I still don't get why so many people love Rose.
Because for a lot of people she was the first and had no one to be compared to and so they got attached over the course of two years. Same way most people (not always, but quite often) get most attached to their first Doctor.
@CosmicDebris:
That's why Moffat needs to think about passing the show on soon. Now, I'm definitely not one of those "Moffat is the Great Satan of DW" people, I actually like a lot of what he's done, but I think it's time for a new perspective. Moffat is great with plot devices, but falls short with people being real and relateable. Kind of the opposite problem of RTD.
For the most part, I love what Moffatt has done.
The ongoing mysteries, the upscaling of the visual quality of the show, a lot of the ideas and feel, the willingness to try and be a smart show that actually plays with the idea of time travel, the overall show itself is largely pretty much what I've always wanted it to be (I do have to wonder how much of that was Matt Smith though).
I'm more than willing to admit his payoffs to his long run arcs have been a little weak (basically shoehorning the resolution of the Silence into some offhand waves during Matt's last episode for instance) and between being showrunner, writing 4-6 eps a season, and working on Sherlock is spread a little thin, (less time for rewrites I guess). And that the seasons have just been… shorter... for one reason or another, under his run... and he should give up something on his plate.
I know some people have problems with the actual man himself for attitudes he obviously has, but I don't see those spilling into the show itself so much.
A new showrunner that keeps the current quality, but still uses Steven to write 2 or 3 eps a season would probably be the best of both worlds I think.
He's still the best writer the show currently has by far, though his weaknesses become clearer as he reuses some ideas more and more. (River, Amy and Clara all being crazy mystery girls is a bit much.) Though I still think that he'd probably actually intended for Amy to finish out the season through the end of Trenzalore, and Karen Gillian leaving half way threw him off a bit. (Also would have been a stronger ending if he'd just left the Ponds at home at the end of season 6... instead of randomly grabbing them into 5 more random adventures in 7.)