purplecat

I'll give you that Moffat is more dialogue focused and that his work is much more middle-class (for want of a better word). He also likes to make the characters work for a resolution of whatever the obvious science-fictional obstacle of the week is which Davies was often less concerned about - happy for them to stumble into a solution. But he's still prepared to leave space in the show for episodes that are a change of pace in one way or another and he shares an interest in placing an emphasis on the companion, the interrelationships between and the families of the Tardis travellers, and an interest in the effect of the Doctor on the people and universe around him - plus a tendency towards fairly linear plotting (except when he's being self-consciously "clever"). Its hard to make direct comparisons to Old Who since the television landscape has changed so much since then, but my suspicion is that even allowing for the huge changes in format, pacing and technology, Rose fits much better with the last couple of years than most of Old Doctor Who would.