re: #193 The War TARDIS

Time of the Doctor was really shafted by the BBC.

Moffat and Smith had just 63 minutes to work with.

9th had something like 90 minutes. And the 10th had 120-130 minutes.

There is no excuse for that. I should note that the BBC then gave a massive Christmas special to EastEnders, which was the show that killed Doctor Who under Michael Grade in the late 80’s.

See, thing is, I think we could have been happy with a 63 minute send-off to Eleven rather than what we got, which was Moffat trying to prove how clever he is by cramming all the loose threads from 3 series together into one neat little bow. The End of Time wasn’t Davies trying to be clever and show how all the little things during Ten’s run had a common link, it was just Ten saving the world in the most grandiose fashion possible.