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Post by selimpensfiction on Nov 17, 2020 18:49:14 GMT
Character A arrives and talks with Character B, then leaves. It's the least-interesting of all possible premises--and therefore the best possible premise to use to judge a writer's skill. If you can craft an entire story out of two people talking, with a coherent arc and compelling characters and enervating dialog... you can do anything.Which is precisely why I so adore stories like these (the recent 9th Doctor ST leaps to mind). At their best, they represent Doctor Who at its best. i really can't praise Landbound enough. This is precisely the kind of story I always wanted to see from the TV series: no padding, no action sequences, no goofy-looking foam-and-rubber monster. Just a person, in a spot of trouble, paired with a meddlesome time-traveler. It's a perfect story and embodies everything I love best about the 3rd Doctor: his wit, charm, ego, abrasiveness, and unerring tendency to fix things immediately. Thanks so much for those very kind words.
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Post by selimpensfiction on Aug 23, 2023 20:28:08 GMT
If anyone is interested, I was interviewed by The **** ****** re: writing in general and Doctor Who in particular. I think it was about half way through the interview that we began to discuss Landbound and then Battle Scars. youtu.be/nMPqHoTM5wY?si=P88WJF1P3wGjRheh
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