Yeah, the man's a jackass on occasion. Don't even get me started on his behavior at cons (which is really between him and his wife, I suppose). This is why I don't read interviews with him. But I really am a Wastsonian at heart, so in the end I go mostly off of what he has written, and that tends to be some of the most BAMF female characters on television. Or even when they aren't BAMF, they are, like Sally Sparrow, well-rounded individuals who don't go about making the Doctor the be-all and end-all of their existence. < /poorly disguised critique of RTD >

I dunno. Is it better to try hard and get it wrong or stumble onto the right thing by accident? I'm really not sure. But I would guess that there are a lot more people watching the show than reading the interviews. (Which is not to say that either is particularly good. I would love to have someone with Whedon's intentions and Moffat's skill at execution, I'm just not sure that writer exists.)