Yeah, I agree. The 'reset button' is usually lazy writing, and I think it is here.
(though Turn Left, where the reset button at the end is clearly flagged by the nature of the story, BUT the story actually turns out to have consequences despite it, is a really good example of a story where the reset button isn't lazy writing).
But, as I wrote in a response to an earlier message, I think there is a big difference between complaining about the quality of the writing, and the direction. Complaining about quality is natural, and inevitable in a show like Doctor Who where the quality of writing varies dramatically within seasons, sometimes (particularly with RTD) within a single episode. The complaints about what the characters experience that revolve around identification with the characters do seem to be a very oddly fannish thing.
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Date: 2008-07-14 03:35 am (UTC)(though Turn Left, where the reset button at the end is clearly flagged by the nature of the story, BUT the story actually turns out to have consequences despite it, is a really good example of a story where the reset button isn't lazy writing).
But, as I wrote in a response to an earlier message, I think there is a big difference between complaining about the quality of the writing, and the direction. Complaining about quality is natural, and inevitable in a show like Doctor Who where the quality of writing varies dramatically within seasons, sometimes (particularly with RTD) within a single episode. The complaints about what the characters experience that revolve around identification with the characters do seem to be a very oddly fannish thing.