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[dreamer_easy]

Voyage of the Damned is better than I remembered, too. Lightweight, as the specials tend to be, but some gorgeous images and a cracking cast (Kylie's great, and Tennant's performance gives the weaker material one hell of a boost). As with the Master trilogy, fandom made it all but impossible to enjoy the story at the time. With that taste of ashes no longer in my mouth, it was a pleasure to just watch it for itself. (Jon provided commentary in the form of reading out funny bits from Writer's Tale. :)

Mr. Copper says: "Of all the people to survive, he's not the one you would have chosen, is he? But if you could chose, Doctor, if you could decide who lives and who dies - that would make you a monster."

Ohhhhhh shit.

(Although of course I'm still waiting for the line about becoming a vengeful god to pay off.)

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[cassiphone.livejournal.com]

A Writer's Tale made me so much more impressed and enamoured with Voyage of the Damned.

[jblum.livejournal.com]

The bit that astonished me was spotting just how much stuff had been rewritten from the draft in the book! Not too many wholesale plot rethinks, but lots of little nips and tucks and polishes. Made me realise just how much work goes into even the scripts that feel first-drafty...

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

We get so much behind-the-scenes stuff these days - it's as though, when they make a story, we're along for the ride, cheering them on. :)