From: greenyammo@blueyonder.co.uk 
  
 John Russell wrote: 
  
 > "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! 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 Replace "long spiels of techno babble" with "long speils of emotobabble" 
 and you have the majority of RTD episodes. 
  
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