Having a different opinion or idea about something obviously doesn’t have to be malicious, I like how balanced your opinion is and how you respect other opinions, even if you don’t agree with them.

We’re all Doctor Who fans here and we all have different opinions that range in strength, sometimes on opposite sides and conversation can intensify.

I think if there’s any sign of flaming or bashing from ANY of the regulars here, including myself, it’s more accidental than intentional as a result of conversation about things people feel strongly about.

It’s something I try and watch in myself, hence my apology and congratulations in an earlier post, despite my personal feelings about Steven Moffat.

JC, I think you’ve made some clear points and you’ve got a well-substantiated argument. I don’t necessarily agree with all of it, but that’s fine – if we agreed on everything, the world would be a much more boring place. This comment is not aimed at you, okay? :)

But Steve… I think it’s excessive to say that Steven Moffat should be sacked because of one comment he made, particularly given that you’ve heard that comment third hand and not looked up the wording or the context. If you could present a more balanced argument, then I might be more inclined to listen to what you have to say with a more open mind, but at the moment it feels like you’re just ‘bashing’ or ‘flaming’, to borrow some internet parlance.

I’m sorry if I’m coming across as patronising, or didactic – I just really like Doctor Who, and I really like WhovianNet because we do have high quality discourse here. All I want to do is ensure that we keep that high level of discourse going, rather than descending into flames.

The funny thing is, as a Doctor Who fan, I want to like him and his team like I liked RTD and Julie Gardner.

One of the things I liked best about the RTD era was the fun, positive and warm relationship between RTD, Julie Gardner, David Tennant and the rest of the cast. I watched the special features and saw them laughing and joking, you could see they loved what they did, but also took it seriously.

I know Matt, Karen and Arthur have a laugh, but I don’t know. Things just feel a lot colder now, I’m not sure who his Exec Producer is, Doctor Who: Confidential is gone and the Special Features on the DVD Boxset are a little clinical.

Having said that, there was a glimmer of the way things used to be when Moffat said that Karen and Arthur going was like someone leaving home, because they’ve worked so closely for so long.

I suppose he just makes it very difficult. Making Amy a kissogram and dressing her up in a police woman’s outfit, whilst adding she also wore nurse and nun outfits. The teletubby daleks proclaiming they’re superior to the RTD Daleks that fought the Last Great Time War, on which design the “God” Emporer Dalek himself was based and those particular Daleks coming from the DNA of Davros. Amy sexually attacking the Doctor for no reason in Season 5, Victory of The Daleks in general and suggesting that he could answer the question of “Doctor Who?” after 50 years, even if he eventually doesn’t.

When I say I want to like him, his crew, cast and era on Doctor Who, I mean that……….but frustrating isn’t the word.

After all, what do the opinions of the fans matter?

Case in point, I watched some episodes of Series 4 the other day and I really enjoyed them. I got the same feeling I used to get when I watched Doctor Who and yet, when it comes to Moffat’s era, I feel next to nothing for the show and I do blame him.

I actually saw Jekyll on broadcast and whilst I quite liked it, it was mostly due to James Nesbitt’s great performance as both characters.

Based on my personal view, backed up by my recent enjoyment of Series 4, that Moffat has changed Doctor Who in such a way that it’s ruined it for me, I can’t back him getting this award.

To do so would be to validate what he’s done and to back an award, which will likely only add to, in my opinion, his arrogance and sense of superiority.