{"id":49791,"date":"2015-03-09T16:48:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T22:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/09\/stephen-moffat-is-giving-me-such-a-headache.html"},"modified":"2015-05-11T11:28:16","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:28:16","slug":"stephen-moffat-is-giving-me-such-a-headache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/09\/stephen-moffat-is-giving-me-such-a-headache.html","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Moffat is giving me such a headache"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vague, amorphous, non-specific spoilers for Series 9:<\/p>\n<p>Quoth Moffat:<\/p>\n<p><i>&ldquo;Peter magnifies anything that is dark so I&rsquo;m pushing him the other way. I am writing him funny this year.&quot;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Oh, Good Lord.<\/p>\n<p><i>&ldquo;What I&rsquo;ve been saying to him is: &lsquo;You&rsquo;re not the stern Doctor. You&rsquo;re not the rude Doctor. You&rsquo;re not the brusque Doctor. You&rsquo;re kind of the &lsquo;don&rsquo;t give a damn&rsquo; Doctor.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Wasn&#39;t that the <i>last<\/i> Doctor?<\/p>\n<p><i>&#39;Moffat also went on to reveal that, despite reports suggesting otherwise, there will be no return for Strax, Madame Vastra or Jenny this series, as he doesn&rsquo;t want to &ldquo;rely&rdquo; on such characters, as he explained to the publication: &ldquo;The moment you start relying on something, you should probably throw it away. I always kind of feel that nothing should stay in The Doctor&rsquo;s life.&rdquo;&#39;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Except, apparently, being funny.<\/p>\n<p>(By the way, that&#39;s about the extent of the &quot;spoilers&quot; in the article.)<\/p>\n<p> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23doctorwho\">#doctorwho<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk\/doctor-who-spoilers-series-9-will-see-a-new-doctor-promises-steven-moffat'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/8moXxknrSayC0ghBpgVyvJuAPkLiSZc51BXBSwQNqrLVWP-V5bE0FBps9iDb3m8ZN1eLfNftu0fspmw2EUKE697VdABeFdxSehzLDMzioRQgOFGygOwmG2OwyrdDSP80cX2IL2UnRSRLC5vCjJU=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk\/doctor-who-spoilers-series-9-will-see-a-new-doctor-promises-steven-moffat'>Doctor Who Spoilers: Series 9 will see a new Doctor, promises Steven Moffat! | Unreality TV<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nWhen we found out that Scottish The Thick Of It star Peter Capaldi was to be the next Doctor Who, we did wonder how much of foul mouthed Malcolm Tucker he\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/Y9MS2uydaqj'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vague, amorphous, non-specific spoilers for Series 9: Quoth Moffat: &ldquo;Peter magnifies anything that is dark so I&rsquo;m pushing him the other way. I am writing him funny this year.&quot; Oh, Good Lord. &ldquo;What I&rsquo;ve been saying to him is: &lsquo;You&rsquo;re not the stern Doctor. You&rsquo;re not the rude Doctor. You&rsquo;re not the brusque Doctor. You&rsquo;re &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/09\/stephen-moffat-is-giving-me-such-a-headache.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stephen Moffat is giving me such a headache&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,43],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-49791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-tv-doctor-who","tag-doctorwho"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39899,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/the-writing-of-steven-moffat.html","url_meta":{"origin":49791,"position":0},"title":"The Writing of Steven Moffat","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 5-Dec-13 4:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Moffat writes great stand-alone \"Doctor Who\" eps*. When it comes to producing the series, his arc writing just isn't up to snuff**. In some ways, he's a good example of the Peter Principle.(*Except for \"Girl in the Fireplace,\" which I've never understood the attraction of.)(**Granted, I'd rather watch a Moffat\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40013,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/11\/doctor-who-series-8-news.html","url_meta":{"origin":49791,"position":1},"title":"Doctor Who Series 8 news","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 11-Dec-13 10:23am","format":false,"excerpt":"1. No split season. Yay!2. At least 12 episodes. Yay!3. Expected to start\u00a0late summer\/early autumn 2014. Boo!\ufeff Doctor Who: Steven Moffat confirms series 8 won't be split The next series of Doctor Who won't be split into two chunks, confirms Steven Moffat. Hurray! 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The next series of Doctor Who doesn't come until ... Spring of 2017? Really? Jeez, Brits, what's going on over on that side of the pond? That sounds like an even more extreme loss of momentum than in the past\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38745,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/10\/where-all-the-doctor-who-bodies-are-hidden.html","url_meta":{"origin":49791,"position":4},"title":"Where All the Doctor Who Bodies Are Hidden","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 10-Sep-13 10:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Dedicated to all my fellow Coloradan Whovians.Reshared post from +Doctor Who TARDIS CrewMoffat Tunnel - Where all the bodies are hidden!~DSD #DoctorWho #Moffat View this post on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38541,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/22\/more-doctor-bits.html","url_meta":{"origin":49791,"position":5},"title":"More Doctor Bits","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 22-Aug-13 11:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"So there's been some controversy over whether the previous discussions in canon Doctor Who of only 12 regenerations (and, thus, 13 Doctors) still held. \u00a0After all, we're heading into the Twelfth Doctor with Peter Capaldi (plus what may or may not count as a Thirteenth with John Hurt), and if\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50946,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49791\/revisions\/50946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}