Steven Moffat is busy penning away several Doctor Who episodes for the upcoming season 7 which will shortly being filming for an estimated Fall 2012 release. He admits to leaning towards darker episodes, and it being more difficult to write this time out.

According to the University Observer, Moffat talked about Amy and Rory leaving the show:

“I’m writing that right now. It will be quite heartbreaking… I think you’ll be in trouble watching it.”

Moffat also reflected on why he favors darker episodes.

“Gareth Roberts, one of my fellow writers on Doctor Who, had a theory that you write the Doctor Who you remember.” Moffat explains. “He tended to remember the funny ones, so he writes funny Doctor Who, and I remember just being terrified over it, so I tend to write the scary Doctor Who. Neither memory is more accurate, it’s all kind of nonsense, but I do like the sort of weird sense of transgression of it being slightly wrong to have a television show whose mission statement is to petrify kids. Try pitching that and getting it made today!

“With Doctor Who, I’m thinking of how I can get people to be scared, I suppose; what’s the monster this week, what’s the adventure, what’s the fastest way we can start the story, how soon can I get Matt Smith [the actor behind the current Doctor] running is probably the focus there.”

Do you favor the darker or the funnier Doctor Who episodes? What kind of end do you want for Rory and Amy?