From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho.moderated
From Address: nospam_nov03{at}jhall.co.uk
Subject: Re: Vincent and the Doctor: my review

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 "jphalt{at}aol.com"  writes:
>Given how easily this episode could have been rewritten to jettison
>the monster, with the Doctor and Amy simply leaving the art gallery
>with a whimsical desire to see the real Van Gogh and then discovering
>their emotional connection with the man himself, it seems a pity that
>just this one time the series couldn't have had the courage to just
>make a "pure," monster free historical.

That was my reaction too. I rather suspect that the writer hadn't
originally included a monster, but was then told by the producers: "This
is 'Doctor Who'. There has to be a monster.'"

In spite of that, it was still a marvellous episode. One of the
programme's great strengths is its ability to include totally atypical
episodes like this and make them work.
-- 
John Hall
               "I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
                will hardly mind anything else."
                                           Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)

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