Okay, now I agree with you completely! *g* RTD has significant problems with ending his female character's stories. (Also - mothers! Big mother issues.) Which may be why he doesn't have the same issues in CoE. He is not trying to do a long term story with them - it's a discrete few hours of show. Think Harriet Jones. If we just look at season one, she's a great character and there is very little fail. It's when we look at the rest of her story that there are issues.

I don't know yet if Moffat is better or worse at endings or at long term characterization of women. Right now if I compare both of their first 9-10 episodes, they are about the same. It will be interesting to look back in a couple of years when we can compare a few seasons of each showrunner.