Classic Who: The Massacre
Saturday, 3 April 2010 16:15Another proper historical story - and it feels very traditional now after the more subversive approach of The Myth Makers. That's not to say it isn't good, though. We're sort of back with John Lucarotti (of Marco Polo and The Aztecs fame), and this script offers the same kind of weighty moral debates, and the same grappling with the issue of whether the TARDIS crew can or cannot affect history, as his earlier efforts. But apparently it was largely re-written by Donald Tosh, so it is not 'pure' Lucarotti - a pity, because it would have been interesting to see more directly how a writer of season 1-style historical stories had worked in the context of the changes which had occurred at production level by season 3. I can only assume the re-writing scenario means that the answer to that is 'not very well'.
( The initial set-up )
( Bleakness and moral balance )
( The Doctor's double )
( Non-intervention and the resultant dilemma )
( Steven )
( Dodo )
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( The initial set-up )
( Bleakness and moral balance )
( The Doctor's double )
( Non-intervention and the resultant dilemma )
( Steven )
( Dodo )
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