These are both written by Stephen Moffat, so yay!
And as you said... he's taking over. So let's hope for more like this.

Personally, I *loved* the girl in the fireplace, which I believe is written by Moffat as well.
(mmmm curry doesn't really understand this sig lark, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 0:34, 1 reply)

If you noticed the "next season" trailer after The End Of Time at Christmas...
you'll see the "blink" statues are back. They pop up at least twice. Plus I notice the new Doctor fires a gun - almost unheard of, snogs a girl - also rare and something else I can't remember. Hang on while I got watch the thing again
(insert hold music here)
Oh yeah, you also see a Dalek in there, but it's not one of the new shiny gold ones, it's an old-school grey Dalek, which makes me think there might be some kind of flashback to the pre Davros days story in the works.
( difficultchild, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 3:16, closed)

That's probably from a Mark Gatiss story "Victory Of The Daleks."

There's some great writers lined up for the new season, including of course Moffatt himself whose stories have been brilliant. As long as Smith can hold the character together and make an impact - I am hoping for great things.
(caescarna Hell's Roomba, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 8:54, closed)