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From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
In article ,
Stephen Wilson wrote:
>
>"The Doctor" wrote in message
>news:d97k03$47c$27@gallifrey.nk.ca...
>> In article ,
>> Stephen Wilson wrote:
>>>
>>>"The Doctor" wrote in message
>>>news:d96ir7$bar$17@gallifrey.nk.ca...
>>>> In article ,
>>>> greenyammo wrote:
>>>>>L. Ross Raszewski wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:27:34 GMT, greenyammo
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The Doctor wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>In article ,
>>>>>>>>Slitheen wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"The Doctor" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>news:d94l7n$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?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Doyle, as in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
>
>Yes, I know who Arthur Conan Doyle is. I still don't see what you're saying.
>You think Dr Who should be set in the late 1800s? And that he should start
>taking drugs?
>
>
NO DRGUS!! Just good moral manners.
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