XPost: rec.arts.drwho 
 From: greenyammo@blueyonder.co.uk 
  
 GustavoWombat@yahoo.com wrote: 
  
 > greenyammo wrote: 
 > 
 > 
 >>RTD scripts always tend to draw out sequences rather than pack the 
 >>episodes with invention and plot. An example: in the final episode  he 
 >>spent a very long section of the story devoted to getting that panel 
 >>pulled off the Tardis when Rose could have just walked in and opened it 
 >>after her "eureka" moment. There was no time limit to this so there was 
 >>no reason to hurry, the sequence wasn't exciting or funny...but.. there 
 >>was a spaceship FULL of thousand's of Dalek's over in the other story. 
 > 
 > 
 > If Rose could open the panel easily, then there would have been no need 
 > for the confrontation and reconciliation with her mother. Having the 
 > panel stuck just enough to require a truck to pull it open was simply a 
 > plot device serving the character arc or Rose's mother. 
 > 
 > There, a reason. You might not like the reason, and you might find the 
 > specific plot device to be rather dull, but there it is. 
 > 
 > --Gustavo (who liked the character arc, but not the plot device) 
 > 
 You're right of course but my complaint wasn't that there wasn't a 
 reason for it but that the scene was drawn out and it's attempts at 
 tension and humour fell flat. 
 On a seperate "bad writing" note wasn't the problem with the panel 
 opening that the chain broke? This problem would not be solved by 
 another more powerfull vehicle pulling on it. 
  
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