Originally Posted by Cassiuskitt
I Voted 1 because of a few things firstly it was written by RTD and is very much in his style of fear her and love and monsters.
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RTD didn't write Fear Her.
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Tom Baker used to say upon reading his scripts "This is just audable print" (im plying that the story he was reading was crap).
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Tom Baker also has a right to complain, really. He starred in such thrillers as
Meglos, The Leisure Hive and
The Invasion of Time, after all. Oh and
Revenge of the Cybermen. The Power of Kroll. Underworld. The Armageddon Factor. The Horns of Nimon. Creature From The Pit. Nightmare of Eden. Full Circle. Destiny of the Daleks, for God's sake.
I can't find that quote anwhere, anyway. I'm guessing though that you meant Tom Baker reading his own scripts, rather than Tom Baker reading RTDs' scripts.
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Well I personally think that Midnight was "audable noise" basically a lot of words were said but had very little to do with the story structure to the point that any actual drama fear or suspense was in danger of being swamped by the continual cachophany of unnecessary lines from the extras.
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I believe, and I
could be wrong here, that the episode sort of
revolved around speech. Therefore a lack of dialogue from the characters would not have been...ideal.
I also believe that the continual speech, one line after another from characters, in fact greatly increased the suspense.
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One of the stories I do like which is similar to this is The Edge of Destruction, which is set in the tardis with only the regular cast with no big action or monsters in it at all.
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It also could be seen as interminably boring. Yes, I enjoy it. But would it work on modern TV? I think not.
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The sooner RTD ******* off the better.
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Yes death to RTD who has done nothing except ignore the fanbase, write terrible scripts such as
Army of Ghosts and
The Parting of the Ways, mock Doctor Who's reputation leading to it receiving pitifully low viewing figures and AI scores and generally treating the show like shit. Yeah, thanks for nothing Russell. You hack.