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   The Doctor to Hornplayer9599@aol.com   
   Re: Doctor Who S15/S2 - Ep 3: The Well   
   27 Apr 25 01:19:14   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
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   Hornplayer9599   wrote:   
   >On 4/26/2025 05:05, Blueshirt wrote:   
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   >>   
   >> 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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   You say 7?   
      
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