russell seems to really like stories where characters set up their own downfall in some way
I can never work out whether that's accidental - or incidental - or not. The two instances you cite are obvious when you think about it, although I imagine that the majority of DW viewers aren't as ... er... obssessive prone to meta as some of us are.
I get the impression, from what I've read of The Writer's Tale (not finished it yet!) that it's a mixture of both - some things he had in mind well in advance and others just sort of happened along the way. And I can believe that, actually. I'm in no way putting myself in the same bracket as a writer, but I do find that sometimes, when I'm writing things just "happen" which, when I read it back later are somehow referencing things or events that were absolutely not at the forefront of my mind while I was writing - but which I suppose must have been lurking around in the depths somewhere. And for someone so steeped in the world of DW, as Rusty would have been, I can well believe that there's a lot of "stuff" in the show that wasn't actually intentional, but which, when we look back and poke it with a stick analyse it suggests that it was written "with intent". If that makes any sense whatsoever!
Oh, and -
donna is the companion that ten never gets over. i mean, End of Time takes place at least a few years after the events of JE, and yet seeing her through a window and a short conversation about her with wilf is enough to drive him to tears.
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Date: 2010-03-26 10:29 pm (UTC)I can never work out whether that's accidental - or incidental - or not. The two instances you cite are obvious when you think about it, although I imagine that the majority of DW viewers aren't as ... er...
obssessiveprone to meta as some of us are.I get the impression, from what I've read of The Writer's Tale (not finished it yet!) that it's a mixture of both - some things he had in mind well in advance and others just sort of happened along the way. And I can believe that, actually. I'm in no way putting myself in the same bracket as a writer, but I do find that sometimes, when I'm writing things just "happen" which, when I read it back later are somehow referencing things or events that were absolutely not at the forefront of my mind while I was writing - but which I suppose must have been lurking around in the depths somewhere. And for someone so steeped in the world of DW, as Rusty would have been, I can well believe that there's a lot of "stuff" in the show that wasn't actually intentional, but which, when we look back and
poke it with a stickanalyse it suggests that it was written "with intent". If that makes any sense whatsoever!Oh, and -
donna is the companion that ten never gets over. i mean, End of Time takes place at least a few years after the events of JE, and yet seeing her through a window and a short conversation about her with wilf is enough to drive him to tears.
Yes. THIS.