The Doctor accidentally lands the TARDIS at a pivotal moment in the creation of his deadliest enemies…
I know this is just light a hearted Children In Need special, but it feels like proper Doctor Who again.
Moffat made The Doctor the center of the universe instead of a curious genius who lives in a box who likes to put them in interesting situations. It was good at first but got old even by the end of 11’s run. Now I’m feeling the fandom return.
seems a bit wishful thinking, and - absolutely - it was Davies who made the Doctor the center of the universe, starting with 9/10 as ThE lAsT oF ThE TiMe LoRdS, and every episode/arc being largely centeted on The Doctor’s past/present/future and enemies. 14(?) popping in to essentially NAME the Daleks, his greatest enemy, kinda undermining 4’s Genesis of the Daleks arc, is a sign - to me - that The Doctor is, once again, the center of the Whoniverse as we know it.
13 was far less “center of the universe” than 10 and 12 ever were, often taking a back seat to her companion’s storylines, which was refreshing.
to clarify, i like every season of Doctor Who and enjoy center-of-the-universe Doctor as much as backseat Doctor, i just don’t think this is going to be a backseat decade for Doctor Who, not with Davies at the helm.
But it wasn’t until Eleven’s first episode that we see the Doctor win the day by reputation alone. Nine and Ten liked to remind people he was the Doctor (often to folks that didn’t really know what that means), but it wasn’t until “The Eleventh Hour” that we we see him solve week’s plot by saying “I’m The Doctor, you know that means you’d better run now.” That never sat right with me.
Though I admin I tuned out midway through Capaldi’s run. It’s not fair of me to judge all of Moffat’s time on the series when I only watched half of it. I’m going to go rewatch Coupling now.
