The more I think about it - and I suppose the more the "distance" between now and the RTD era grows - I'm more and more impressed by how much he packed in to episodes. Of course he didn't write them all (although reading between the lines, it seems he rewrote a substantial number) but his was the overall direction. Yes, that was muddled sometimes, and yes there were times where characterisation was inconsistent, but for the most part, we got an action-adventure show that appealed to kids but which also managed to address some quite serious themes. And the more I think, and the more I read what other people are saying, the more layers are revealed. Hopefully, when the immediate Rusty backlash has died down - maybe when Moffat moves on, fandom at large will be able to appreciate just how good RTD was again.
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Date: 2011-02-11 11:12 pm (UTC)