Neil Gaiman interviewed by BBC and there must be MORE to the interview somewhere 
Nice to see he supports Terry Pratchett's view too
Nice to see he supports Terry Pratchett's view too
Gaiman on writing for DW
Originally Posted by Webslark:
“Neil Gaiman interviewed by BBC and there must be MORE to the interview somewhere
Nice to see he supports Terry Pratchett's view too”
“Neil Gaiman interviewed by BBC and there must be MORE to the interview somewhere
Nice to see he supports Terry Pratchett's view too
”
Awwww he sounds genuinely excited about it, I'm really looking forward to seeing that, will be interesting to see where they are filming in August, might give us a clue as to what it's about
Originally Posted by Webslark:
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Nice to see he supports Terry Pratchett's view too”
“
Nice to see he supports Terry Pratchett's view too
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i expect he read the full article Pratchett wrote, which many on here that made uncalled for personal attacks on the man failed to do.
Originally Posted by Muttley76:
“i expect he read the full article Pratchett wrote, which many on here that made uncalled for personal attacks on the man failed to do.”
“i expect he read the full article Pratchett wrote, which many on here that made uncalled for personal attacks on the man failed to do.
”
I expect he and Practhett have discussed DW over the years as well
I'm awaiting the attacks on Gaiman now for daring to say "Doctor Who has never pretended to be hard science fiction"
Originally Posted by Webslark:
“I expect he and Practhett have discussed DW over the years as well
I'm awaiting the attacks on Gaiman now for daring to say "Doctor Who has never pretended to be hard science fiction"”
“I expect he and Practhett have discussed DW over the years as well
I'm awaiting the attacks on Gaiman now for daring to say "Doctor Who has never pretended to be hard science fiction"
”
I thought exactly the same thing when I read that
Originally Posted by Hallamsteriscoo:
“I thought exactly the same thing when I read that”
“I thought exactly the same thing when I read that
”
Maybe we need to point DS at the article so they can quote bits out of context and give it a misleading title?
Originally Posted by Webslark:
“Maybe we need to point DS at the article so they can quote bits out of context and give it a misleading title?”
“Maybe we need to point DS at the article so they can quote bits out of context and give it a misleading title?
”
Let's not, they can manage that all on their own without any help!
It just takes a bit of context reversal, trimmings and some tidying.
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is brilliant at being fairytale-like science-fiction.".
Therefore;
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is rubbish at being hardcore science-fiction".
This is too long for a headline. Lets trim it.
Gaiman:"Doctor Who is rubbish"
Hmmm, not a strong enough headline.
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is horrendous"
The context is still there if you look for it. Its DS readers fault for misinterpreting it!
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is brilliant at being fairytale-like science-fiction.".
Therefore;
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is rubbish at being hardcore science-fiction".
This is too long for a headline. Lets trim it.
Gaiman:"Doctor Who is rubbish"
Hmmm, not a strong enough headline.
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is horrendous"
The context is still there if you look for it. Its DS readers fault for misinterpreting it!
Originally Posted by Eaglestriker:
“It just takes a bit of context reversal, trimmings and some tidying.
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is brilliant at being fairytale-like science-fiction.".
Therefore;
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is rubbish at being hardcore science-fiction".
This is too long for a headline. Lets trim it.
Gaiman:"Doctor Who is rubbish"
Hmmm, not a strong enough headline.
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is horrendous"
The context is still there if you look for it. Its DS readers fault for misinterpreting it!”
“It just takes a bit of context reversal, trimmings and some tidying.
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is brilliant at being fairytale-like science-fiction.".
Therefore;
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is rubbish at being hardcore science-fiction".
This is too long for a headline. Lets trim it.
Gaiman:"Doctor Who is rubbish"
Hmmm, not a strong enough headline.
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is horrendous"
The context is still there if you look for it. Its DS readers fault for misinterpreting it!
”
Just so long as its not
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is rubbish at being hardcore science-fiction".
to Gaiman: "Doctor Who is hardcore".
Mediawatch would explode in a fit of deluded outrage
Hang on - where's the downside there?
You may as well submit that to the ds reporting team, would save them a job!
Originally Posted by Eaglestriker:
“It just takes a bit of context reversal, trimmings and some tidying.
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is brilliant at being fairytale-like science-fiction.".
Therefore;
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is rubbish at being hardcore science-fiction".
This is too long for a headline. Lets trim it.
Gaiman:"Doctor Who is rubbish"
Hmmm, not a strong enough headline.
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is horrendous"
The context is still there if you look for it. Its DS readers fault for misinterpreting it!”
“It just takes a bit of context reversal, trimmings and some tidying.
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is brilliant at being fairytale-like science-fiction.".
Therefore;
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is rubbish at being hardcore science-fiction".
This is too long for a headline. Lets trim it.
Gaiman:"Doctor Who is rubbish"
Hmmm, not a strong enough headline.
Gaiman: "Doctor Who is horrendous"
The context is still there if you look for it. Its DS readers fault for misinterpreting it!
”
Originally Posted by Webslark:
“I expect he and Practhett have discussed DW over the years as well
I'm awaiting the attacks on Gaiman now for daring to say "Doctor Who has never pretended to be hard science fiction"”
“I expect he and Practhett have discussed DW over the years as well
I'm awaiting the attacks on Gaiman now for daring to say "Doctor Who has never pretended to be hard science fiction"
”
Well, except during the Bidmead era, but I take his point. I actually don't think there is any "hard science fiction" on television at the moment. Critics like Gary K. Wolfe define "hard science fiction" as science fiction which "focuses on scientific or technical detail, or on scientific accuracy". That doesn't really describe most of Doctor Who.
