#moffat

[anthonygaycrowley]

did y'all know that donna's husband in forest of the dead was meant to be a trans man, and they just couldn't find a way to make it explicit in-text

donna noble manages to get herself a trans family in every version of reality huh

[wispedvellichor]

Your Honour he is so fucking goofy

[bellamysgriffin]

favorite doctor who quotes: 59/?

[nortism]

when steven moffat wants to be femdommed by a bisexual woman, he is put in charge of two of the biggest budget bbc shows of the 2010s. but when i, a tumblr user-

[mydreamsmyworld-tr]

Moffat planned and secretly wrote and RTD agreed that Doctor Moon who watches over The Library River is saved is the Doctor who uploaded himself to be in peace with his wife forever and they'll be data ghost guardinans of the universe till the end of time. <3

[devouringyourson]

sometimes i get carried away in the popular moffat bashing like yh fuck that guy sherlock was shite actually etc etc but then i try and list out every cool concept just in the silence of the library/forest of the dead two parter and my head literally explodes in awe like commercial space archeology? monsters made of shadow? simulation children who don't exist when you blink? a whole planet of books? a benevolent computer built from a child's mind? dr moon virus checker psychologist and literal satellite moon?!?! the perception of passing time in a simulation?? echoes of consciousness saved on communicators blinkering out into death!! the imagery of monsters who eat flesh and leave behind bone?! two shadows!!! not knowing whether the love you met in the simulation was real or a creation of the algorithm?! the tragedy of never meeting the very real man you loved in that reality 😭😭 that's not even touching on the introduction of river song and the start of a backwards love story meeting your lover for the on the day you die but he doesn't know you yet like what the actual fuck this was two episodes of television im going to be sick every one of these has kept me up at night since i was 11

[doctorwhocontext]

DOCTOR WHO S08E04 Listen

[thesilicontribesman]

Replica 6th Century Sword and Decorated Leather Sheath (likely derived from a Roman spatha, a close quarter stabbing sword), Moffat Museum, Scotland

[bodhrancomedy]

A bit of a unplanned explanation of why I hate the character of River Song.

Hint: Moffat is unforgivably misogynistic.

[doverstar]

So the way Steven Moffat wrote The Girl In The Fireplace, now that we have access to that script, is odious, particularly in the way he handled Rose in between dialogue. Was surprised to learn he is a writer every bit as childish and pompous as the episode makes him seem.

[pleasantwasteland]

"Also, if you think about it, that speech literally kills the Master. Because it divides him against himself. And it kills him.”

— Steven Moffat, DWM 515

oh so it's good he never knew missy was going to side with him because then he'd feel like he'd murdered his best friend!

[thegalaxyonherlips]

To those of you who were annoyed by Ruby's character this week: Just remember, Moffat wrote the episode.

[swampsiren-piratefairy]

Thasmin here

Ten/Rose here

River/Doctor here

Ultimate Poll

[bellamysgriffin]

favorite doctor who quotes: 57/?

[anncanta]

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Well, maybe Moffat and Gatiss asked Dolly Wells and Claes Bang not to play love and sexual tension between Dracula and Agatha until the last line, but...

You know, there is the thing called honey trapping.

DRACULA How did you know I was coming? SISTER AGATHA There is a man here you consider to be your property. DRACULA My bride. SISTER AGATHA He is what drew you here, I think. DRACULA A bee can always find nectar. SISTER AGATHA And a trap always needs honey. DRACULA I don’t think this is a trap. SISTER AGATHA It wouldn’t be a very good trap if you did.

[dont-tell-my-mom-im-here]

The Doctor bullshitting their way through being a Time Lord has the same vibes as all the writers building entire episodes around difficult to pronounce words to spite actors and weaving the show together with continuity error because they couldn't agree on the major plot points