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Post by Ela on Oct 8, 2018 17:15:19 GMT
A ending with a cliffhanger. Those are brilliant and infuriating at the same time.  |
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Post by shallacatop on Oct 8, 2018 19:12:39 GMT
What a great question!
I’d say the best cliffhangers are something unexpected that further the story. Reveals can be effective, but only if it’s not spoiled or obvious beforehand and it’s not something or someone that’s been done to death.
I think the worst are ones that involve the Doctor and/or companion getting killed. I’d say Big Finish are often guilty of this, but only because, on the whole, they’re dealing with characters with endings we are already familiar with.
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Post by mrperson on Oct 9, 2018 3:53:51 GMT
Thought... BF should do some episodes with no cliffhangers. Just do a straight hour or two of writing.
I do think there are some that works. I'll have to think about them, possibly by reading my iTunes list. The trouble is that a main character cannot be threatened for it to work for me. I know it'll happen a lot, etc., but it's expected. A cliffhanger that works is.....I don't know, it's like a number of the scene-changing pauses in a BF episode like The Peterloo Massacre function. Something very bad approaching should be palpable, but that's hard to achieve.
Too often they feel forced. I would like to see what a number of releases sound like in stories that aren't structured around cliffhangers on a schedule.
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Post by Timelord007 on Oct 9, 2018 7:31:23 GMT
A ending with a cliffhanger. Those are brilliant and infuriating at the same time. Remember Dragonfire the Doctor decides for no apparent reason climb down some ice cliffs lol Think Deadly Assassin for me, had i been at a age to watch that upon transmission that would've traumatised me until the resolution. |
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Post by pawntake on Oct 9, 2018 9:40:53 GMT
Those are brilliant and infuriating at the same time. Remember Dragonfire the Doctor decides for no apparent reason climb down some ice cliffs   |
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Oct 9, 2018 12:00:54 GMT
Remember Dragonfire the Doctor decides for no apparent reason climb down some ice cliffs The Ultimate Cliffhanger |
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Post by Timelord007 on Oct 9, 2018 12:08:07 GMT
Remember Dragonfire the Doctor decides for no apparent reason climb down some ice cliffs Damm the BBC has gone on strike again & there's nobody to help me off these darn polystyrene cliffs. |
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Post by Timelord007 on Oct 9, 2018 12:09:20 GMT
Trial Of A Timelord, play a drinking game how many times a episode ends with a Sixth Doctor close up.
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Post by dutchwhovian on Oct 10, 2018 20:04:37 GMT
at the end episode 2 of Jubilee where Evelyn found a battered, legless Sixth doctor in the Tower of London. I was like Whaaaaaah
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