Who Goes Darkly

A manifesto addressed to Steven Moffat, awful producer of Doctor Who and wonderful producer of Sherlock, from me and my daughter:

Less is more.

Making a t.v. series is not about the secret you know that the audience doesn't know.  It's about sharing the secrets, and the pleasure between you and the audience.  You have the amateur's delight in having a secret nobody knows.

By the time you get around to revealing your secrets on Doctor Who, you've imposed secret-exhaustion on your clientelle.

Pace yourself, man.  You're good at the miniseries (Sherlock) where you pace the revelations across the series.  But the whole freaking season?  Remember those of us who watch for pleasure each week and not for the Meaning of Life, The Universe, and Everything?  

Yes.  We are annoyed with you.