And Moffat actually said this? Sorry if I sound like I'm being unreasonable in asking for clarification, but when we were in the old place I was often utterly staggered by the sheer amount of hatred that was directed at the show runner. I suppose I need to know if we're going to keep up the disreputable tradition that has scarred the fandom.
Yeah, in one of his (often very candid and excellent) DWM columns. Moffat's a good writer who came a cropper of schedules, struggles to find a stable production team, and arguably his own being too in demand with Sherlock etc. Like, I think there's a problem in the fanbase that goes in two directions - one being unnecessary vitriol (IE he's a hack fraud, or whatever - no, he kept the show alive for many years and actually introduced it to a whole new audience abroad, though to be fair the success of Torchwood on BBC America helped to lay the groundwork) and the other end being the writers being beyond reproach where you can't even discuss certain aspects of the show.
We've had this debate before, though. Discussion, dissection, criticism =/= hatred, fwiw. Lots of nice things are said, too! And hey - I'm the guy who will stand up and defend Love & Monsters, so we all have our crosses to bear.
That costume note is really just intended not as a malicious attack on Moffat but just an interesting wrinkle in the history of the show - once he cast a young man (after
intending to cast an older man) he began to envision a younger Doctor that was more swashbuckling and trendy with a costume that looked like it fell out of a H&M catalog but with added quirk. I don't even think that's a bad direction - and honestly, bits of Jodie's outfit feel like that. But Matt steered it away from leaning into the youth and we ended up with tweed and suspenders. It's meant to be a fun note, the sort of thing fans can chew on and wonder what might've been.
