Ever heard the phrase scared of your own shadow? Well, if youre a Steven Moffat fan, you definitely should be. In Moffats world, not even pleasant, sun dappled afternoons are free from heart-attack inducing levels of wildly esoteric time travel terror. Why? Because your shadow; that scarcely noticed black outline that follows you around all day, is actually quite capable of eating you alive. The aforementioned two-parter Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead introduced us to a race of shadow-like microorganisms called Vashta Nerada. Like a swarm of tiny piranhas, these carnivorous shadows were capable of stripping the meat from the bones of their victims in a matter of seconds. Moffat even gave the Doctor a creepy line of dialogue about these vicious little buggers existing on every planet (even earth) and sometimes being responsible for people going missing. So, lets review, shall we? In the world according to Steven Moffat, sadistic statues are coming to kill us all, French history is being systematically attacked by robots, shadows are, in actuality, carnivorous entities, giant eyeballs patrol outer space and translucent conga eels can disguise themselves as dog walkers (or even Doris from Hot Fuzz). ...But thats not all the horror Moffat has unleashed from his diseased mind over the course of his time in the TARDIS. We also learned that, Armageddon will take on the exact size and shape of Belgium (Time Crash), farting can be a viable form of communication (until you sh*t yourself, presumably) (Curse of Fatal Death), sometimes people are totally naked and their clothes are actually a holographic projection (Time of the Doctor) and, perhaps most disturbingly of all, it is entirely possible that, although you actually feel fine right now, you are, in fact, made of porridge and the real you is locked away somewhere in space, about to give birth to your best friends future wife (who will one day kill him). Phew! This guy has some serious problems! Sleep tight, Steven, the men in white coats are on their way! - CQ
I am a professional author and lifelong comic books/pro wrestling fan. I also work as a journalist as well as writing comic books (I also draw), screenplays, stage plays, songs and prose fiction.
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