Doctor Who: 8 Shockingly Predictable Habits Of Specific Writers

2. Toby Whithouse Pits The Doctor Against Other Ancient Legends To Give Him A Soul-Search

There are a lot of us out there that hope Toby Whithouse is on board for Series 8, but only if he's pitching his own work. An idea he wanted to write about in Series 5, Series 6b thriller 'The God Complex' was a quiet masterpiece; 'A Town Called Mercy' was thrust upon him though, with the executive producers getting over-excited by the idea of a wild west episode. It sadly lacked the passion steeped in his own work, though. There are basic "first thing's first" steps that Whithouse tends to take whenever he writes a Doctor Who script, whether it's his idea or Moffat's. The villain seems like a true equal to the Doctor; Kahler Jex was a war veteran who made immoral choices, the Minotaur was "An ancient creature, drenched in the blood of the innocent, drifting in space through an endless, shifting maze" and even Rosanna had a proper face-off with the Time Lord, as direct comparisons between her race and his were made. It's a simple trick that Whithouse employs; he likes to give the Doctor something to mull over, and what better way than showing him a mirror? He's also one of the funniest writers on the show. Now that he hasn't got the responsibility of writing Being Human, it would certainly be nice to see him pen a few more episodes.