Indeed. I always thought one of the best things that Moffat did was continue to solidify NuWho's connection with OldWho, which RTD certainly didn't dissuade from, but lets say he was more keen to use Martha Jones in series 4 than, say, the Brigadier. I like that there was a sense of true continuance with the old show, because it added to its charm and flavor.
What I DIDN'T like was that he basically gave up on the show and pretended it was a kids' show for angry adolescents. Also, I don't think the story arcs can be attributed to fandom, as they all sucked since series 5, and for good reason: They were boring, half-hearted stories with little depth. The worst of them being the Hybrid, which is indeed a fanboy-ish thing for Moff to explore, but something clearly the fans didn't want to see answered, at least not by him (kinda like the origin of the Immortals in Highlander - better leave it a mystery). If there ever was a time to explore that, it was the 50th anniversary, which the trailer CLEARLY HINTED AT. But Moff being Moff, trolled and trolled.
Sorry, this suddenly became a Moffat rant, but the point is: Moff's a fanboy and he clearly has his own idea of what DW should be. He rewrote whole chunks of NuWho left by Davies (like the whole Time War and the fact there was another Doctor there) and almost rewrote OldWho with Hybrid. Chiball is right if he thinks those were unecessary detours from the importance of story.
), so I'm wary of him trying to break away from the norm. Obviously he can't do something exactly like that on Doctor Who, but that's what I think about when I think of Chibnail trying "daring concepts". Hopefully whatever he does is a lot more successful and actually still feels like Doctor Who.
