Steven Moffat on Doctor Who
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ericadawn16I watched the two-parter that opened this season, and I thought to myself, "Wow, this is a show for children, and they're not dumbing it down at all." That was a very structurally-complicated two scripts there.
When did we decide that children - who learn to read in a very short space of time, who learn to speak the English language within a year and a half, who can learn anything faster than you or I - are stupid? They're bored by different things, and there are some complicated emotions that can be confusing to them. But I always get gobsmacked when people say that. Have you seen what they're reading? Harry Potter? These great big doorstops of books! And children who watch television, watch it like this (he folds his hands under his chin and stares intently at an imaginary screen). And if there's something that maybe makes them say, "I didn't quite understand that, Dad, what happened?" and they have a conversation about it, can someone tell me what's wrong with that?
In both the library two-parter and the angels two-parter, we got the sense that River and the Doctor's encounters have been extremely out of order. But when she appears at the start of this current season, she says, basically, that they've been traveling in exactly opposite directions.
No, she's talking poetically.
Finally! I've had so many people telling me that it was literal and I just didn't see why or how!
Rest of the interview here:
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/interview-doctor-who-showrunner-steven-moffat-on-amy-river-rory-and-more
When did we decide that children - who learn to read in a very short space of time, who learn to speak the English language within a year and a half, who can learn anything faster than you or I - are stupid? They're bored by different things, and there are some complicated emotions that can be confusing to them. But I always get gobsmacked when people say that. Have you seen what they're reading? Harry Potter? These great big doorstops of books! And children who watch television, watch it like this (he folds his hands under his chin and stares intently at an imaginary screen). And if there's something that maybe makes them say, "I didn't quite understand that, Dad, what happened?" and they have a conversation about it, can someone tell me what's wrong with that?
In both the library two-parter and the angels two-parter, we got the sense that River and the Doctor's encounters have been extremely out of order. But when she appears at the start of this current season, she says, basically, that they've been traveling in exactly opposite directions.
No, she's talking poetically.
Finally! I've had so many people telling me that it was literal and I just didn't see why or how!
Rest of the interview here:
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/interview-doctor-who-showrunner-steven-moffat-on-amy-river-rory-and-more
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Date: 2011-08-24 03:49 pm (UTC)And yeah, I didn't understand why people assumed the River/Doctor thing was literal either. Sure she said it, but people tend to talk in hyperbole sometimes, particularly when love is involved.
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Date: 2011-08-24 04:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-26 05:20 am (UTC)Have you seen Jekyll?