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Post by davisonera on Jul 5, 2006 12:17:14 GMT -5
I just wanted to say that I am getting fed up of RTD being in charge of Doctor Who. He may be a very good writer in his own area but in Doctor Who he is not. He tries to romanticize everything, even the relationship between the doctor and Sarah Jane in School Reunion, and the series is turning into the UK's first sci-fi soap. All the good stories are written not by him but by others. Steven Moffatt, Matt Jones etc. We need more writers and less RTD stories if any at all. I hope he leaves at the end of the next series and moves on to write his beautiful symphony of sci-fi and Eastenders that it seems he so desperately wants to.
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Post by The Thinker on Jul 5, 2006 12:40:02 GMT -5
Agreed, up to a point that is. Over time a person's overall writing style changes and he might even write one of 5 Star Quality overall if given time, but yes he should have less influence over the show, we don't really want another John Nathan-Turner do we? (That said JNT did produce some really BRILLIANT stories, 'The Caves of Androzani' for example)
Anyway, less RTD stories please!
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Post by Dominic Smith on Jul 5, 2006 13:22:34 GMT -5
Although I agree that RTD's episodes can vary from excellent to rather poor, it's not as if he's dominating the writing team at the moment. In a series of thirteen episodes for season two he's written five; 'New Earth', 'Tooth and Claw', 'Love & Monsters', 'Army of Ghosts' and 'Doomsday'. Out of all of them I can only see 'Love & Monsters' as being rather bad (mind you it is growing on me), the rest so far have been really rather good.
I don't really think he should be stricken from the writing team, only encouraged to write less comedic scripts or indeed the 'offbeat' episode from each season, which really don't seem to work.
As for his romanticism of the series, I agree that the luvvy duvvy stuff between the Doctor and Rose is rather badly written and out of place but otherwise it's all rather good. I'm not so sure he was responsible for the relationship between the Doctor and Sarah Jane, the episode was written by Toby Whithouse, and those scenes may very well have been his own input rather than RTD's.
It's also worth taking into account that the vast majority of the viewers of Doctor Who at the moment enjoy the romanticism, their opinions far outweigh those of the more traditionalist Doctor Who fans, I believe I read somewhere that Doctor Who fans such as ourselves make up around 20% of the overall audience, the rest are the general viewing public who approve greatly of the direction the series is taking.
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Post by Eryx on Jul 5, 2006 17:04:14 GMT -5
RTD can write some great material (just watch The Second Coming), but I really want to see episodes written by people who truely understand Dr Who.
The writer who did The Empty Child needs to do more stories. He seems to know how to handle Dr Who and bring in the nessecary fear factor.
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Post by davisonera on Jul 6, 2006 13:09:31 GMT -5
Steven Moffatt, who wrote Empty Child should definitely do more.
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Post by The Thinker on Jul 7, 2006 3:40:28 GMT -5
Hmm, Steven Moffatt definately has written some good stories recently. Maybe HE should become head writer on Doctor Who?
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Post by Ice Warrior on Jul 9, 2006 3:10:39 GMT -5
Hmm, Steven Moffatt definately has written some good stories recently. Maybe HE should become head writer on Doctor Who? Maybe we should see how that work's out in the Alternate Earth? We should try and determine if their series of Doctor Who is any better. ;D
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Post by chapel on Jul 9, 2006 17:15:34 GMT -5
He should just be given the boot altogether I think. It`s been posted elsewhere he doesn`t want to do alien planets and blamed production costs or that viewers would relate more when the stories affect humans. Crap!!! I`d think there`d be someway to shot an episode on alien planets cheaply. Other Tv shows do it . And the alien thing? You might as well not do any shows involving race and racism, homophobia and bigotry then. I think he`s out of his depth trying to write imaginitivly.
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Post by davisonera on Jul 10, 2006 3:49:27 GMT -5
He should just be given the boot altogether I think. It`s been posted elsewhere he doesn`t want to do alien planets and blamed production costs or that viewers would relate more when the stories affect humans. Crap!!! I`d think there`d be someway to shot an episode on alien planets cheaply. Other Tv shows do it . And the alien thing? You might as well not do any shows involving race and racism, homophobia and bigotry then. I think he`s out of his depth trying to write imaginitivly. Well said.
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Post by amitchell on Jul 10, 2006 4:11:11 GMT -5
He should just be given the boot altogether I think. Well said. I'm in complete agreement. The series could probably go a lot further without him at the helm and at the same time would bring in fresh ideas. The romantic element that RTD tends to use excessively is not Doctor Who IMO.
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Post by The Thinker on Aug 18, 2006 8:23:23 GMT -5
Do you fancy nominating someone to succeed/overthrow him?
;D
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Post by Eryx on Aug 18, 2006 8:51:59 GMT -5
Do you fancy nominating someone to succeed/overthrow him? I think we should all gang up and run Dr Who. Back to the good old days!
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Post by The Thinker on Aug 18, 2006 15:28:03 GMT -5
So, who's for the overthrow option?
;D
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Post by Dominic Smith on Aug 18, 2006 15:30:15 GMT -5
So, who's for the overthrow option? ;D Well I've got nothing better to do so I'm in.
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Post by The Thinker on Aug 18, 2006 15:38:13 GMT -5
So, my place at 1900 hours this Sunday? ;D Believe this and I'll book you in for membership at the Gullibility Society.
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