Yup, I agree that new blood was needed - I personally loved RTD's run on Who, but he was totally right in thinking it was time to move on. (really, I don't think any writer should stay heading a show more than 5 years, it rarely seems to work out!)
But RTD, for all the criticisms leveled against him, is a really good writer, and a hard act to follow. I kind of wish Paul Cornell (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0180280/) had gotten the gig - he only wrote a handful of eps, but he's an old-school Who-er like Moffat, only I think he has a stronger grasp of character. Don't know if he was at all interested, but it would've been interesting to see what he'd do with it. (I know he wrote Who novels and I've been meaning to check them out, I know some old school fans like him a lot...)
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But RTD, for all the criticisms leveled against him, is a really good writer, and a hard act to follow. I kind of wish Paul Cornell (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0180280/) had gotten the gig - he only wrote a handful of eps, but he's an old-school Who-er like Moffat, only I think he has a stronger grasp of character. Don't know if he was at all interested, but it would've been interesting to see what he'd do with it. (I know he wrote Who novels and I've been meaning to check them out, I know some old school fans like him a lot...)