Ooh! That’s more information than we’ve got from anyone else about the 50th anniversary special. “A big hark back to everything that’s gone before” – that suggests a lot of Classic Who in there too! :)

“Big hark back…”
Perhaps that’s why we’re hearing rumors about a certain prehistoric monster..

Perhaps they should stop all these “this will be big”, “that will be sad”, “the other will be heart breaking” – It makes me believe that, like last year, the BBC has no faith in the series!

@Steve
A writer when asked in interview shouldn’t be positive about upcoming episodes? I see…

I think if they’re asked in interviews and have to answer, fair enough, but if they’re actively pushing this stuff, then it’s way too over the top.

After you’ve read the first “you know the 10 things you should do before you die?……..all 10 are to watch Series 7 of Doctor Who, it will blow your mind, be utterly heart breaking and soul destroying”, you’ve kind of read them all.

Having said that, Moffat’s in a unique position in terms of what he can say though. The other day, he said people that found his era on Doctor Who too complicated were all “fairly stupid”.

@JC I am referring to SM comment and not yours on this – What a arrogant pillock SM is! (Actually I would use stronger language than that but out of respect to this website, I will refrain) How dare he generalise like that. He needs to be sacked NOW!!! Especially as his own lead actor has said the stories are to complicated!

@TWWL Be positive by all means but being positive in a good way. But SM’s comment does back up my comment about the BBC losing faith!

It’s part of the job to promote and say nice things about the show; to try and say the right things to grab peoples attention. Let’s emember that the general viewers don’t see all of this stuff, they’ll read maybe one out of every ten things like this, so you have to make sure you’re pushing enough to go beyond us sad geeks who read everything! :D

@TWWL
Hear hear. I’m with you – I think they absolutely have to say the right things every time they give an interview, and that involves using buzz words and clichés. There’s a reason why things become clichéd – it’s because they work. Not on us, maybe, but on the casual viewer who needs to be persuaded to watch the show.

Also, @Steve, why on earth do you think that the BBC has no faith in the series? Their faith in the series has very little to do with the amount that its writers promote it in interviews. Every writer will take an opportunity to promote their own work, regardless of what the BBC feels. Also, the BBC would be pretty stupid to lose faith in Doctor Who, given the consistently high ratings and presumably related income via BBC Worldwide.

@TSG Why? I don’t recall someone saying week on week during the RTD era, “this will be heartbraking” that will be emotional” They tended to let the series speak for itself.
The other point is you say “Also, the BBC would be pretty stupid to lose faith in Doctor Who, given the consistently high ratings and presumably related income via BBC Worldwide.” – considering Doctor Who was the BBC’s bigest export in the 1980’s, never stopped them canceling it then. It doesn’t stop the BBC canceling shows now with high viewing figures. They have proved 3 times now that they are happy to reduce the episodes per year in so called “cost cutting” exercises. BBC Worldwide will only benefit greatly now it has taken over 2Entertain.

@Steve
If you don’t like hearing, or reading about Dr Who people promoting the show they work on, Steve; then don’t. Avoid those articles. Sorted. Next.

To a point, the point about the constant rhetoric being for casual viewers rather than hardcore fans that will likely watch the show whatever happens, is a good one actually.

I do still think it’s a little excessive though. We’ve still got months to go and I question the merit of trying to whip up the casual viewers about Series 7 this early.

I mean, say they’re interested NOW because of all the interviews, will that last for months?

@TWWL I like to see the show promoted, what I don’t like are these drama queen points put over to try and raise interest. You can spin it all you like but it strikes me that the BBC “award winning” flagship show is being “bigged” up exactly because the BBC are losing faith in it. Take last year for example. Most of it was soap opera drama with a little sci-fi thrown in! If I wanted to watch a show about babies and appalling love stories, I would watch EastEnders.

@Steve
I don’t think they’re losing faith in it at all. There’s no reason to at this point.

@TWWL I hope you are right!

@JC
To be honest, I don’t think it’s too early to promote Series 7 with just two/three months to go until the first five episodes air, especially when you consider the fact that Doctor Who has been off air for nearly a year.

I was slightly disappointed there was no spring episode but I could understand why. I can also understand for the new series starting in the autumn/winter time. Hopefully this time round, the viewing ratings will be higher.

Steve Moffat really doesn’t get the point, It’s not about the show being to complicated to understand, it’s about being to comlicated for no other reason than to provie how clever he is.Perhaps the recent Bafta nopmination has gone to his head! At least RTD understood and respected the fan, even if he got a little self indulgent towards the end.