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 From: sr.wilson@ntlworld.com 
  
 "The Doctor"  wrote in message 
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 > In article , 
 > greenyammo   wrote: 
 >>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... 
 >> 
 >> 
 >>Doesn't have to be mindless does it though does it? Is anybody out there 
 >>actually interested in Mickey and Rose's mum? Is that why we tune in 
 >>every week? Eastenders does this sort of thing on a far superior level. 
 >> 
 >>It wasn't the character work or story arc I was complaining about. It 
 >>was the method and delivery of those plot strands and the length RTD 
 >>takes to draw these scenes out. These scenes could have been dealt with 
 >>in another manner entirely and still made room for more sci-fi. 
 >>Let's not go overboard either, RTD writing is not Shakespeare. Trying to 
 >>wring emotional scenes out of cardboard characters is not necessarily a 
 >>good thing. 
 >> 
 >> 
 > 
 > Still keeping DW to a Doylian quality will help. 
  
 What's a Doylian quality, what will it help and how? 
  
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