Three thoughts. Well… four thoughts. Well… four thoughts and a lizard.

• Trainwreckdeusexmachinaresetbuttonhowdoesthatwork blah blah blah. Those fans squeeing over how Moffat is soooo much better than Davies have no ground to stand on. River constantly complaining to the Doctor about how his plans make no sense sounded to me like the writer throwing his arms up and exclaiming, “Look, I’ve written myself into a corner! I know this makes no sense! I’m sorry! We just needed a spectacular cliffhanger to boost the ratings!”
• I told you so. Of course, the Moffat-gushing fans will invent some excuse to like it anyway.
• The entirety of season 6 can now be summed up as “The one where we find out that River is a future Amy and the man she killed was Rory.” Maybe. My speculation has been wrong many times before. (Edit: Disregard this, really. There are too many things with this theory that don’t match up. Some writers would be eager to discard the lack of logic because “it would be cool”, but I don’t think even Moffat can sink that low.)
• So, I’m out. No more talking about Moffat Who. I gave him a chance to redeem himself with the finale. Now all that’s left for me is to wait for a new head writer. That’s what the RTD haters did in the first five years, didn’t they? Now I guess it’s my turn.

And since I’m not going to be talking about this subject myself anymore, let someone else say the closing words.

Doctor Who is now more awful than at any point in its prior history, not because the chief-writer-stroke-producer is vastly more inept than any of his predecessors (he clearly isn’t), but because he’s vastly more cynical. I, for one, would rather have a bad programme that’s attempting something – anything – than a programme designed specifically for BAFTA judges and fans of superhero movies.

~ Lawrence Miles