Although, in Moffat’s defense, he does become surprisingly
self-aware in the Doctor’s line that his plan is,
“Talk really fast, hope something good happens, take the
credit.” Because that has, literally, been Moffat’s
Doctor: a man with no actual agency, but instead rides on the
actions of his predecessors and the happenstance of his current
conditions. Moffat has been afraid to make his characters actually
DO anything because DOING something means you have actions which
you can be held responsible for. Most of his Doctor’s
actions have been about UNDOing things that he was previously
beholden to. Undoing the Time War. Removing himself from history.
Rebooting the universe. Big friendly buttons that erase all the
mistakes you made by making it so you never did anything in the
first place. Because his Doctor’s greatest achievement has
been living a life of zero consequences.