Steven Moffat likes scary things. “Oh, merry and folly, I do love the haunts of writing,” he likely did not say word for word. I guess he might have said something more like, “Ghost and vampires? Yeah, but hear me out. What about when your little stupid baby is a monster? That’s rilly scary.” Essentially, Moffat is a creature of habit with his scripts when writing “Mr. Who?”
Here am examples.
1. Children baby thingies.
Him loves to put children in. Shining had no twin girls until Steven Moffat told Stephen King to put some in. Gas mask zombies asking “Are you my mother?” to every freaking cow and snort in the countryside. That dumb kid going PLEASE SAVE ME FROM THE MONSTERS until you want to rip your ears off. “Buh? My boy’s an alien!” Kids in general appear way too often with Steven Muffin. Amelia. Pompadour. River. Stormageddon.
2. “Dang! Just missed him!”
Remember how the Dockie met Pompadour? Backwards. Amy Pond? Jumped too far in the future. River? Chuckle. It’s the fear of being in the right place at the wrong time. This also includes things like people who are kidnapped by Weeping Angels and have to live life in the past, as well as waiting all day for a package to arrive, then just missing the delivery because you had to take a shower.
3. Uh-oh! My eyes don’t see, my ears can’t hear!
DON’T BLINK. BLINK AND YOU’RE DEAD.
DON’T OPEN YOUR EYES. OPEN YOUR EYES AND YOU’RE DEAD.
DON’T WALK ON SHADOWS. DON’T BREATHE. DON’T DIE. DIE AND YOU’RE DEAD.
Things you would never think about doing that now require extra attention. OOOOOh.
4. ANACHRONISMS!
I guess the fear of wrong thing in the wrong time period. “Uncanny,” one might say. Moffat would say:
DINOSAURS! ON A SPACESHIP!
ROBOTS! IN RENAISSANCE FRANCE!
VAMPIRES! IN MEDIEVAL VENICE!
ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY! WITH THE REST OF HUMAN HISTORY!
I mean, he never says these things himself. He just hires people to say them for him.
5. “Those Two Guys.”
God, isn’t it scary when you’re enjoying an episode and all of a sudden two wisecracking elves or defective robots show up bicker and joke and act way too goofy? What? That’s supposed to be funny? If you say so.
6. SIIIIIILENNNNNNCEEEEEE
In general, such as the organization “The Silence,” but mostly the fact that NO ONE SHUTS UP. The Ninth Doctor had a brief speech when he regenerated, Tenth a single sentence. Eleven just rambles on and on, and even when he dies he calls Clara for more. Silent moments seem to be an issue for Moffat ‘n’ crew. Ironically, Buffy The Vampire Slayer had a hella kickass voice-stealing group. Moffat di’n’t.
7. Dying too much
Yep, Rory, Clara, sure. Yet also but so for or, even Amy Pond in her 50’s invokes this idea. “BAWWW! If you rewrite history, I die!” I mean, bitter old cranky Amy. And if bitter young cranky Amy lives, she wouldn’t suffer. Also Timelords in general. Also Captain Jack diddit furst. Sure, he was only Moffat’s creation pre-immortality, but kinda counts. And what happened to Jenny Who? The Jenny? Doctor Jenny The Who?
8. The Abzorbaloff
How else do you explain the fact that since his first appearance in Doctor Who, The Abzorbaloff has been featured in 0% of Steven Moffat’s episodes? He’s clearly just too scary for Steven Moffat. Math = Truth. School. Stay up it.
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