Russell T Davies on Doctor Who - Mark Lawson Talks to - BBC

[TulseLuper]

Russell T. Davies is not better than Steven Moffat. Steven Moffat is not better than Russell T. Davies. They're both brilliant writers with a different set of strengths and weaknesses. That's all.

[dungeoncrawler55]

The problem is nobody is flooding Asian nations and ONLY Asian nations with non-Asians,nobody is flooding African nations and ONLY African nations with non-Africans.

White countries and ONLY white countries are being forced to become "multi-racial"(genocide).

Wake up white people:Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white.

[XeroRastaa]

Matt Smith is a great Doctor, Karen is a great companion, and Stevie is a great writer!

[captainantlad]

the interviewer looks terrifying and sounds terrifying...... maybe he's an ALIEN!

[MUBEENZAFAR1]

@captainantlad

Interviewer: Sooo are you hfdfhfgrf EXTERMINATE!

Writer: I'm sorry?

Interviewer:EXTERMINATE

Writer:OH MY GOD!!!

Interviewer: EXTERMIN....AHAHAHAHAHAHA got ya

Writer: 0_o....don't play with my dreams



[thoughtfultheo]

i also talk dr who

[redline601]

filmed just down the road from me in Cardiff wales lol

[Ergophile]

the new doctor who is terrible. ruined, ruined, ruined and ruined.

[RegenerationStorm]

I kinda wish Russel was directing Matt as The Doctor instead of Steven :/

[ThisPersonSaid]

Steven Moffat and the other writers are much better than David...He was good but Moffat knows to how make Dr Who with real twisters.

[cakeuo]

Russell T Davies was really really really bad ,steve moffat is way better

[dungeoncrawler55]

But if I tell that obvious truth about the ongoing program of genocide against my race, the white race, Liberals and respectable conservatives agree that I am a naziwhowantstokillsixmillionje­ws.

They say they are anti-racist. What they are is anti-white.

Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white.

[revilo412]

@dungeoncrawler55 You are a bigoted ****.

Go spread your hate somewhere else, or better still, just shut up!

[dungeoncrawler55]

@revilo412

In your horribly biased anti-white opinion what I say is "hate",you only say that because I`m white and oppose the genocide of my racial group.Anti-racism is just a codeword for anti-white.

[revilo412]

@dungeoncrawler55 The genocide of the white race? Where? When?

You are such an idiot! Anti-racism is exactly what it means. I am against the hatred of any racial group, including the "white race"

[semtex644]

i work onthis show its crazy how big it is, remember as a kid watchin it didnt think id ever be part of dr who, especially considering i think its cheesy as fook ,ah well part of history eyy

[xOsKaHH]

tired of the same old fucking facebook advert.

[NinjaaTunaa]

why have pagerage advertised the pagerage plugin as something that works on mac because of the wrapper used in that advert, the pagerage plugin does NOT work on mac, so i call false advertising...

[stuffnessxoxo]

RTD because of episidoes like Doomsday and how we writes Torchwood. Also the fact that he brought it back because without the new Doctor Who, my life would suck.

[TheChillyAcademicIV]

Problems with RTD's writing is that he has a habit of "resetting" everything.

[Dangerpro09]

I honestly like RTD better. Moffat's writing is just too twisty turny with no a very thin plot- I like the twists, but I personally think there's too many in Moffat's writting.

[marillbuddy]

I think it would be cool to have Russel do the odd standalone episode in Moffat's series', just as Moffat did The Girl in the Fireplace an Blink and such in Russel's. :D

[imamadmad1]

in my opinion, i prefered RTD as a head writer but stephen moffat as an episode writer. i also miss the episodes where they go back to earth. they were some of my favourites. apart from 11th hour where he picked up amy in the first place and some small parts of other episodes, there has been no full episode set on present day earth in this world and not on a parallel time stream.

[esgaril]

Dear haters, if you don't like RTD, then go and watch Moff interviews. No one forces you to watch this. I thought DW fans are too intelligent to hate over someone, who actually bring the show back, made it a success to go on for 5 years and made possible for Moff to take over, but it seems I was mistaken. How silly of me. :(

[DementedPingu]

I think RTD is good for the main story and Steve is good for occasional 2 parters.

Like angels etc

[mushroomshrub]

Moffat > RTD. Fact.

[esgaril]

@mushroomshrub No, it's an opinion. For me RTD > Moffat

Don't get me wrong, I like Moff's stories, but I love Russell's more.

[jasonquinn1]

personally i think that Moffat was better when he wrote less regular episodes because he didn't have to go all out and write a great big double bill that fills in all the plot holes. for example the 2nd appearance of the weeping angles was not nearly as good as the shorter, funnier, scarier first appearance. yes he is amazing but i prefer a lot of his less "epic" stuff

[ffmarkm]

Much fo what Davies produced I find hard to watch now. Especially with Tennant: the writing and his acting was SO over the top.

