XPost: rec.arts.drwho 
 From: lraszewski@loyola.edu 
  
 On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:27:34 GMT, greenyammo 
  wrote: 
 >The Doctor wrote: 
 > 
 >> In article , 
 >> Slitheen  wrote: 
 >> 
 >>>"The Doctor"  wrote in message 
 >>>news:d94l7n$sqg$21@gallifrey.nk.ca... 
 >>> 
 >>>>In article , 
 >>>>Jeremiah Harbottle  wrote: 
 >>>> 
 >>>>>>Apprentice, Big Brother and American Idol.  Here in the UK it's soaps 
 >>>>>>which 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>Now that'd be a good sight: 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>AMS: "RTD, You're fired." 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> 
 >>>> 
 >>>>Who gets his job? 
 >>>>-- 
 >>>> 
 >>> 
 >>>His job aint on offer. A few moaning minnies who can't spot good sci-fi TV 
 >>>when they see it aren't going to push him out of a well deserved, well 
 >>>performed job. :) 
 >>> 
 >>> 
 >> 
 >> 
 >> RTD could be an ego threat to the show if one is not careful. 
 > 
 > 
 >I agree. He's already said that he's only going off-world twice in the 
 >new series because staying on planet earth "works". This is lazy, just 
 >because something works it doesn't mean you stick with it. The series 
 >could run it's self into the ground if he sits on his laurels. 
 >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. 
 > 
 >What would you rather be watching? 
 > 
 > 
 > 
  
 Hm...  A big CGI Dalek armada shooting things, or the resolution to 
 Jackie and Mickey's character arcs, culminating in Rose's revelation 
 to her mother about her dad and Jackie's final decision to help Rose 
 even though it means losing her, in all likelihood forever?  Hm... 
  
 Mindless action sequence...  Character building and growth... This is 
 a tough one... 
  
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