“Sometimes you have to be heretical. Sometimes you actually have to embrace the heresy.”

Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has opened up over the backlash surrounding the Doctor’s new sonic sunglasses, saying “sometimes you just have to be heretical”.
Many fans are angry over the disappearance of the Time Lord’s sonic screwdriver and its replacement with his new eyewear, with #bringbackthescrewdriver even trending on Twitter.

However, Moffat has defended his decision to introduce the sunglasses for Peter Capaldi’s character.

“Sometimes you have to be heretical. Sometimes you actually have to embrace the heresy. And I just thought, really, on a whim, why would The Doctor feel wedded to a screwdriver?,” he told the BBC.

“Maybe he fancies varying it for a while, maybe he’ll pop his sonic glasses on instead.

“It maybe resurrected the original joke which we’ve sort of slightly forgotten, that the screwdriver was just a screwdriver that made a noise. It’s gradually become this all-purpose everything that looks really cool. It’s fun to be naughty.

“I know some people are incredibly irate about it, and I’m sure the screwdriver will show up again someday. But just to show that we can – why not?”

News Source: Digital Spy