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It was possible its briefness [the cliffhanger] was all part of the suspense, and that we'd receive some sort of explanation at the beginning of Part Two. Sadly, we don't. What we do get is the big mistake tumbling into one of the biggest Doctor Who cliches of all time, creating a simply terrible situation - the Chief Scientist of Ms Jasc bursts into the room, announces something has happened of great import, and this causes Ms Jasc to totally about face on her previous statement of killing the Doctor. What had changed so much that caused her to not kill the Doctor now?
Well the idea was to show that Ms Jasc was far more interested in her work and ultimate plan rather than disposing two useless individuals.
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Ms Jasc gets annoyed with the Doctor for reading about the results that are being printed off, so why doesn't she just kill him now? No - she just locks him in a cupboard without even bothering to lock it.
Again, more interested in getting her plan again. But Breeley is left to sort the Doctor out...
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As I've already noted, the scripting begins off rather weak, but over the 10 minute duration, quickly picks up to be rather suspenseful and quite well written from a dramatic point of view.
Indeed. It was about getting into the swing of things.
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I just hope this apparent flare for dramatic writing on David's part isn't just a one off, and that it shows he is slowly developing his series in a more solid direction, and one that would appear to be more workable than his previous mis-guided attempt to try and be all genres and once.
I hope it's not a one-off as well, dramatic writing has always been my forte (with especially non-WHO writing) but its getting it to paper (or keyboard) which bothers me the most.
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At no stage was it not clear what was going on, although at times some of the levels were a bit off (footsteps being louder than paper being scrunched up, for example).
Hmm. My fault on that one, so many scenes and some were done with weeks between, I found it increasingly difficult to remember what level footsteps were to the previous scene. But going back and checking was just one of those things I hadn't thought about. :-p
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However, on the whole it was all nicely done, and was certainly enhanced by a truly gorgeous original score by Ben Hammer, who is certainly proving himself to be a great find by the DAM team, and hopefully we hear more of his splendid work over the coming year.
I hope we do too, Ben takes his time with the work, since he is a professional musician and this unpaid work has to come last on his busy schedule. But it would be grande for him to do another audio.
Hope I've covered everything...almost.
Laters,
d.n

