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96156
I see that Matt Jones is doing an episode of Torchwood, and Paul Cornell is doing an episode of Primeval! Henry ...
Henry Potts
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Jun 2, 2007
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96157
I'd heard about Cornell's Primeval job on his blog, but Matt Jones is a pleasant surprise, particularly as I know there was an iffy rumour going round (most...
Nick Campbell
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Jun 6, 2007
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96158
... Did I hear somethng about something similar being said regarding Joe Aherne? I really wish he would write an episode. Or take over from Russell Davies. ......
Steven Kitson
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Jun 6, 2007
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96159
... DWM. ... I was thinking more of his script-editing work on Queer as Folk, and executive producing Shameless. I didn't see 'Serious and Organised,' but I'd...
Nick Campbell
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Jun 7, 2007
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96160
... Havent' seen 'Queer as Folk'; what exactly does an executive producer contribute to 'Shameless'? I thought it was all Paul Abbott's baby when it was good,...
Steven Kitson
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Jun 7, 2007
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96161
Steven Kitson <skitson@...> wrote ... You should; 'tis very good. You'd like it. ... Doctor Who wouldn't work done as Ultraviolet (although...
Henry Potts
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Jun 7, 2007
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96162
... Sadly true. ... This I'm not so sure about. I don't think 'Ultraviolet' is _so_ different from the directions in which the new Adventures sometimes went....
Steven Kitson
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Jun 7, 2007
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96163
Is_ there a non-cliche relationship between two leads? there have been so many double-hander series that surely every possible relationship has been explored...
Simon Bucher-Jones
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Jun 7, 2007
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96164
Steven Kitson <skitson@...> wrote ... Those are some pretty generic requests. You're getting close to saying, "It should be like Ultraviolet, i.e....
Henry Potts
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Jun 7, 2007
11:13 am
96165
I'm not sure Doctor Who could ever be as gritty as Ultraviolet. It managed it to an extent in the novels, but even then there were a lot of silly ...
Jonn Elledge
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Jun 7, 2007
11:23 am
96166
... That would be my twist too, and when I say friends I don't mean 'each one has something the other lacks/they represent parts of a whole psyche' USA style...
Simon Bucher-Jones
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Jun 7, 2007
11:27 am
96167
... Moral ambigutites yes, single story no, that's definitely not 'Doctor Who', dark and adult, well, I'd like a little more darkness and a little more...
Steven Kitson
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Jun 7, 2007
11:40 am
96168
... Yes, I don't think you could go the whole way. But lots of 'Ultraviolet' things could be in 'Doctor Who'. You couldn't do the miscarriage scene in 'Doctor...
Steven Kitson
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Jun 7, 2007
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96169
Steven Kitson <skitson@...> wrote [...] ... Yes, that's when you hadn't explained what you meant by "like Ultraviolet". When you explained, I gave...
Henry Potts
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Jun 7, 2007
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96170
... With regard to back-stories and US drama, I agree that's overdone -- my theory is that that's because they have such a huge amount of time to fill, because...
Steven Kitson
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Jun 7, 2007
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96171
Steven Kitson <skitson@...> wrote ... [...] ... I mean the exaggerated threat and stock explanations. I re-watched Ultraviolet just a few months...
Henry Potts
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Jun 7, 2007
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96172
... <skitson@...> wrote: Ahearne ('Doctor Who' done in the sytle of ... substitutes. I must be the only one who dreads the thought of a Moffat-controlled...
Rob Matthews
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Jun 7, 2007
2:47 pm
96173
... Okay, I'll certainly give you unsubtle. Though if you start with vampires as your premise, 'exaggerated threat' kind of goes with the territory... ... Yes,...
Steven Kitson
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Jun 7, 2007
2:49 pm
96174
... I think so, yes. ... It's very witty... ... ... but this is the one I'm really interested in. How so? What has been patronising of the Doctor in his...
Steven Kitson
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Jun 7, 2007
3:04 pm
96175
... Moffat-controlled ... I realise you rarely get the chance to be with the majority, but there's no need to gloat :-P ... overwritten ... ... but often at...
Rob Matthews
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Jun 7, 2007
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96176
Now if one of the characters was named Tim, I'd think you would have a pitch ready for that new show Tim Wars. :) Z. ... From: "Simon Bucher-Jones"...
Zach Crisman
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Jun 7, 2007
5:19 pm
96177
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 03:40:41PM -0000, Rob Matthews wrote: On Moffat. ... I would agree with that. The whole Spock stuff was wildly out of character. It...
Andy Leighton
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Jun 7, 2007
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96178
... From: "Andy Leighton" <andyl@...> ... I disagree entirely. You don't need to *watch* Star Trek to know who Spock is, he's a fairly high profile...
Jon Arnold
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Jun 7, 2007
11:10 pm
96179
... Moffat doesn't - so far as I can tell - see ... To expand a bit, this is the most pertinent and ominous example - ominous in the sense that it would make...
Rob Matthews
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Jun 7, 2007
11:34 pm
96180
... who Spock ... Yes he is, but the question stands: why on Earth would Rose want the Doctor to be in any way like him? Since when is she into intergalactic ...
Rob Matthews
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Jun 7, 2007
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96181
... [...] ... Ah. When you put it like that you have a very very good point. And I agree with some of your points about 'The Empty Child'/'The Doctor Dances'. ...
Steven Kitson
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Jun 8, 2007
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96182
Steven Kitson <skitson@...> wrote ... No, because you're both bonkers for disliking Buffy, a series which new Who has only rarely matched in...
Henry Potts
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Jun 8, 2007
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96183
While you were sleeping... the thread got really active! ... like ... I think it's funny people talking about Rose and Martha simplistically 'lusting after'...
Nick Campbell
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Jun 8, 2007
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96184
Nick Campbell <nick.campbell@...> wrote ... Yet the new series sort of tries to do "grit" with all the last of the Time Lords stuff and the...
Henry Potts
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Jun 8, 2007
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96185
... Yeah, see, I don't like the Saturday night crash-bang-wallop-ness of it. And I don't think I'm alone: see how many people, not just long-time fans but TV...
Steven Kitson
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