Fan Fiction

After briefly talking about Jekyll, the conversation turned to Moffat and the simplicity of last week’s Blink. He was still taken aback that I had enjoyed it. Why do Moffat’s Doctor Who scripts work? Having connections to people on the inside, pal related that Moffat’s the only one that actually stands up to RTD. Moffat, after all, had a career beforehand and will certainly have a career afterwards. He doesn’t need to write overwrought fan fiction.

-- Good Dog on The Shock of [his] Life

Be warned, there are spoilers in there afoot.

But I think his diagnosis is completely correct. At its worse (and there's a lot of worse) the New Who is competent fan fiction. Maybe thats why I superficially enjoy it while also lamenting how lame it really is. It could be so good -- as Moffat shows us time and time again -- but it doesn't try. Honestly, I could write much better than most of what's shown!