From: john_e_russell@hotmail.com 
  
 "Jeremiah Harbottle"  wrote in 
 message news:4_WdnWJZkpsLrCrfRVnyiQ@pipex.net... 
 > 
 > The Grauniad's media section has a letter from a reader in response to 
 > recent interview with RTD. 
 > 
 > Tthe writer comments that RTD seems to dislike the SF genre (Compared with 
 > US shows, which are usually written by people who like the genre.) and 
 > this shows by the poor plotting in the RTD penned episodes. The letter 
 > writer also comments that the drama in the new Who is about the Hollyoak's 
 > level, and that if RTD wanted to make the show "US style" he should 
 > remember that these shows have plots with a beginning, middle and end. 
 > 
 > I do recall reading the interview, and RTD did come across as being very 
 > anti-SF. Odd that someone who dislikes the genre takes up the role of 
 > producing and writing the majority of episodes for a show that's SF! 
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 He is a big Dr Who fan, but dosn't like many Sc-Fi programs. If Sc-Fi means 
 stories which are devoid of humanity, just long spiels of techno-babel in 
 it's place, then he has every right to dislike them. 
 The problem is that that's exactly what the most succesful sc-fi  franchise, 
 Star Trek, is about for most of the time. 
  
 I think he find the new Star Wars movies fantastic, all that romance and 
 agnst, and very little techno-babel. Just a story driven by human emotion 
 which could have formed the basis of a greek tradegy or a play by 
 Shakespear. 
  
 It would be interesting to know if those who dislike RTD's Dr prefer Star 
 Wars, or Star Trek! 
  
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