Originally Posted by Yoonix:
“Don't think people are knocking RTD for his efforts at getting DW back on our screens, or the surrounding hype - what can we say? Tremendous job. Outstanding, even. But his writing... mmm... it really hasn't been the best, has it? In all fairness? Without wanting to start a fight here? Be honest, fellas...
To me, R's episodes have appeared poorly conceived self-indulgent twaddle with plot-holes you can drive a truck through. The series has been genuinely high quality overall, so it's a shame these episodes have kinda let the side down for many viewers. Perhaps he's a terrific writer, but just not when it comes to sci-fi?”
rtd's strengths are in writing about human emotion which is tricky when you have a cast list of non-human characters.. i think the way he characterized rose has been fantastic, and her scenes have been some of the strongest in the series, but i think there has been a struggle to transfer that emotion to the non human characters..
personally i have been pleasantly surprised by rtd, only because i expected him to bring his own agenda to the series at the expense of it's illustrious history and this has in the most part not happened.. personally i think his strongest writing has been in series like bob and rose which i loved, although i look forward immensely to his continuing input into the series.. once the "new" dw has found its stride into the second series, i think we will see exactly what rtd can do with the show