredging.</p><p></p><p>All I can say is I'm not tired of Moffat's shtick just yet. I can't wait until the end of the month. Even though it being with it the specter of my 44th birthday!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 6100908, member: 3887"] Madame Vastra got to utter one of the best lines in of all contemporary science fiction: "I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife". This alone justifies her inclusion in the story, and Moffat's continued employment at the BBC. Moffat also titled an episode of Dr. Who, "Let's Kill Hitler", in the which the line, "You've got a time machine, I've got a gun. What the Hell, let's kill Hitler." The amount of good will the man earns from me for stuff like this is best measured using exponents. Yes, there have been mediocre and bad episodes under his tenure. No one is perfect. Morrus is right, no one mixes science fiction and whimsy like Moffat. And I'd wager a chunk of the SF audience simply has a problem with whimsy, with the risk of implication that all this sci-fi stuff is childish, not fit for adults. God forbid someone writing sci-fi gets [i]playful[/i]. This is serious business about ancient alien time travelers, angry robotic pepper-pots, and blue boxes bigger inside than out. edit: as to the point about Moffat repeating himself... what artist doesn't? Pointing out a writer revisits a certain set of themes/plots is hardly insightful criticism. Then again, AFAIC, most nerd criticism stays far, far away from insightful, choosing instead to dwell in the vast, shallow sea of exhaustive quotation and canon-dredging. All I can say is I'm not tired of Moffat's shtick just yet. I can't wait until the end of the month. Even though it being with it the specter of my 44th birthday! [/QUOTE]
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