elisi | Moff tiem soon! :)

A couple of links in honour of the Moff. (I'm still very fond of RTD, btw. No bashing plz.) And I just remembered that I was going to use this picture of him when he was ten. So cute!

Long interview with the man in question. No spoilers (that I could see) and it contained this lovely quote:

Fans have welcomed his promotion, so what kind of storyrunner will he be? "Everyone wants to know about my vision but I only have vague answers," he says. "Maybe this isn't new but it is my view: Doctor Who is a fairy tale – not sci-fi, not fantasy but properly a fairy tale. And I don't mean Disney-style where the endings are changed and everyone lives. Doctor Who is how we warn our children that there are people in the world who want to eat them."

ETA. Links to more interviews here.

Now everyone knows about the brilliant episodes he wrote for New Who, but it occurred to me that maybe there are some of you who haven't come across one of his most fantastic pieces of writing, the Doctor Who special he wrote for Comic Relief in 1999 (when the show was a dead as a dodo):

The Curse of Fatal Death

It features Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor (and he makes a *great* Doctor btw) and Jonathan Pryce as the Master, and it is one of the funniest things ever. (Actually you could watch this is even if you're not a fan of the show, and know nothing about it.) Go on - it's 20 minutes well-spent! :)

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I think I've seen that! At the end, does the Doctor regenerate into several forms rapidly? I remember Hugh Grant and Joanna Lumley.

That's the one! Four different bodies in around a minute. It's *brilliant*! :)

I want Joanna Lumley as the doctor! I really didn't have time to watch this this morning but you're totally right, twenty minutes well spent. And promising, too. Moffat's episodes tend to be the more serious ones, don't they? If I'd had to guess, I'd've said that was more likely to be RTD holding the pen for that sketch.
Thanks for sharing.

I want Joanna Lumley as the doctor!
She'd be great, wouldn't she? (This reminds me of icons saying 'Miranda Richardson for Eleven. You *know* it makes sense!') I think that's one of the great things about the part, so many people could play it well.

I really didn't have time to watch this this morning but you're totally right, twenty minutes well spent.
My evil plan worked! *g* (I'll have to re-watch it myself later...)

And promising, too. Moffat's episodes tend to be the more serious ones, don't they? If I'd had to guess, I'd've said that was more likely to be RTD holding the pen for that sketch.
Moffat also wrote 'Time Crash' (that little Children in Need sketch with Peter Davidson), and a lot of his other work is quite humourous, all of which bodes well! (One review of the first ep of S5 mentioned endless, brilliant one-liners. Yay!)

Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure! :) And I hope your day is good!

I actually have seen The Curse of the Fatal Death, but I had no idea it was Moffat. I've been awake for about 15 minutes and already I've learned something new today. I'd say I'm off to a good start.

Doctor Who is how we warn our children that there are people in the world who want to eat them."

That's probaby one of the most perfect Who quotes I've ever heard.

I actually have seen The Curse of the Fatal Death, but I had no idea it was Moffat.
Neither did I when I first watched it, so I though I'd share my insights. :)

I've been awake for about 15 minutes and already I've learned something new today. I'd say I'm off to a good start.
The intarwebs are indeed full of learnings!

That's probaby one of the most perfect Who quotes I've ever heard.
Isn't it just? The show even warns against the inherent evils and corruption of politics...

ETA: Meant to say that I love your icon!

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Ah, Curse of Fatal Death -- the first DW episode I ever owned on video because even though I wasn't into the show at the time it made it over to the US, I laughed myself silly over it. Brilliant piece of work.

And as much as I still love RTD (trying to lure him into speaking to our writer's group since he's now local), I am looking forward to Moffat tiem because I love his work as well. What makes me sad is the bashing, that some folks seem to feel they can't enjoy what's coming up without slamming the old.

Less than two weeks! Squee!

Ah, Curse of Fatal Death -- the first DW episode I ever owned on video because even though I wasn't into the show at the time it made it over to the US, I laughed myself silly over it. Brilliant piece of work.
It must be over a year since I was first made aware of it, and I was just astonished at the fabulousness. And the girls, of course, *loved* it. :D

And as much as I still love RTD (trying to lure him into speaking to our writer's group since he's now local)
Good luck. If you succeed, we expect thorough reports!

I am looking forward to Moffat tiem because I love his work as well.
Same here!

What makes me sad is the bashing, that some folks seem to feel they can't enjoy what's coming up without slamming the old.
::nods:: And after a year of 'Oh noes, DT is THE Doctor, Matt is going to be terrible etc etc' it seems ridiculous that people can't see that it's the same pattern repeating...

Anyway, Squee! indeed!

Awww, tiny Mofflet. And you can clearly see how he's already figuring out ways to have the Doctor in PAIN.

Mofflet! Hee. That's perfect!

And you can clearly see how he's already figuring out ways to have the Doctor in PAIN.
You're probably right. :)

I have such mixed feelings about Moffat. On the one hand, I've liked (most) of his work on DW, and he wrote one of my favorite shows of all time (Press Gang: see icon). But I hate to read interviews with him because he comes off as the walking, talking embodiment of male privilege and it makes me stabby.

So I try to avoid interviews and let his scripts speak for themselves, and I'm happy that way, since they're almost always great. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing where he takes us with the new Doctor! I'm still down about Donna, so I'm looking forward to seeing something else completely.

Aaaand...apparently I'm going to be watching "The Curse of Fatal Death" when I get home tonight!

I have such mixed feelings about Moffat.
Well these interviews are all Who (and career) centric, so nothing to get stabby about to be honest. (Also I've learned to block out this kind of thing after a few years of RTD, who couldn't open his mouth without shoving his foot in...)

So I try to avoid interviews and let his scripts speak for themselves, and I'm happy that way, since they're almost always great. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing where he takes us with the new Doctor!
Seems a sensible attitude. (OMG the trailers!!! ::flails:: You've seen the last two, right?)

Aaaand...apparently I'm going to be watching "The Curse of Fatal Death" when I get home tonight!
Yes. Yes you are! *g*

Aww... Tiny Moff! I loved RTD & DT, but I have to say those trailers have be excited about DW starting again! less than two weeks!

I've never actually watched the curse of the fatal death. It might just be time to do that!

Oh, that was the greatest thing I've seen all day! Rowen Atkins is a much better Doctor than I expected!!

Aww... Tiny Moff!
Too cute by far!

I loved RTD & DT, but I have to say those trailers have be excited about DW starting again! less than two weeks!
11 days, 10 hours, 50 minutes, 38 seconds...

Oh, that was the greatest thing I've seen all day!
Fantastic, isn't it? And goes to show how the crack runs through the show like letters through rock! :)

Rowen Atkins is a much better Doctor than I expected!!
Isn't he just? Actually I love them all, and it's the best way of explaining the 'every regeneration has a different personality' that I've ever come across. :)

Moff tiem soon! :)

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