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- From: Jonathan.Deitch@p7.f411.n133.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jonathan Deitch)
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- Subject: Re: ST:TNG (critiques) vs Dr. Who
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- Date: 18 Dec 92 22:04:55 GMT
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- * Original from andrew david simchik at as010b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
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- Dateline Wed, 16/Dec92 03:56.
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- >Newsgroups rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.misc,rec.arts.drwho
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- >In <6JJVB1A3@cc.swarthmore.edu> jhildeb1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Jeff Hildebrand)
- >writes:
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- >>Here we go again...
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- >> [ much discussion deleted ... ]
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- >To sum up: I think the McCoy era had definite and attractive possibilities,
- >spoiled by bad writing, worse acting, and bizarre production/direction.
- >Before that, Dr. Who had been sci-fi--not always good sci-fi, but sci-fi.
- >In the McCoy era, it was comic-book--and not ever good comic-book. We're
- >not talking Innovation's Lestat or DC's Sandman, or even NEC's brilliant
- >Tick; we're talking Marvel's monthly wheels-o-cheese, or the abominable
- >Death of Superman issue. UGH!
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- In the McCoy era, DW was written for its time slot - and that meant something
- that came out quite like a comic book. Given a decent p.m. time slot, DW
- could have had *real* scripts written ... not capitulations to its time slot.
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- As far as DW/TNG goes ... read Imzadi by Peter David. It's as close to a
- TNG'ish DW story as you'll probably ever see. It'd be neat if PD could
- write a DW story or two ... (maybe the much rumored movie?)
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- - Jonathan
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