Spoilers Suck
Apr. 8th, 2009 09:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
michaeldthomasI have a lot of sympathy for Russell T Davies. A few years ago, he warned Doctor Who Magazine readers about the "ruiners" out there. He was talking about all of those people who feel the need to reveal every single fact and rumor about a story before it airs (especially the tabloids). This week, there has been a tidal wave of spoilers for the final two specials.
Thanks to the Internet, I now know that Wilf, Donna, and Simm's Master are returning. I really wish that I hadn't looked, but curiosity beat out common sense. Here's the problem with knowing the spoilers about these specials: I think those elements are lame. That's my knee-jerk reaction. These character's have been dealt with in classic stories; they don't need to come back. All it does is lessen what went before. My first reaction is to tell RTD to get some new ideas.
I am wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Why am I wrong? Other than some casting information, I have no idea how he is using those elements. I have theories, but those theories and a buck fifty won't buy you a cup of coffee.
I am crap at doing the "elevator pitch" for my novel. I have trouble boiling things down to a few sentences that capture the heart of my story (as my readers might tell you, that's one of the big problems of my novel). I can't imagine what would happen if somebody else took my story and only related incoherent random ideas and images from it. That's what happened to RTD. It's not fair to him or the Doctor Who creative team. We owe them the benefit of the doubt.
Thanks to the Internet, I now know that Wilf, Donna, and Simm's Master are returning. I really wish that I hadn't looked, but curiosity beat out common sense. Here's the problem with knowing the spoilers about these specials: I think those elements are lame. That's my knee-jerk reaction. These character's have been dealt with in classic stories; they don't need to come back. All it does is lessen what went before. My first reaction is to tell RTD to get some new ideas.
I am wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Why am I wrong? Other than some casting information, I have no idea how he is using those elements. I have theories, but those theories and a buck fifty won't buy you a cup of coffee.
I am crap at doing the "elevator pitch" for my novel. I have trouble boiling things down to a few sentences that capture the heart of my story (as my readers might tell you, that's one of the big problems of my novel). I can't imagine what would happen if somebody else took my story and only related incoherent random ideas and images from it. That's what happened to RTD. It's not fair to him or the Doctor Who creative team. We owe them the benefit of the doubt.
