by Catriona Mills

Steven Moffat is a God

Posted 1 June 2008 in by Catriona

I’ve said it before, but I’m going to say it again and again until people start parroting it in the streets. If they aren’t already.

I’ve always been a little cautious about what I say about real people on here—especially real people that I don’t actually know—because even though this little corner of the Internet is largely unexplored, I don’t want it to contain anything potentially offensive or derogatory (except where it concerns the movie adaptation of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen).

But I don’t think there’s anything too offensive in this, so I’ll say it again: Steven Moffat is a god.

I’ve just seen “Silence in the Library”—and I’ll say no more.

Except I’m still shaking and exhilarated.

There’s nothing quite like seeing beautifully directed, cleverly written, absolutely terrifying real science fiction on your television.

But I’ll say no more.

Apparently, some parts of the fandom—if I can conceive of fandom as being, in this case, a corporeal state, like a kingdom—claim that Steven Moffat sacrifices emotional depth and development to a desire for clever narrative structures.

I don’t see that.

And, anyway, I’m a fan of clever narrative structures.

But I’ll say no more about it.

I mean it this time.

Most of you can wait for the next Doctor Who night, or perhaps the one after.

It’ll be worth the wait, I can promise that.

Share your thoughts [4]

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Philaster wrote at Jun 2, 10:13 am

I’ve said it before but it bears repeating; not a god, the god.

And soon (in fandom terms) to be the god at the head of producing Doctor Who, rarely have I been so excited about the future of a television programme.

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Catriona wrote at Jun 2, 10:28 am

I agree—I’ve been a fan of Moffat’s work since 1989, when Press Gang first aired—sadly, I can’t remember anything he wrote before that, but nineteen years at someone’s feet, metaphorically speaking, is pretty good.

I’ve been a fan of Doctor Who my whole life, as far as I can remember—reaching back certainly to Scotland, when dinner on Saturday nights used to be sausage sandwiches (not for me, but for the rest of the family) so it could be eaten in front of the telly. Doctor Who is blood and bone level, for me.

Never have I been so excited about something.

3

Matthew Smith wrote at Jun 5, 04:31 am

I have to sleep with the lights on until I see the resolution to this episode. Mr Moffatt has a distinctive style which is quite different to Mr T that I enjoy maybe even more than Mr T (or is that blasphemy?)

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Catriona wrote at Jun 5, 05:07 am

I don’t think it’s blasphemy. I’ve enjoyed what Russell T. Davies has done with the programme, but I carry no particular torch for him. (Could that be a pun?)

His writing’s lovely, but I haven’t seen anything else he’s done—although I do want to see Dark Season.

Set in a school? Starring a young Kate Winslet? Dark British sci-fi? I’m totally there.

But as for Steven Moffat—well, see this post and all preceding posts for that information.

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