@ Mr. Mile's "In-Between Days"

... which, as I don't really need to mention, might disappear.

Sensible people know that Steven Moffar is actually one of the best script writers Doctor Who might have got to do the job of a main editor, and I guess it's not only me loving his episodes we have seen so far. And even if I have to admit that yes, I disliked the promised 6o second bit of the new episode (I know time is relative, but without the long trailer there are only about 2o seconds left) and yes, Blink wasn't Moffat's masterpiece, Lawrence Miles seems to forget that Blink was THE lowbudget episode of that season (s3), nevertheless it scooped a BAFTA, somehow. (Well, considering season 3's other episodes, that wasn't such a big surprise.)

Furthermore, in my opinion Doctor Who is still one of those TV shows where I actually do have the feeling that it lives of these "in between" parts (as Mr. Miles calls them). E.g. remembering Partners in Crime I for my part was much more enthusiastic about having Donna in it than about those extraordinary cute fat-chunks called Adiposes. And talking about Moffat's Girl in the Fireplace, it was all about those parts "in between". Now I won't quarrel about David Tennant's interpretation of the Doctor, I guess I couldn't be enough objective for that, although I really didn't liked a few things RTD wrote his Doctor into (I'm still trying to forget a few things about End of Time), but I have to say that some of the best Doctor Who stories I've seen so far belong to the 1oth Doctor's era.

Anyway, at least thanks for keeping those terms straight. I hate reading Doctor Who related articles not having their vocabulary right. Come on, I have just spotted the word "Tardis" in the rADIO tIMES, now how does that look like?

We could spend Avatar's budget and still ask for more

Now that's a statement, and I bet the Beeb isn't amused to hear it.

This article by the BBC includes some bits of a Steven Moffat interview about how the team deals with money issues for Doctor Who.

We know that producing such a science-fiction show isn't exactly cheap. So I love the fact that Moffat thinks of budge-cuts as a challenge instead of just saying that they are bad. At the same time he also adds that they "could spend Avatar's budget and still ask for more [...]" and that he wasn't considering the budget when writing episodes. Now that's true. Do you remember one of the most amazing stuff the Mighty Moff wrote? I'm referring to the sequence in Girl in the Fireplace" where the Doctor crashes through a mirror into a ballroom on a horse. IMO it's very likely that RTD wouldn't have done that, simply because it seems to be such a big and expensive effort to film (and after watching its confidential I have to say, indeed, that scene wasn't an easy one).

Further, Steven Moffat says that the TARDIS, maybe the best idea in sci-fi history ever, came into existence because of the then team having budget problems.
I like his point of view.

That Looks Awesome...

A few days ago the very first episode of the next season (5 or 31, just chose a number) had its premier and critics are not bad.* You can read here what The Guardian thinks it has to say about it, not much if you ask me. And this is SFX's opinion, which is worth reading. It's not giving away too much, but in a good way, although I have to admit I haven't highlighted that major spoiler. This is the BBC's statement, but somehow the writer doesn't seem to have been informed of the difference between "the Doctor" and "Doctor Who". I whish at least the BBC would get it right...

Furthermore, we have 2 new trailers (trailer 1, trailer 2, and that's the American version trailer 3). Additionally, there was a "The 11th Hour" Karen Gillan/Matt Smith interview, after which this short extract of the next episode was shown.

Somehow it's becoming hard to wait, good to know that in less than 2 weeks we are going to know how to spend our Saturday afternoons.
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*This is very obviously an understatement.

One to Zero for the Guardian...

And as if there weren't enough Matt Smith interviews around ATM here is another one, this time it's The Guardian doing it.

It's quite entertaining, and a lot better than the one our dear Telegraph printed a few days ago. But there isn't a lot to say about it. Matt seems to be a nice guy, who knows what to say and how to say it.

Additionally, he encourages us not to believe that there will be a lovestory (hurray) and I guess I'll like nr. 11's let's call it abstractedness.
I'm really starting to get excited about the new season...

An Odd Matt Smith Interview...

Well, maybe I could have put more effort into the title of this post. Anyway.

Our dear Telegraph has printed and partly commented some parts of a Matt Smith interview Esquire did with him (and which is going to be available tomorrow). Here is the link.

I'm not the biggest Matt Smith fan ATM, but to be fair, I have to add that actually Matt Smith doesn't say that he was destined for that role, it's the very ignorant interviewer who does so. And it's the even more ignorant Telegraph who gives that article that title.

Maybe in a few days some particular Esquire scans will have made it online. If I come across them , I promise to introduce them to you.