I feel the same as Diogo regarding the Doctors. Eccleston has been my favourite out of the "New Who", it's a shame he only stayed for one series, he got the Doctor just right I feel. Smith is my second favourite, he's great with the role although I think his acting is too good for the show and the writers do not take full advantage of his acting abilities.
Tennant was the worst, especially towards the end of his run going around being all depressive and the "I don't want to go" line was just a joke. It would have worked with Eccleston maybe, but with Tennant having all those annoying fangirls it was just a terrible final line to use. I found it hilarious when all the fangirls were stating Doctor Who is 'dead' without him and should be axed. Yeah, this show will cope quite fine without you pre-teen girls watching it.
Moffat is a brilliant writer. Although he gets far too 'into' complex stories and arcs. I'm personally fine with that as I love complex stories and prefer plots that make you think. But for a mainstream audience Moffat hasn't quite perfected it as his full series have gone on. They just get more and more complicated and I can see why people get so confused with what's going on.
Moffat would work well as a writer for Torchwood I think, that would be perfect for him.
Here's a few bits of information that came out last week regarding series eight (Capaldi's first full series debut):
- Moffat has confirmed that series 8 will be a full series with no splits. This will be the first full series since 2010, crazy!
- Filming is due to begin in January 2014. There are rumours some secret filming has already begun.
- It is believed that an episode will be cut from the main series resulting in series 8 having 12 episodes, not the traditional 13 (not confirmed yet).
- Series 8 is rumoured to air Summer 2014 (I have my bets on the very end of August).
Not much but may be of interest to those handful of you that do not follow Doctor Who fansites and so on.