The Uncertainty Division - Uncertainty ... And So On: Thrilling adventures in time and space

April 23, 2006

Thrilling adventures in time and space

Once upon a time Doctor Who and Rose met Queen Victoria and they met a Werewolf and they ran away from it a lot but luckily Prince Albert had invented a laser gun so they killed the Werewolf the end.

...and many congratulations to the winner of Blue Peter's "write your own Doctor Who story" competition, Russell T. Davies from Wales - his prize is that he gets to be Executive Producer of Doctor Who and write more adventures like this every single week!

Posted by James Lark at April 23, 2006 12:24 AM

Comments

I liked it, but I don't think the story was well served by being crammed into 45 minutes. Could have been really atmospheric as a two-parter.

Posted by: James Casey at April 23, 2006 12:06 PM

Got to love the Jamie reference, though. Surely?

Posted by: James Casey at April 23, 2006 12:07 PM

I'm sorry James, but...WHAT story? Would you have sat through another 45 minutes of running away from a non-specific alien werewolf creature and tediously obvious Queen Victoria jokes? Because there was precious little else in the episode.

Perhaps a second episode would have allowed us to explore the characters of... oh. There weren't any.

Yes, I liked the Jamie joke. Possibly the one redeeming feature of having a fanboy writing for the series rather than, like, a WRITER.

Posted by: James Lark at April 23, 2006 12:39 PM

What I mean is I think there was something there that could have provided us with better characters and plot and indeed action over two episodes.

I couldn't stand the 'Are you amused?' stuff right from its first utterance.

Posted by: James Casey at April 23, 2006 08:02 PM

Yes, but what I mean is, if a writer can't manage to get any character and plot into 45 minutes, I don't think they're going to do much better with twice as long. Especially Russell T Davies, who gave us a masterclass in how to waste two-part stories last series.

Couldn't agree more about "are you amused" - in fact Rose Tyler full stop was completely unengaging. Can't wait to get a bit of Sarah Jane Smith next week...

Posted by: James Lark at April 23, 2006 08:56 PM