Andrew Blair Jul 18, 2019
The Doctor has been taken down a dark path several times in Who's history. Andrew explores why it's not a sustainable storytelling approach
This Doctor Who article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Iconic sci-fi author Iain M. Banks once said he didn’t want to write Doctor Who because you have to put all the toys back in the box afterward, as it’s written with a view to infinity, to the story never ending. Doctor Who is the answer to the question "What if a game of Consequences never stopped?" But if the show has proved anything over the years, it's that those consequences can never be that severe.
With different writers and creative teams, the show has dabbled in dark, violent stories, occasionally for a sustained period of time. Sometimes this is due to the aesthetic considerations of the creative team, sometimes things just...
The Doctor has been taken down a dark path several times in Who's history. Andrew explores why it's not a sustainable storytelling approach
This Doctor Who article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Iconic sci-fi author Iain M. Banks once said he didn’t want to write Doctor Who because you have to put all the toys back in the box afterward, as it’s written with a view to infinity, to the story never ending. Doctor Who is the answer to the question "What if a game of Consequences never stopped?" But if the show has proved anything over the years, it's that those consequences can never be that severe.
With different writers and creative teams, the show has dabbled in dark, violent stories, occasionally for a sustained period of time. Sometimes this is due to the aesthetic considerations of the creative team, sometimes things just...
- 7/18/2019
- Den of Geek
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