Five episodes in and the new series of Dr Who, the return of RTD, has shown itself if be hamstrung decisions made by RTD himself before it began.
And I do not mean the Messaging that many have complained about. While that hardly helps, series have had overall themes in the past and it has not been a problem.
No. The problem here that has applies to pretty much every episode is the idea of having a single story completed in one episode.
The result has - every time - been a rushed stories, "with a single leap he was free" denouements every time, a lack of adequate explanations to what the heck has been going on time and again, and in many cases madly missed opportunities.
And that is just the plots. The single episode policy means that the characters and "monsters" have not depth. In several cases we have no idea where the monsters came from, what their motivation is, why they are there, and so on. To find a monster scary you need to know something about them.
And this even applies to the Doctor (less Ruby). This Doctor runs away and cries in just about every episode. He is a total wimp. Dr Who is many things - silly, alien, scary, clever - but never, ever a wimp. Yet here we are...
And I do not mean the Messaging that many have complained about. While that hardly helps, series have had overall themes in the past and it has not been a problem.
No. The problem here that has applies to pretty much every episode is the idea of having a single story completed in one episode.
The result has - every time - been a rushed stories, "with a single leap he was free" denouements every time, a lack of adequate explanations to what the heck has been going on time and again, and in many cases madly missed opportunities.
And that is just the plots. The single episode policy means that the characters and "monsters" have not depth. In several cases we have no idea where the monsters came from, what their motivation is, why they are there, and so on. To find a monster scary you need to know something about them.
And this even applies to the Doctor (less Ruby). This Doctor runs away and cries in just about every episode. He is a total wimp. Dr Who is many things - silly, alien, scary, clever - but never, ever a wimp. Yet here we are...
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