XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: Hornplayer9599@aol.com   
      
   On 4/26/2025 05:05, Blueshirt wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Overall I'd go with a 7/10 for "The Well"... I thought it was as   
   > good as last week's episode in some ways, better in others, but   
   > different in tone and much more like "Doctor Who" should be.   
      
   I'll go along with that.  That being said, what I was not very keen on   
   is how the story was structured...meaning how the story was written.   
   This story was written in the same fashion that a large number of New   
   Who stories have been written: straight forward, simplistic, and not   
   much plot development (no "swerves"...the story unfolds as one would   
   expect).  This makes the stories formulaic and predictable which causes   
   even a decent story to become dull...simply because you can see the   
   "next step" in the story from a mile away.  Lazy writing rearing its   
   head again.   
      
   I'll talk Andor after I've seen Eps. 2 & 3. :)   
      
      
      
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