Moffat is a very much welcome breath of fresh air.

[petarphyle]

an old interview with RTD ,  nothing New

[hodgkinsonjames]

Steve Moffat has written some great episodes but Russell was better bring him back and restor the budget because it has gone down hill rapidly since he left

[0Jass]

@hodgkinsonjames Yeah so true

[hodgkinsonjames]

@0Jass  Thanks for your suport.

[MrFitzonic]

@hodgkinsonjames How was Russell better? In fact, tell me now. 'Coz I just want to hear all the reasons people can think of to say that a man who can pull the most stupid arbitrary plot developments out his ass is better than a man who can bring a whole series full circle and show how a programme that is all about sci-fi is really, in retrospect, one big fairytale. So please, go on.

Oh, and while on the subject:

A Christmas Carol>Every Russell Christmas special.

[hodgkinsonjames]

@MrFitzonic Russell was better because 1.He managed to produce Doctor who on a low budget and bring a qualty show 2. He unlike Steven Moffat had a majour story line running through the 13 episodes 3. Russell gave us torchwood 4 before Russell you did not have a standerd regeneration sequence or continuaty finally steven had this "big story line regarding river song" what was that oh yeah she is Amy's doughter big deal talk about big disapointment also why are more who fans switching off

[MrFitzonic]

@hodgkinsonjames

1. I think what he has done for the show is brilliant, but what Steven turned the show into (a fairytale rather than a pseudo-science fest" is much better. The Big Bang>Journey's End

2. Major story line? He had a couple of red herrings in a few episodes and then BAM it was a big two part finale. Steven (with the crack arc) had it continuing as quite a big plot point in most episodes, then it all came full circle.

[MrFitzonic]

@hodgkinsonjames

3. Children Of Earth is the only thing Torchwood did that is would be truly proud of (I think)

4. I'm sorry what?

5. The River=Melody was a bit predicatable, but the connection between "River Song", "Melody Pond", The Gamma Forest, and the "The only water in the forest is the river" was quite ingenious.

6. "The Impossible Astronaut"-Most recorded TV show of all time. Booya. Also it's summer and boiling some days. Fans would be outside rather than watching TV all day.

[BadlyDrawnAlex]

I'm so glad he is out. I was tired of the endless gay propaganda and repeated deus ex machinas. Moffat is so much better, his writing and decisions are far better than the Davies era, his decision to retire the Daleks was long overdue and he actually took the initiative.

[noobenstein]

@BadlyDrawnAlex Moffat wrote "the empty child" right? That was probably the best episode ever!

[AceRockGod]

The new doctor is so clueless, whereas the old doctor could figure things out, which let us believe he is really smart. i don't like how the new doctor is always being suprised, he seems to 'human'

[SupaDupaFreak100]

@AceRockGod what the hell are you talking about? the doctor managed to figure out that amy might be a flesh clone after day of the moon with the tardis scan, and the he flew through that solar tsunami in the rebel flesh on purpose to go that planet and find out if he was right, which he was. he knows what he's doing, he just looks a bit dim sometimes. p.s. imo smith's doctor is convincingly alien; tennant acted a little too human at times, and he was too over the top at the end tbh.

[AceRockGod]

@SupaDupaFreak100 i agree with you. but jeez.... calm down please. it's my opinion. i liked it when the doctor knew what he was doing all the time. it was EPIC. but matt smith is great.

[danny11712EXTRA]

Theres just somthing about steven moffats eps that miss somthing...

[supersonicdrawer]

@danny11712EXTRA its the ingrediant that is unanswerable, ive been searching for it since episode 1 of season 5. i thought, perhaps its cos they barely ever leave leadworth or the world. then thought maybe its cos matt smith has a quiet, false voice. then i pondered on the idea that it could be missing that romance between the doctor and his companion which we descreetly miss. perhaps its the way there isn't alot of scene changes. no one knows the answer and probably never will.

[danny11712EXTRA]

@supersonicdrawer yeah doctor who as well has too much romance scenes as well i mean little kids watch it and did u see what happend last year with amy and the doctor

0_O

[supersonicdrawer]

@danny11712EXTRA amys a slut. rose was genuine. thats why i prefered her

[rubioproductions]

This is an old interview.. he talks about Heroes still :( I loved Heroes too..

[doctorw2]

in the classic series of doctor who they were always going to other planets,dimensions,and other times in earth history but, they rarely went to earth and thats why i loved the classic series there was more excitement becuase it was so unpredictable but russel t davies made doctor who predictable especialy recycling the daleks over and over again i am so glad steven moffat decided to give the daleks a rest it is about time! plus russel t davies made some rubbish monsters.

[SpotxSpot]

One of the problems with the new series is "single writer syndrome".

