Comments on: Killing Off Kylie http://www.peat.me.uk/2007/12/25/killing-off-kylie/ Thoughts from, and the lives of a Canadian and a Brit living in Southern England. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:04:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.peat.me.uk/2007/12/25/killing-off-kylie/comment-page-1/#comment-17903 Richard Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:05:33 +0000 http://www.peat.me.uk/2007/12/25/killing-off-kylie/#comment-17903 I can still remember Adric being killed off - although for about 50% of fandom they were breaking out the champagne at that point... As to the blatantly ripping off other plot ideas, the series has always done that, although usually there is some effort to disguise it a bit! One interesting discussion I've seen following this episode is that most big fans would prefer a Steven Moffat (Blink/Girl in the Fireplace) or Paul Cornell (Human Nature) scripted Christmas special - but would you really want to waste something that good on a Christmas Day audience? To my mind what they produced was a generally crowd pleasing Christmas episode rather than a good Doctor Who episode - not necessarily the same thing. I can still remember Adric being killed off – although for about 50% of fandom they were breaking out the champagne at that point… As to the blatantly ripping off other plot ideas, the series has always done that, although usually there is some effort to disguise it a bit!

One interesting discussion I’ve seen following this episode is that most big fans would prefer a Steven Moffat (Blink/Girl in the Fireplace) or Paul Cornell (Human Nature) scripted Christmas special – but would you really want to waste something that good on a Christmas Day audience?

To my mind what they produced was a generally crowd pleasing Christmas episode rather than a good Doctor Who episode – not necessarily the same thing.

]]> By: Dave Oliver http://www.peat.me.uk/2007/12/25/killing-off-kylie/comment-page-1/#comment-17901 Dave Oliver Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:25:33 +0000 http://www.peat.me.uk/2007/12/25/killing-off-kylie/#comment-17901 I remember from the classic series of Dr Who the killing off of Adric by the Cyberman in Earthshock many moons ago was far more traumatic so killing off of characters was never a case of never just when. That however was good telly, which brings me to the next point. Why of why did they borrow so heavily from Douglas Adams (http://www.starshiptitanic.com/) and the Poseidon Adventure, where was the originality? It was pretty lazy, I expected more from the headline show. I remember from the classic series of Dr Who the killing off of Adric by the Cyberman in Earthshock many moons ago was far more traumatic so killing off of characters was never a case of never just when. That however was good telly, which brings me to the next point. Why of why did they borrow so heavily from Douglas Adams (http://www.starshiptitanic.com/) and the Poseidon Adventure, where was the originality? It was pretty lazy, I expected more from the headline show.

]]> By: Charles Krause http://www.peat.me.uk/2007/12/25/killing-off-kylie/comment-page-1/#comment-17697 Charles Krause Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:30:04 +0000 http://www.peat.me.uk/2007/12/25/killing-off-kylie/#comment-17697 That aside - hope you guys had a Merry Christmas :) That aside – hope you guys had a Merry Christmas :)

]]> By: Charles Krause http://www.peat.me.uk/2007/12/25/killing-off-kylie/comment-page-1/#comment-17696 Charles Krause Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:28:49 +0000 http://www.peat.me.uk/2007/12/25/killing-off-kylie/#comment-17696 Ack! Next time, you might consider not putting a spoiler in the title and first sentence of your blog for those of us who are 5 hours behind you and haven't had a chance to watch the episode yet. Can't comment on the rest of the post yet as I'm averting my eyes.... Ack!

Next time, you might consider not putting a spoiler in the title and first sentence of your blog for those of us who are 5 hours behind you and haven’t had a chance to watch the episode yet.

Can’t comment on the rest of the post yet as I’m averting my eyes….

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