Here's a suggestion. Instead of spending millions of pounds / dollars on
another "TV - Movie" for a new series of Doctor Who, why not start
afresh on Radio? And not just the occasional one off story, such as
"Paradise of Death" or "Ghost of N-Space" (or even "Slipback" for those
with slightly longer memories), but a fully blown series complete with
new Doctor, new companions and maybe even a new rendition of the theme
music (rather than continually use the version from the early eighties).
Maybe even, after the pretty good "Sevenfold Crown" just broadcast on
Radio 4, Blake's 7 could return afresh, finally saying whether or not
they all got killed off or if any of them survived.
To me this seems the perfect way to end any debates on how a new Doctor
Who should be formatted. Those people who long for the days of solid
plots and cardboard sets simply have to imagine dodgy walls and
horrendous CSO and those who equate good special effects with good
science fiction could use their brains to produce the most fantastic
space battles they wanted. After all, we've had the Brigadier flying
into battle on the back or a giant back, mad monks walking through
walls, trips to hell and planets imploding, who's to say what they could
do!
Cwej
another "TV - Movie" for a new series of Doctor Who, why not start
afresh on Radio? And not just the occasional one off story, such as
"Paradise of Death" or "Ghost of N-Space" (or even "Slipback" for those
with slightly longer memories), but a fully blown series complete with
new Doctor, new companions and maybe even a new rendition of the theme
music (rather than continually use the version from the early eighties).
Maybe even, after the pretty good "Sevenfold Crown" just broadcast on
Radio 4, Blake's 7 could return afresh, finally saying whether or not
they all got killed off or if any of them survived.
To me this seems the perfect way to end any debates on how a new Doctor
Who should be formatted. Those people who long for the days of solid
plots and cardboard sets simply have to imagine dodgy walls and
horrendous CSO and those who equate good special effects with good
science fiction could use their brains to produce the most fantastic
space battles they wanted. After all, we've had the Brigadier flying
into battle on the back or a giant back, mad monks walking through
walls, trips to hell and planets imploding, who's to say what they could
do!
Cwej