How Steven Moffat Has Ruined Doctor Who

1. "Thank You" For Merchandising the Show To Death

I don't mind merchandising. I really don't. If someone genuinely loves something to the point that they want to buy action figures or replicas from it, they should be allowed to. But what I do not like is when the desire for more merchandising causes the show to actually change. The 11th Doctor's screwdriver, for instance. It just screams toy. And don't act for a minute like the Dalek redesign was for anything but expanding the range of Dalek action figures.

Look at them. Look at them! And this keeps going on and on and on... just look at the range of stuff available they've been constantly dishing out. Here, from one website alone... http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/doctorwho/

It's their second most popular topic, behind only Star Wars. And we all know how that became after they set merchandising as their number on priority.

So finally, thank you Steven Moffat for taking a brilliant, crazy, unpredictable show and turning it into your own little ego-boosting experiment. Thank you for tossing useless and predictable twists and story arcs at us. Thank you for shoving plot holes and inconsistencies down our throats and trying to disguise it in a way that you look like the most brilliant writer alive. Thank you for taking every shred of originality Doctor Who once had and mercilessly beating into the shape of a crummy mainstream action movie. Thank you, Steven Moffat. Thank you.

Well, this ends my long, bitter, hate-filled rant. But I want to hear from all of you; what do you think of this? Still fans of Moffat and think I've misjudged him? Agree, and think it's time for Moffat to move on? Sound off in the comments below.