>>"The Doctor" <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote in message
>>news:k59u4q$oi6$1@gallifrey.nk.ca...
>>> In article <1330700729371745646.865089bclark-es.co...@free.teranews.com>,
>>> Brian  <bcl...@es.co.nz> wrote:
>>>>"Charles E. Hardwidge" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/oct/12/doc...

>>>>> Personally, I agree with the author of this article. The end to the Pond
>>>>> saga was abrupt and would have benefited from a better closing *and*
>>>>> closure.

>>>>> Editing some of the fat off the story would've provided ample space for
>>>>> this alternative ending and I don't agree with one of the commentators
>>>>> that it was overwrought like the endings RTD became notorious for.

>>>>> Does Moffat need an editor, or is this proof you can polish a turd?

>>>>If something suddenly unexpected happens then you are likely to remember
>>>>it more than some planned action. The emotion the scene needed was there
>>>>so many will remember how the doctor felt after losing both companions.

>>> Recall Moffat is a BAFTA winning writer.

>>So what?

>I think that's a typo and meant tosay: "Recall Moffat is a Baffler Award
>winning writer.  ;-)