I'd like to see Destiny and the Doctor. And then I have a wonder: (possible spoiler for one of the most recent eps, but not plot related-more about the Time Lords' capabilities) the Dr can see what can be changed and what can't. He picks and chooses his butterflies to smoosh with great care. And then you have Destiny. What does he do? What happens if he puts the book down so he can go take a whiz?

And then you have Destiny. What does he do? What happens if he puts the book down so he can go take a whiz?

The Doctor grabs it, and doodles in the margins. It never fails to annoy the ever-living shit out of Destiny.

It's a Thing. Goes wayyyyyyyy back.

Death thinks he's kinda cute, though. And don't get me started on how he flirts with Delirium.

I feel like I'm missing some stuff:

Although I was in no way sad to see Minear get more control over Angel I think that Angel was in better hands with Joss than Who was in Davies.

Did you feel it was NOT in good hands with Davies?

Neil Gaiman printed a letter on his blog yesterday asking him if he'd be writing a DW episode now that Moffat has the reins. Problem is, he didn't answer the question.

Was there an issue with Davies and Gaiman, or does Gaiman know Moffat, or ?

Did you feel it was NOT in good hands with Davies?

No, but I think Moffat is way better a writer than Davies. He has all my favourite Who eps to his credit, and off-Who I love his Coupling work.

I like Davies well enough. Just not as much.

I like Davies well enough. Just not as much.

Gotcha. I couldn't remember any posts disparaging Davies' overall handling (specific episodes, yes), so I was confused. I do agree that Moffat has been the best writer by far, so hopefully that will segues into good showrunning.

I've never seen Coupling or Queer as Folk, so I have no basis to judge either of them on, outside the Who-verse (Whoville?).

Is Davies going to continue with Torchwood, I wonder?

And I just bunnied myself with an x-over version of Horton Hears a Who.

While I think Whedon has an edge on Davies overall, they've both created some pretty stunning television and conceptualized some enormously important characters (Buffy Summers and Capt. Jack Harkness, all on their own, should probably make any critics choice of the most important fictional characters of the last twenty odd years.) So no, I have no problem with drawing comparisons between the two.

Nor do I have issues with comparisons between Moffat and our own Mr. Minear, as they both excel at taking the ideas that were handed to them and accelerating them into something cooler than words.

Captain Jack Harkness? Really? I don't see the argument for him. He's enjoyable, and can be well-handled, but I don't think he says anything near as much as Buffy does.

Yeah, I wouldn't have put him in the same category as Buffy at all. But I don't watch Torchwood. Is it just because he has sex with everything? That's new for main characters, I suppose.

Would Capt. Jack be considered the first gay/bi lead in an action/adventure/SF show? I'm counting US and UK tv here. I know he's the first I've seen on US tv, but Torchwood is BBC, so I'm wondering if he's the first on UK tv as well.