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 From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca 
  
 In article , 
 L. Ross Raszewski  wrote: 
 >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... 
  
 Rose was well built characterwise during the season. 
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