catseye
Old lady trouser-smell with yesterday's knickers
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I am possibly one of the biggest fans of The Doctor that you could ever wish to meet (boringly so, in fact). And I love Jodie Whittaker, I have warmed to her team, I even like Bradley...
but the writing is making me itch. It is, as my son put it, as if they've got two teams writing, one doing the beginning, one doing the end and then a spare person is jamming the two ends together'. It is the 'cut and shut' of TV writing. There are plot holes and things mentioned that just never have any pay off (OK, so the 'planet affects your mind...' but we never see it doing so. Feeling a bit 'travel sick and headachey' is not really 'affecting your mind' is it? It's drinking too much sherry.) I get that they needed the 'neural blockers' for the story, but, for the love of Davros - don't tell us about exciting stuff that we never see happen! SHOW US!
And I really like Chris Chibnall too. It's almost as though he's trying to write with a team of marketing specialists tied to his wrists.
but the writing is making me itch. It is, as my son put it, as if they've got two teams writing, one doing the beginning, one doing the end and then a spare person is jamming the two ends together'. It is the 'cut and shut' of TV writing. There are plot holes and things mentioned that just never have any pay off (OK, so the 'planet affects your mind...' but we never see it doing so. Feeling a bit 'travel sick and headachey' is not really 'affecting your mind' is it? It's drinking too much sherry.) I get that they needed the 'neural blockers' for the story, but, for the love of Davros - don't tell us about exciting stuff that we never see happen! SHOW US!
And I really like Chris Chibnall too. It's almost as though he's trying to write with a team of marketing specialists tied to his wrists.