[chrisspencerbarnes]

I think Steve Moffat is in love with his own ideas too much. and using the tardis too much - thats the easy way out of a story.

i miss the big battles with cybermen and the daleks and the master but Moffat

wouldnt do that - instead its the silents and head-less monks

if anyone can tell me the baddie in the big bang i will give a fiver !

[screewee128]

@chrisspencerbarnes SO you prefer the mindless reset button style episodes? Okay, fair enough.

[supersonicdrawer]

@chrisspencerbarnes i hate how he leads us to think something amazing is gonna happen. in a trailer we here riversong talk about chillonions and classic villains. but they never appeared, its lazy. and WHY THE HELL DID THE SILENTS GET TALKED ABOUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SERIES BEFORE, THEN GOT MENTIONED IN THE FIRST EPISODE... what a build up. he also reveals too much, in a trailer for the whole series we saw the last episode clips in it! what a spoiler. also he chooses boring locations to set

[sadako24]

Thank God he's gone. Not even JNT would have had a policy of doing Doctor Who without alien planets....

[JeaHSaren]

I got an advertisement for this video, I was surprised it wasn't a Doctor Who advertisement

[nilbud]

It's so focus grouped it's ridiculous with sad Argos shopping drones obeying their toff master with no need for questions because questions denote fear.

[ross66111]

tbf i prefer the action episodes more then mystery

[BuffyCharmedRule]

RTD all the way!



[SirKnobofCheese]

I've always thought RTD was overrated as a writer and I think Moffat is alot better.Saying that I think the best thing he's (RTD) written was Touchwood "children of earth".So I'm quite looking forward to the new series.

[hobsquabble]

Steve Moffat is the new "main" writer now. He invented the Angels, and he is great at the mystery combined with the bombast on the new series. Yes Russel was good, but so is Steve.

[bigAl7530]

@hobsquabble I agree.

[Jami393]

@hobsquabble How can you stand Moffat, yeah he is alright for Doctor Who but he has messed up the show a few time ever since he took over.

[hobsquabble]

@Jami393 If you would tell me the mess ups and which episodes, I'd gladly agree, but still say that it doesn't detract from his appeal to me as a writer/showrunner. Without any evidence all I can say is: He isn't the only writer, Dr Who hasn't got the best record for continuity in the world of plots and "it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly...timey-wimey...­stuff." Yes, I know I've just quoted a Moffat episode...

[Jami393]

@hobsquabble Do the whole thing from Father's Day in Series 1, you you touch your past self you can create some sort of time paradox, well that Scrouge guy from Moffat's First Christmas special was touching his younger self and yet no time paradox. When I think of some more I'll let you know.

[DuggabbooDC]

@Jami393 Who said you can't touch your past self?

[Jami393]

@DuggabbooDC The Doctor said it back in Series 1 on the episode Father's Day, because he tries and stops Rose from touching Baby Rose.

[hobsquabble]

@Jami393 That would be great, since I just watched both those episodes, and in Father's Day the monsters appear because Rose causes someone to be alive that wasn't supposed to be. When Rose touches baby Rose a paradox is created, letting the monster into the church. This would have no real implications in A Chirstmas Carol because they are relatively safe from creatures who can abuse time and thus a paradox, although created, would not do much.

[Jami393]

@hobsquabble Yeah but that's where Moffat got it wrong. When the Doctor brought young Scrouge to the future which he shouldn't have done, you could see in the background that Scrouge touched him and later on I think he was carrying him. So there for it should of been some sort of paradox.

[hobsquabble]

@Jami393 I think you take Dr Who a bit too serously. One can just as validly that the Doctor knows what he is doing and thus, knowing a paradox is going to be created in the Christmas Carol, he knows that it is not so dangerous and thus is worth saving 4003 people. You can continue to see it as a mess up, or see it as a show where no exact rules apply. Up to you. Both are realistic, just so long as you love the Doctor.

[reballare]

@hobsquabble For a man who wrote the weeping angels ep, hes wrote some guff since then

[Gamerono]

In my opinion i rather like the mistery based monsters like The Weeping Angels,but that's just me,ALSO i can't wait for the new episode :D

[Dancingwithotters]

@Gamerono

PLEASE tell me thats not how you spell "mystery"

[Gamerono]

@Dancingwithotters -_-

[Dancingwithotters]

@Gamerono

Answer the question lad!!!

[Gamerono]

@Dancingwithotters No and Yes,i am bad at english

[Dancingwithotters]

@Gamerono

Ah, I see your a non english speaker. Your excused :)

[Gamerono]

@Dancingwithotters Thanks :D

[MUBEENZAFAR1]

@Gamerono dude those angels scare the shit out of me! (Yes I am 14)

[Gamerono]

@MUBEENZAFAR1 Uhm no worry i'm 14 to and i had to hold a pillow in front of my facer when watching it and after that i couldn't sleep for a week