From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho.moderated
From Address: andyl{at}azaal.plus.com
Subject: Re: Angels take Manhattan REview with Spoilers

On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:34:38 -0400, 
 wrote:
> 3/10 at best
>
> The script was amateur to say the least - seriously schitzo and 
> pointless all over the place - in urgent need of a half decent script 
> editor guys
> The weeping angels have been done to death (as have daleks and cybermen) 
> (Total lack of creativity now becoming a bit obvious  - I could suggest
> some reading... Try Cliff Simak or Silverberg... )

I think some of the sameyness is due to the format of production.
The show-runner aspect necessarily leads to some homogeneity.
The alternative (as in the original series) of producer / script editor /
multiple writers often seemed to provide more creative tension.

-- 
Andy Leighton => andyl{at}azaal.plus.com
"The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials" 
   - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_

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