Moffat had his strengths and weaknesses as did RTD.

Yes, certainly. I personally found that RTD's weaknesses were mostly things that didn't bug me all that much, while his strengths were things I deeply appreciated. Meanwhile Moffat's weaknesses were things that really pissed me off. But different strokes for different folks, as they say. Not everybody's taste is the same as mine, nor should it be.

I have to remind myself that Clara REALLY is dead.

Well, at the moment she's more UNdead. ;)