Doctor Who - The Girl in the Fireplace

[mrph]

That was odd. I liked it, I think - pretty costumes, clockwork, an interesting story structure. And some character moments. Not quite so fond of the final twist, but there you go...

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[livingarmchair.livejournal.com]

I liked it. So much superior to the this happens. That happens. This happens stuff we've had so far.

Final twist was either brilliant or corny as hell. I think it worked very well...

[mrph.livejournal.com]

The 'slices of a life' structure worked very well for me - as did the Doctor's final visit, just a little too late.

Final twist was definitely fact corny as hell. So the answer was behind the TARDIS all along...? :)

But yes, much better than the previous stuff in many ways. As I've said before, RTD shouldn't be allowed to write plot. He's good with dialogue and characterisation - as long as he skips the inappropriate cultural baggage (and did they really slip a 'Camilla' in this week?!)- but he can't write otherworldly settings, he misjudges the humour and his pacing is hit and miss. Great as a guiding hand and possibly as a script editor - not nearly so impressive as a writer.

[Rant over :) ]

[livingarmchair.livejournal.com]

"Great as a guiding hand and possibly as a script editor - not nearly so impressive as a writer."

I think he'd be terrible as a script editor - I think he needs a script editor looking at his stuff and telling him his plots are crap and rejigging them.

For some reason, I was reminded of that farcical story with the Mona Lisas!

[mrph.livejournal.com]

City of Death? I liked that one - Douglas Adams doing a last-minute rewrite on a poor plot and turning into something where the dialogue sparkled...

Plus Tom Baker and Julian Glover trading barbed lines, which was always fun. But yes, it was farcical - RTD could learn a lot about humour from it, as it was head and shoulders above his fart jokes, bodyswapping villains and 'Chav' comments...

[livingarmchair.livejournal.com]

"City of Death? I liked that one - Douglas Adams doing a last-minute rewrite on a poor plot and turning into something where the dialogue sparkled..."

Yes, I remember watching it when I was a kid... Afterwards went out on the street to play with my friends, and we were all doing impressions of "Scaroth, last of the jagaroth" and laughing about the "spaghetti faced monster". Didn't have a clue what it was about when I was 7...

Must rewatch it.