... The word was, and I think it's in the DVD commentary, that Lorraine Heggessy said 'It needs a monster'. So the Reapers were added as scythe-wielders, then...
... Ah, sorry, I misunderstood. Still, though, I disagree: I don't think that, say, Daleks can count as 'diverging from the human norm' given that the vast...
... form ... Oh, good -- an opportunity for a divagation into Star Wars nit-picking. If Palpatine's was a disguise, which visual evidence alone seems to be...
... From: "Piers Britton" <piersbritton@...> ... Palpatine is the mask, Sidious is the true face. It's kind of the whole point of all three prequels. But...
... Pick Star Wars nits with Lance and he'll turn into a giant louse and digest your head. But the point is valid that 'Not wearing a cowl' is a bit different...
... Now that's what I call monstrous. It wouldn't be right for me to lose my head in an on-line discussion - even JP. ... Well, yes; but I'm assuming that...
... From: "Piers Britton" <piersbritton@...> ... I don't think it need be as literal as that - Palpatine is a part Sidious plays. A mask he wears. The...
... Ah, well then we appear to be in agreement, for what it's worth. But if making the flesh match the spirit is what identifies Sidious as a monster, it...
... Er, whoops: for "D87" read "D84" throughout. (Or P45 if your prefer.) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?...
... I fond the comment I was thinking of: in the 'Doctor Who Magazine' series companion, in the pitch document section, there's a comment that that episode was...
I picked these up a couple of days ago and thought I'd post some thoughts. Stephen Cole's Art of Destruction (aka King Solomon's Mines on a low budget) feels...
... draft, I ... drafts ... for ... always ... book, we ... From reading all the interviews with RTD and the production team, I get the impression that...
... From: "Mark Michalowski" <mark.michalowski@...> ... It is, has been for forty years, and should be, part of the format of a Doctor Who story that...
... I can see how Just War does fit into Lance's argument though. I mean, even if you choose not to refer to nazis as "monsters" per se, they do represent a...
... format ... I ... per se, ... nebulous ... Certainly where there's no monster, there's a villain - I think the distinction is basically cosmetic. More often...
... From: "Philip Purser-Hallard" <timebeast@...> ... There's always the danger that without the monsters, it would be remembered as, in the words of...
... The discussion is about monsters, not just 'personified threats'. Every episode of new 'Doctor Who' so far has had a monster: there have been none with...
... From: "Rob Matthews" <slippy_slaar@...> ... I think the question originally was 'why oh why does Russell Davies insist on monsters in every story?'...
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