Hmm... complicated question about obvious answers. I think, I suppose, that a mystery story needs to be constructed backwards from the answer in order to be satisfying so that clues, omissions and red herrings make sense within the sequence of events. And sometimes that naturally means that the audience can put the clues together and reach the correct answer particularly in a show like Doctor Who which isn't really about a mystery that needs to be solved on a regular basis. Sometimes, I think also, in a show like Doctor Who, having the obvious answer be the correct answer helps to keep the Doctor guessing.
I don't particularly mind complex arcs, but I do object if I think events are being made up as they go along and while I'm ready to believe Moffat had the general framework of the 11th Doctor's arc in mind from the start, I doubt he had much of the details nailed down because too much of what we get told doesn't quite fit together - particularly where River was, when as a child.
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Date: 2017-06-04 11:20 pm (UTC)I don't particularly mind complex arcs, but I do object if I think events are being made up as they go along and while I'm ready to believe Moffat had the general framework of the 11th Doctor's arc in mind from the start, I doubt he had much of the details nailed down because too much of what we get told doesn't quite fit together - particularly where River was, when as a child.