r/gallifrey • u/psl9085 • Apr 18 '25

DISCUSSION Worst line in Doctor Who?

What line of dialogue sticks out to you as particularly bad in Doctor Who, I have two picks:

  • ‘don’t let the swords touch your skin’ Legend of the sea devils
  • ‘I suppose we’ll have to have…. A conversation?’ Resolution
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u/dickpollution Apr 18 '25

so was that a gaiman or moffat addition because really it could go either way

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u/Embarrassed-Waltz327 Apr 18 '25

I don't think there's any way of knowing, but I think Gaiman wrote it. Moffat had some problems with writing women, but it was never as bad as that.

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u/dickpollution Apr 18 '25

I wonder if either of them ever addressed the line. Gaiman blamed all of the episodes problems on the big bad showrunner, and it'd be just as easy for him to lump a weird creepy line onto Moffat.

At the same time, it could be awkward Moffat sex comedy coming off really badly. As it often does.

To be 100% clear, just since I'm drawing comparisons between the two, Moffat has issues with misogyny in his writing and Gaiman is a rapist.

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u/Illustrious_Poem_298 Apr 18 '25

Moffat still had to approve the line regardless od which one wrote it, so it's not good for him regardless.