I don't know that I'd go so far as to say he was promoted above his proper level. He may not have been as good at crafting an emotionally satisfying arc as Russell T. Davies, and it took him a while to figure out how to adjust his plotting to work at season scale, but he still delivered some very solid Who.Yeah, Moffat's a great example of someone being promoted above their proper competence level. Fantastic for the occasional episode, but maybe a bit too clever for his own good when it comes to overarching plots.
By all accounts, Doctor Who is an incredibly hard show to run and write for. The Chibnall years taught me not to sneer at Moffat's showrunning just because he got tangled up in his own cleverness now and then.
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