Moffism

Look at him. He is so obviously evil. 

I’ve invented a word which I’d like to get into common usage- Moffism.


A while ago Steven Moffat did an interview where he admitted that he sometimes lies. Suddenly a lot of things made a lot more sense. See there were rather a lot of comments in the lead up to series Fnarg that become quite confusing once the episodes actually went to air. For example-
“We’re not going to bring back any old monsters.”
So…series five obviously contained no old monsters at all.
Except…for the part…where it totally did.


On reading the aforementioned interview I realised that Mr Steven Moffat Sir basically spent Comic Con in 2009 throwing random lies at interviewers with reckless abandon. I assume this was an attempt to throw us all off the scent. He’s pretty good at it. Plus I think the power’s gone to his head.


Take the trailer for a Christmas Carol, in fact take everything that was released pre-Smithmas, including the scenes the BBC released and the promo shots that we were allowed. All that stuff served the duel purpose of making everyone very excited while revealing absolutely nothing about the episode itself. That takes skill.


Take for example Amy and Rory’s outfits. As far as the plot of the episode went these were only there for one (rather excellent) joke, intended to please the parents and older fans. But in the lead up those images feed weeks of discussions and argument. They set certain parts of the internet on fire. And I can’t help thinking they’ll fuel a few fan fics in the aftermath too.
That, right there, is a Moffism.


So in watching the series 6 trailer I can’t help wondering how many Moffisms it contains. I think its pretty safe to say that everything is most certainly NOT as it seems. There is stuff in the trailer that’s been stuck in there just to confuse us. To throw us off the scent. At the moment my best guesses are River being naked and The Doctor’s beard. Because both fuel huge amounts of speculation while revealing absolutely nothing of consequence.


And then he goes and says stuff like this (about series 6)- 
“You’ve seen more than you think. The Doctor has noticed what you have not. And when the biggest jaw-dropping twist finally comes – well, the second one – you’ll realise you’ve known about it from the very beginning…”
I mean- the bastard! That's just cruel and unusual punishment that is. 


Same goes for Sherlock. The only things we know about the new series is what Moffat and Gatiss have personally allowed us to hear. Moffat (and the team who I know must work tirelessly with him) has proven that even in the modern internet fuelled world its still possible to keep a tight lid on things.


And that, quite frankly, is exactly where the lid belongs.