I 100% agree with your assessment of the Moffat situation - his era can't be judged yet. We need to see this whole season before any genuine, honest, relevant comparisons can be made. (When I first saw Rose, I hated that episode so much I didn't watch the series again until I caught up on the first two seasons all at once! Whereas I wish I'd watched End of the World, because that episode is a much better story without being saddled with all that launch the series/introduce the characters/burping rubbish bins stuff!)
I quite like Amy, but there's a reason I don't watch DWC - A) one hour show looking at the making of a one hour show is MADNESS, B) too much self-congratulatory nonsense. I don't need to be told how to feel about the characters, I should get that from watching the show.
At the moment she feels so close to Donna (or a Donna "type") that I feel comfortable with the way she challenges the Doctor, but I don't think it's unique at all. I like her backstory and while she has abandonment issues, I'm yet to feel like she's so completely broken by them. Time will tell. In any case, I like that she actively disagreed with/disobeyed the Doctor in TBB - even if it was based on some faulty logic (or a giant leap of logic). (I actually thought it was based on "last of a species" rather than the whole "ancient race" thing, but I've only watched once.)
I will say, though, I'm not sure where you get "comfortable life" about Amy. I don't think we know enough to make that judgement yet. I would guess that she's not that well educated if her job is a kissagram, but she may be doing that to pay her way through school? It seems like she's without family now and Rory is her main connection to the world. The show seems to suggest she's tough because she's had to be, but exactly why I'm not sure. I guess lots of people have worse lives, but it's all relative.
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I quite like Amy, but there's a reason I don't watch DWC - A) one hour show looking at the making of a one hour show is MADNESS, B) too much self-congratulatory nonsense. I don't need to be told how to feel about the characters, I should get that from watching the show.
At the moment she feels so close to Donna (or a Donna "type") that I feel comfortable with the way she challenges the Doctor, but I don't think it's unique at all. I like her backstory and while she has abandonment issues, I'm yet to feel like she's so completely broken by them. Time will tell. In any case, I like that she actively disagreed with/disobeyed the Doctor in TBB - even if it was based on some faulty logic (or a giant leap of logic). (I actually thought it was based on "last of a species" rather than the whole "ancient race" thing, but I've only watched once.)
I will say, though, I'm not sure where you get "comfortable life" about Amy. I don't think we know enough to make that judgement yet. I would guess that she's not that well educated if her job is a kissagram, but she may be doing that to pay her way through school? It seems like she's without family now and Rory is her main connection to the world. The show seems to suggest she's tough because she's had to be, but exactly why I'm not sure. I guess lots of people have worse lives, but it's all relative.