I was pretty BLOWN AWAY when I first watched this, because I was expecting it to be six episodes about... dinosaurs. And then it was about people, not dinosaurs, and people doing terrible things and making bad decisions. And the Brig and the Doctor blowing up the London underground. And it's still an awesome serial even the second time around.
I admit to having a soft spot for Mike, mostly because of Invasion; it's a rare bit of character development in a minor character, and a very layered one to boot. I'm not sure how much of it was intentional, but it remains compelling even today. And I want to write fic about it. But I have too many plot bunnies already (so many I forgot I wanted to write this one!).
I don't do it nearly often enough, tbh - Malcolm Hulke and Robert Holmes are the only ones I tend to notice these things about, presumably because they have very strong political messages and also very good episodes.
Though sometimes I remember that Malcolm Hulke wrote The Sea Devils, and then the mind boggles. Was he tired of multi-layered characters and villains and just went "AND THEN THEY FENCE"??
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Date: 2013-01-25 10:39 pm (UTC)I admit to having a soft spot for Mike, mostly because of Invasion; it's a rare bit of character development in a minor character, and a very layered one to boot. I'm not sure how much of it was intentional, but it remains compelling even today. And I want to write fic about it. But I have too many plot bunnies already (so many I forgot I wanted to write this one!).
I don't do it nearly often enough, tbh - Malcolm Hulke and Robert Holmes are the only ones I tend to notice these things about, presumably because they have very strong political messages and also very good episodes.
Though sometimes I remember that Malcolm Hulke wrote The Sea Devils, and then the mind boggles. Was he tired of multi-layered characters and villains and just went "AND THEN THEY FENCE"??
It was nothing; I thoroughly enjoyed it. <3