Dr Who: The Russel T Davies Years

[andrewducker]

Year 1:
RTD: Dr Who should be exciting and emotional.
Audience: Yes. Although it would also be nice if more of it made sense.

Year 2:
RTD: Dr Who should EXCITING and EMOTIONAL.
Audience: Yes. And some more sense please.

Year 3:
RTD: Dr Who should be EXCITING and EMOTIONAL
Audience: Actually, I'm feeling a bit excited out. And now none of it makes sense.

Year 4:
RTD: Dr Who should be EXCITING and EMOTIONAL
Audience: Stop shouting! Please stop shouting! I don't even care if it makes sense any more!

Year 5:
RTD: Dr Who should be EXCITING and EMOTIONAL
Audience: He's going soon, right? Has he gone yet? Is it safe to come out?

Comments

[the-gardener.livejournal.com]

RTD justified the Earth fixation with the statement that "the Zogs on Planet Zog are being threatened by the Zog-monster -- but who cares?" Moffatt may reject that line of argument, of course.

[andrewducker]

The answer being, of course, "Anyone would care, if a decent writer gave them a good reason to."

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's bollocks -- we care about Hobbits and Luke Skywalker, as RTD clearly knows since he rips them off.

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Fair enough I suppose, but I thought it was the Doctor we cared about.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Only because he's Doctor Super Mega Jesus, and only he can hit the History Eraser Button, and only after enough people pray to him.

Or, at least, that's what all the Rusty Davie-penned season finales tell me.

[tanngrisnir.livejournal.com]

It worked well enough in the original series. The Thals on planet Skaro were threatened by the Daleks and we cared about the Thals... And that's just the first example.