True, that one is pretty lite. But The Second Coming and QaF are gold.
I don't hate either. But it's politically dubious, and clunky as long-term storytelling. He ran a good show, and wrote a few good stories, but he had trouble addressing his own subtext and story arcs. I tend to blame his inexperience running a show of this nature; multiple seasons, lots of continuity, family audience etc. Especially when crossbreeding it with modern telly, it is a big ask.
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Date: 2010-03-27 12:00 am (UTC)I don't hate either. But it's politically dubious, and clunky as long-term storytelling. He ran a good show, and wrote a few good stories, but he had trouble addressing his own subtext and story arcs. I tend to blame his inexperience running a show of this nature; multiple seasons, lots of continuity, family audience etc. Especially when crossbreeding it with modern telly, it is a big ask.