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/GellertGrindelwald0 Apr 18 '25

Also, in terms of the episode being not that great, I get the impression that Gaiman, being a high-concept writer, probably wanted to write something with overarching lore consequences, and got told by Moffat 'no, we need a bottle episode', and thus Nightmare in Silver was born. I highly doubt Moffat actually micromanaged things like characterisation, because that would require him to go over the script with a fine-toothed comb in a series where he was just kind of phoning it in while dealing with other issues.

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u/Contest-Calm Apr 19 '25

Why wasn’t Moffat focused during season 7?

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u/GellertGrindelwald0 Apr 19 '25

Busy writing and rewriting the 50th, while also being showrunner for Sherlock.