From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho.moderated
From Address: jphalt{at}aol.com
Subject: Re: The Stone Rose: my review

On Nov 13, 12:12 pm, John Hall  wrote:
>
> Isn't one of the programme's great strengths that pretty much anything
> can be Doctor Who territory?
>
> Anyway, thanks for the - as always - interesting review.
> --
> John Hall
>                "I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
>                 will hardly mind anything else."
>                                            Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)


It is, yes... but there are times when something simply doesn't seem
to "fit."  If Rayner had written a story about a genie, then that
might have worked.  But instead, we have a story about a sculptor in
ancient Rome turning his subjects (and Rose) to stone, that suddenly
turns into a story about a genie at the 2/3 mark.  It just doesn't fit
together the way it should.  And given how much stronger the Roman
material is than the genie material, it feels like a bad story turn to
have taken.

All just my opinion, of course.

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