@juniperfish
s. However, it was a baggy old, saggy old beast of a script, which rather reflects the totality of Who thus far.
There was one moment when it flagged a bit for me. Then Billie turned up and all was well.
Given more time, it would indeed have been great to consider in-depth serious peace negotiations between humans and Zygons.
No. The fact of negotiations was the point. Details are for novelisations and fanwank. The Zygons were the B plot.
There are lots of interesting directions the long narrative could go in from here.
I hope it is the “the search for home” rather than the “Search for the Time Lords.” It think, in modern society, such a story could make some very pertinent points.
@fatmaninabox
that there’s more to Osgood and Clara having a similar name
I think it was a thread left nicely dangling while they sussed fan reaction to Ingrid Oliver.
@denvaldron
So they’re all going to… what, spend the next two or three centuries playing bridge with each other until its time to get on with the invasion?
They are in stasis. This was clearly explained. Or did you need the concept of stasis explained?
Uh uh uh! Nope. First rule of storytelling is show, don’t tell. Second rule of storytelling is that if you can’t show, then tell. Don’t show, don’t tell? That’s storytelling failure 101.
Tell me, do you patronise for your country?
Fantasy (and sadly, these days, SF) is weighed down with tedious, turgid, flatulent bags of old fanwank hiding like snivelling little shits behind the phrase “world building”, the worst example to taking a simple and sensible caution (show, don’t tell) and turning it into an article of faith, and end in itself, forgetting that storytellers are not, in the final reckoning called story showers. Moffat has been a delightful antidote to that tedious load of old toss.
The first rule of editing is: “cut out the tedious shit”.
