Doctor Who - Regeneration 9 - Part 8

[Manic]

Kids are a lot smarter than people give them credit for when it comes to what TV shows and movies they watch. They understand emotional context well enough, and they usually have a good grasp of what's important in a story. They also take everything in as it comes, and tend not to dwell on what they think is coming. They're not used to deciphering cliches and tropes like adults are, so they don't wear themselves out with speculation like we do.

Just look at what Clara's explanation turned out to be. She stepped into a big thingy of light that made more of her. It's that simple. Kids understand the broad strokes like that. We're the ones who made things complicated with our 10,000 theories, screenshots of her mother's gravestone, and trying to find anagrams in her name.

 

[DACrowe]

Indeed.

I actually think the fun of the Moffat era, which should appeal to kids, is that it is so ridiculously convoluted and fast-paced that when the answers come, they are so simple and easy to digest that it makes it all the more fun.

Also, most kids do not spend hours on the Internet speculating and critiquing the plot to infinity. So, they are less likely to be disappointed when Moffat chooses a completely different solution than fans become precious about. That I think contributes to a lot of the dislike to his simple, if elegant, twists on this show.

 

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