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[wshaffer]

I was greatly amused by this Guardian piece entitled "Do You Trust Richard Curtis and Simon Nye with Doctor Who?", whose author appears to think that there's substantial fan outrage at the idea of comedy writers writing Who, and jokingly suggests that this might lead to such outrageous spectacles as Martin Clunes being cast as an alien baddie!

Fans are supplying the obvious in comments. To whit:
a) Steven Moffat trusts Richard Curtis and Simon Nye with Doctor Who
b) Martin Clunes has already been an alien baddie in Doctor Who, in 1983's "Snakedance". The universe did not end.

No, really, are there fans actually complaining because Curtis and Nye are *comedy* writers? And have they looked at Steven Moffat's CV prior to Doctor Who?

Also, I'm sure I'm the last person in fandom not to have seen this, because it's been out for at least a week, but the article links to a Series 5 trailer that looks rather exciting. (Spoilers for the upcoming series, obviously, but not major ones.)

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[lizbee.livejournal.com]

No, really, are there fans actually complaining because Curtis and Nye are *comedy* writers?

I've only seen it on the anon meme, and people tend to change their minds when you remind them that Curtis wrote Blackadder. Not to mention that time Douglas Adams was the show's script editor.