{"id":39899,"date":"2013-12-05T16:26:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T23:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/the-writing-of-steven-moffat.html"},"modified":"2013-12-10T07:46:54","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T14:46:54","slug":"the-writing-of-steven-moffat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/the-writing-of-steven-moffat.html","title":{"rendered":"The Writing of Steven Moffat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Moffat writes great stand-alone &quot;Doctor Who&quot; eps*. When it comes to producing the series, his <i>arc<\/i> writing just isn&#39;t up to snuff**. In some ways, he&#39;s a good example of the Peter Principle.<\/p>\n<p>(*Except for &quot;Girl in the Fireplace,&quot; which I&#39;ve never understood the attraction of.)<\/p>\n<p>(**Granted, I&#39;d rather watch a Moffat &quot;Doctor Who&quot; ep of <i>any<\/i> series than 95% of what&#39;s on TV. And &quot;Coupling&quot; still keeps me rolling on the floor.)<\/p>\n<p> <a class='ot-hashtag' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23doctorwho'>#doctorwho<\/a> \u00a0 <a class='ot-hashtag' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23stevenmoffat'>#stevenmoffat<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103015544063694195468'>Iwona Kozaczynska<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class='gpb-photo-primary'><img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-85DIthgcW2g\/UqEISD7ujqI\/AAAAAAAADDg\/bB-6LX5Umj0\/05.12.13%2B-%2B1?imgmax=1600' border='0' style='max-width:100%;' \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/HCUHxNgRE6g' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moffat writes great stand-alone &quot;Doctor Who&quot; eps*. When it comes to producing the series, his arc writing just isn&#39;t up to snuff**. In some ways, he&#39;s a good example of the Peter Principle. (*Except for &quot;Girl in the Fireplace,&quot; which I&#39;ve never understood the attraction of.) 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I am writing him funny this year.\"Oh, Good Lord.\u201cWhat I\u2019ve been saying to him is: \u2018You\u2019re not the stern Doctor. You\u2019re not the rude Doctor. 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