Series 8 episode titles revealed!

1. The biggest surprise here is the revelation that Moffat is co-writing most of the episodes being done by others. That's likely to make some people cringe but at the same time that says to me that Moffat is making a concerted effort to be consistent.

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2. Let's hope Moffat doesn't hit the Straczynski Zone (a.k.a. the Serling Limit) where he writes everything.

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3. Here's the thing: for as much as I see people complain about Moffat (not me; I love his work), his episodes consistently rank as the most loved in polls. Are they perfect episodes? No. But they're fun and inventive. Too many of the writers he hires phone it in. Moffat takes lots of risks with narrative structure (most payoff, but not all)that keep things interesting. I'd be perfectly happy if he wrote every episode (but then I WOULD worry about the quality going down). Few other WHO writers excite me. (Although, I loved "The Girl Who Waited" and would love to see Tom McRae give it another go.)

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4. The problem with a show-runner writing EVERY episode is that they inevitably reach burnout. Writing every episode *and* overseeing everything else would grind everyone down.

   The last season of Twilight Zone was certainly not the best, and probably precipitated his effective retirement from TV writing. J. Michael Straczynski is evidently a writing machine, but the last season of Babylon 5 is generally considered the worst. (Granted, part of that was trying to promote B-stories to main arcs.)

   While 13 "hours" a year is probably less grueling than 20+, any writer, especially one with other duties, should try to pick good screenwriters and let them do most of the work, rather than try to do too much themselves.

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5. Didn't RTD in his book say that he used to rewrite most scripts as well but usually he let the original writer get the credit?

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